Questões de Língua Inglesa

In the sentence “And it’s becoming more popular in Armenia, Georgia, and the Netherlands...”, the pronoun it refers to

• A. Orkut.
• B. India.
• C. Armenia.
• D. Hi5.
• E. Facebook.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

The term “better” (l.18) is the opposite of worst.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

¨DThere is a biologically determined period of life when language can be acquired more easily and beyond which time language is increasingly difficult to acquire.¡¬ This statement describes a hypothesis to language acquisition called:

• A. the input hypothesis
• B. the output hypothesis
• C. the monitor hypothesis
• D. lateralization hypothesis
• E. the critical period hypothesis

In the sentence “All teenagers have the same problems - life, love, school work, and parents”, the conjunction and indicates

• A. contrast.
• B. result.
• C. reason.
• D. consequence.
• E. addition.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

Quite a few female leaders are to be found in business activities.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

One of the arguments against "the younger the better" statement in SLA (Second Language Acquisition) is that:

• A. adults rarely reach native speaker proficiency
• B. there are children who do not learn a second language
• C. children take longer to learn a second language than adults do
• D. children can learn three or four languages at the same time with no effort
• E. in many multilingual communities, people learn to speak more than two languages during adulthood

In the sentence “An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets”, the possessive adjective their refers to

• A. an air of calm and relief.
• B. neighborhood.
• C. residents.
• D. streets.
• E. calm and relief.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

Perhaps, in due course of time, women may take over as leaders of large businesses.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The statements below describe different issues in second language acquisition. Write " if the statement is TRUE and ¨"if the statement is FALSE. Then choose the alternative that displays the correct sequence.

( ) It is as difficult to ¨Dget at¡¬ linguistic competence in a second language as it is in a first.

( ) The inability to produce an item also means an inability to comprehend the item.

( ) Adults and children alike appear to have the capacity to acquire a second language at any age. ( ) The variability of second language acquisition is affected by the same variables that are applicable to first language acquisition.

( ) Input is more important to second language learners than it is to first language learners.

• A. T – F – T – F – F
• B. F – T – T – T – F
• C. T – T – F – T – T
• D. F – F – F – F – T
• E. T – F – F – T – T

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:

As they _________ down the street they _________ Amelia.

• A. walked – saw
• B. were walking – saw
• C. walked – were seeing
• D. was walking – was seeing
• E. were walking – were seeing