Intermediate Exercises

1. Pré Intermediate – Exercises Review
1. O que é expresso na frase "Tina could speak English and Portuguese when she was 2
years old" ?
o Permissão.
o Habilidade.
o Obrigação.
o Proibição.
o Dedução.
2. O que é expresso na frase "Amy is so happy. She must have gotten the job she applied
for" ?
o Obrigação.
o Habilidade.
o Permissão.
o Proibição.
o Dedução.
3. O que é expresso na frase "You may leave at six, if you wish" ?
o Permissão.
o Habilidade.
o Proibição
o Obrigação.
o Dedução.
4. A frase "which may not have been made with significant forethought" apresenta o verbo
modal "may". Essa frase pode ser traduzida em português como:
o que foram tomadas após importantes reflexões prévias.
o que certamente não foram tomadas após importantes reflexões prévias.
o que foram tomadas após reflexões.
o que podem ter sido feitos com pensamentos importantes.
o que podem ter sido tomadas sem importantes reflexões prévias.
5. Em "which may not have been made with significant forethought", may indica uma ideia
de:
o Obrigation.
o Permission.
o ability.
o Prohibition.
o Possibility.

2. 6. Para a formação da Negativa dos verbos modais, nós usamos os seguintes elementos,
nessa ordem:
o Modal verb + subject + not + main verb.
o Modal verb + subject + main verb + not.
o Not + Subject + main verb + modal verb.
o Subject + not + modal verb + main verb.
o Subject + modal verb + not + main verb.
7. Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a frase “___ you play the keyboard?”?
o Would.
o Shall.
o Can.
o May.
o Nenhuma das alternativas.
8. Selecione a alternativa cuja frase não apresente um verbo modal.
o You mustn't take medicine.
o She had gone to Brazil.
o May I ask you a question?
o We must obbey the law.
o You shouldn’t drink much.
9. Complete a frase “I’m sure she isn’t here. She ___ be at home” com o verbo modal
adequado.
(Uma palavra - começa com 'm')
10. Complete a frase "One ___ make the complaint that it’s too much to read. Yet there are
no short cuts to learning anything" com o verbo modal adequado.
(Uma palavra - termina com 'd')

3. Answers
1 Habilidade
2 Dedução
3 Permissão
4 que podemtersidotomadassemimportantesreflexõesprévias.
5 Possibility
6 Subject+ modal verb+ not + mainverb
7 Can
8 She had gone to Brazil.
9 must
10 could
Will and be goingto
1 – 2 6 -2
2 -2 7 -1
3 -1 8 -1
4 -2 9 -2
5 -1 10 -2
Put the adjectives between brackets in the correct form
1. My brother has a (tidy) tidier room than me.
2. Australia is (big) bigger than England.
3. I'm (good) better now than yesterday.
4. She's got (little) less money than you, but she doesn't care.
5. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) the most difficult language in the world.
6. Valencia played (bad) worse than Real Madrid yesterday.
7. Cats are not (intelligent) as intelligent as dogs.
8. Show me (good) the best restaurant downtown.
9. (hot) The hottest desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
10. Who is (talkative) the most talkative person in your family?
6 Use supposed to
1 supposedto arrive 2 supposedto be doing 3 supposedto be 4 supposedto do
5 supposedto be meeting/supposedtomeet 6 supposedto have arrived

4. 2 - Look at those black clouds. It____ very soon.
Possíveis Respostas:
 will rain
 is going to rain
You ____ a great pianist one day.
Possíveis Respostas:
 are going to be
 will be
He ____ a car this summer.
Possíveis Respostas:
 is going to buy
 will buy
I ____ around the world one day.
Possíveis Respostas:
 am going to travel
 will travel
I ____ with the shareholders next week.
Possíveis Respostas:
 am going to meet
 will meet
I ____ English next month.
Possíveis Respostas:
 will study
 am going to study
She lost her wallet. I ____ her find it.
Possíveis Respostas:
 will help
 am going to help

5. Bob ____ football on Saturday.
Possíveis Respostas:
 is going to play
 will play
Ann ____ dinner for some friends tomorrow.
Possíveis Respostas:
 will cook
 is going to cook
The phone is ringing. I ____ it.
Possíveis Respostas:
 am going to answer
 will answer
3 -Put the adjectives between brackets in the correct form
1. My brother has a (tidy) room than me.
2. Australia is (big) than England.
3. I'm (good) now than yesterday.
4. She's got (little) money than you, but she doesn't care.
5. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) language in the world
6. Valencia played (bad) than Real Madrid yesterday.
7. Cats are not (intelligent) as dogs.
8. Show me (good) restaurant downtown.
9. (hot) desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
10. Who is (talkative) person in your family?
4 -Do the exercises below on the simple past tense
1. Last year I (go) to England on holiday.
2. It (be) fantastic.
3. I (visit) lots of interesting places. I (be) with two
friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) to pubs.
6. The weather (be) strangely fine.

6. 7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?
5 -Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) dinner.
3. The kids (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practice) the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle) all day.
6. While Alan (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in
the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen ) .
8. What (you / do) yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit) in the park.
10. I (listen) to the radio while my sister (watch) TV.
11. When I arrived, They (play) cards.
12. We (study) English yesterday at 4:00 pm .
6 -Exercise instructions
– Use supposed to + the verb given in brackets.
– Put the verb into the correct form if necessary.
1 The train was at 11.00. Why was it so late? (arrive)
2 Why are you watching TV? You're your homework. (do)
3 You can't go to the pub – you're ill! (be)
4 I'm going to wash the car now. I was it yesterday but I didn't feel like
it. (do)
5 I'd better hurry up; I'm Helen at eleven o'clock.
(meet)
6 Where's Harriette? She was by now. (arrive)

7. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.
1. It (be) was fantastic.
2. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two
friends of mine .
3. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
4. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
5. The weather (be) was strangely fine.
6. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.
7. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
8. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?
Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).
1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) were playing monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) was preparing dinner.
3. The kids (play) were playing in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practise) was practicing the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle) were not cycling / weren't cycling all day.
6. While Alan (work) was working in his room, his friends (swim) were
swimming in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they ( not/listen) were not listening / weren't
listening .
8. What (you / do) were you doing yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit) were sitting in the park.
10. I (listen) were listening to the radio while my sister (watch) was watching
TV.
11. When I arrived, They (play) were playing cards.
12. We (study) were studying English yesterday at 4:00 pm.