together at local parks where the

young man could drive his kart.

Student’s name
:________________________. Grade :
_______.

STUDY GUIDE ( 4º bimestre)

READ THE TEXT BELOW TO ANSWER

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

Text I - Ayrton Senna (a brief

biography)

Fonte :
https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/sports-
and-games/sports-biographies/ayrton-senna

1. Based on ideas from the text I , it is

Ayrton Senna – 1960 - 1994
1 Brazilian race car driver
Ayrton Senna was a famous
professional race car driver and
sportsman at the time of his
5 death in a racing crash in 1994.
After an a career on the kart
racing circuit, Senna was a three-
8 time champion of the elite
Formula One (F1) series.
Ayrton Senna da Silva was
born on March 21, 1960, in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. When Senna was
13 four, his father gave him a one-
horsepower go-kart. When Senna
got behind the wheel, his
awkwardness disappeared — he
was a natural. The entire Family
supported Senna's interest in
motoring, and spent weekends
incorrect to declare that :
a) Senna was one of the most
important racing driver of F1 of
all time.
b) Senna won three championships.
c) Senna’s father was a pilot too.
d) Senna’s father was a rich man.
2. The sentence… “ his father gave
him a one-horsepower go-kart..” ( lines
11/12)... , written in the Interrogative
form is :
a) Is his father give him a one-
horsepower go-kart?
b) Did his father give him a one-
horsepower go-kart?
c) Did he gave him a one-horsepower
go-kart?
d) His father gave him one-
horsepower go-kart?
3. The sentence …” the young man
could drive his kart.”(lines 19/20) could
be correctly replaced, with equivalent
meaning, by the sentence :
a) the young man was able to drive his
kart.
b) the young man were able to drive his
kart.
c) the young man was able drive his
kart.
d) the young man is able to drive his
kart.
4. In the sentence “ …the young man
could drive his kart”(lines 19/20), the
underlined modal verb expresses:
a) a probability
b) an advice
c) a remote possibility
d) an ability
5. Use as palavras da caixa para
preencher cada lacuna nos dois textos a
seguir com o modal verb mais
adequado.
can can must can’t should
Text II - Ayrton Senna’s quotations
“Wealthy men 1_______ live in an
island that is encircled by poverty. We
all breathe the same air. We 2________
give a chance to everyone, at least a
basic chance.”
“And so you touch this limit, something
happens and you suddenly 3______ go a
little bit further. With your mind
power, your determination, your
instinct, and the experience as well, you
4______ fly very high.”
“Of course there are moments that you
wonder how long you 5______ be doing
it because there are other aspects which
are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just
love winning.”
Fonte :
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ayrton
A sequência correta que preenche as
lacunas dos textos é :
a) 1can’t / 2should / 3 can / 4can / 5must
b) 1should / 2must / 3should / 4can /
5must
c) 1can’t / 2must / 3can / 4 can/ 5should
d) 1shouldn’t / 2can / 3can / 4can /
5should
Based on linguistic structure from the
texts II “Ayrton Senna’s quotation”,
judge (julgue) the items that follow.
6. ( ) In [... We 2________ give a
chance to everyone, at least a basic
chance...]
, the modal verb that fills correctly in
the gap expresses a necessity.
7. ( ) In [... With your mind power,
your determination, your instinct, and
the experience as well, you 4______ fly
very high...] , the modal verb that fills
correctly in the gap expresses an
advice.