Verbos MODAIS em Inglês(Resumo, Tabela e Exemplos)

Exemplos de verbos modais e significado

Os verbos modais adiciona mais significado ao verbo principal.

I might go to the cinema later. (adiciona possibilidade)

Não há necessidade de conjugar a terceira pessoa de um verbo modal.

He might go to the cinema later. (not mights) 

Verbos modais mais comuns

Will

Utilizamos will nas seguintes situações:

Promessa

I will do the washing later.

I will marry you.

Decisão instantânea

I will help you.

I will buy some milk.

Certa previsão

We will use robots more in the future.

Liverpool will be champions this year.

Como você pode ver, will é normalmente usado para situações futuras.

Would

Situação imaginada

I would go to Bali if I had the money.

I would have felt better if I hadn’t eaten all that chocolate.

Eventos regulares no passado(used to)

I would play football for hours when I was a child.

I would go to the seaside every summer.

Futuro do discurso reportado

Jane said she would meet her mother.

He said he would write the report.

Should

Uma boa idéia/conselho

You should go to the doctor.

You should see that movie.

Quando algo não está certo

They should be here by now.

The screw should be here somewhere.

Previsão incerta

I have done everything so it should work.

The train should arrive in 5 hours.

Must

Necessidade/Obrigação

You must practice speaking English.

You must clean your house.

Dedução/entendimento lógico/especulação

You have been walking all day. You must be tired. 

It is very hot in here. You must be thirsty.

Have to

Obrigação/necessidade

I have to wear glasses to read the newspaper.

I have to go to work every day.

May

Possibilidade

I may go to church this Sunday.

I may be late this evening.

Pedir permissão(educado)

May I use the bathroom?

May I have some milk?

Might

Possibilidade

I might go to church this Sunday.

I might be late this evening.

Can

Possibilidade/Permitida

We can eat ice cream after dinner.

We can have a dog next year.

Habilidade

I can speak four languages.

I can play the guitar.

Permissão

Can I use the bathroom?

Can I go visit Thailand now?

Ofertas

Can I help you with your homework?

Can I do anything to help you?

Could

Possibilidade/Sugestão

We could go for a walk after dinner.

We could spend that money on a new dishwasher.

Habilidade no passado

I could play the piano when I was a child.

You could buy a lot with 1 pound when I was a child. 

Solicitação 

Could you pass me the water?

Could I use your phone, please?

Verbos modais negativos

Alguns verbos modais negativos não têm um significado diretamente oposto.

Mustn’t

Oposto do Must. É necessário que você não faça isso.

You mustn’t walk on the grass.

You mustn’t smoke in here.

Don’t have to

Não é necessário, mas você pode, se quiser.

You don’t have to do your homework. (mas você pode se quiser)

You don’t have to study grammar.(mas ajuda se você fizer)

Verbos modais menos comuns

Had better

Boa Idéia/Advisível

I‘d better go home before it starts raining.

I had better not buy that coat.

Shall

Oferta 

Shall I help you with your coat?

Shall I make you a cup of tea?

Sugestão

Shall we go?

Ought to

Conselho

You ought to know better!

Dedução

$50 dollars ought to be enough.

Needn’t

Não necessário

You needn’t do your homework.