Atividade 03

Responda aos Exercícios 1, 2, e 3 com base no texto a seguir.

1. Read the text above and find the following.

   Hint: the answers are very short ones!

   1. The language used to create web documents.
   2. The type of software that lets you design web pages without writing HTML codes.
   3. The portable format of text file in addition to HTML:
   4. A method of displaying multiple HTML documents in the same browser window.
   5. Three common graphics formats used on websites.
   Fonte: Adaptado de Esteras (2008, p. 114).


2. Underline all the modal verbs you recognize in the text and then look at the following box. Which modal verb from the box does not appear in the text?

   Modal Verbs

   We use modal verbs to add extra meaning to the main verb. They are followed by infinitive without to. Modal verbs are used in the following ways:

   1. To express a possibility

      You can/could use adobe Flash to include interactive animations.

      You may like to insert songs, podcasts, etc.

      The price of Dreamweaver might go down next month.

      Can and could are often interchangeable when talking about possibility. May and might are used to express weaker possibilities and often come before the verb like to mean It is possible you will like.

   2. To ask for permission

      Can/Could/May I use you mobile phone?

      May is more formal than can or could.

   3. To talk about ability

      They are looking for artists who can draw and design web pages.

      Could is the past tense of can and is used to talk about ability in the past.

   4. To talk about obligation or necessity

      To see or hear all these files, you must have the right plug-in.

      … you needn’t learn HTML in order to build your own website.

      Needn’t means don’t need to or don’t have to and is used to express a lack of obligation.

   5. To give advice

      Before going live, you should check that all the links work.

   Fonte: Adaptado de Esteras (2008, p. 116).
3. Complete the following sentences with suitable modal verbs. You may use the examples from the box above to help you choose them. There may be more than one possible answer.
   
   1. With Java, I include some attractive banners on my website.
   2. With a website editor, you create a web document easily.
   3. These days, you learn how to use complicated HTML codes. Modern web design software is user-friendly and converts a visual layout into HTML code.
   4. Once live, you update your website regularly.
   5. To view a PDF file, you have Adobe Acrobat Reader.
   6. Websites with graphics are more inviting than those written in plain text, so you like to insert some graphics into your documents.
   7. I use your laptop? I need to print out this report.
   Fonte: Adaptado de Esteras (2008, p. 117).

Para checar suas respostas, clique aqui.

Você pôde observar e praticar o uso de diferentes verbos modais, de acordo com o contexto de cada oração e do próprio texto lido anteriormente.

Para praticarmos ainda mais, vamos fazer outra atividade!