Questões de Língua Inglesa

According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.

A shift (or change) in the stressed syllable of nouns such as contract, defect, object, progress turns them into verbs.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Leia o texto abaixo a fim de responder às questões 36 a 40:

"Apenas em 2002, as doações somaram 240 bilhões de dólares, valor equivalente à metade do produto interno bruto (PIB) do Brasil."

• A. An amount which corresponds to 50% of Brazil's net domestic product (NDP).
• B. An amount equal to half of Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP).
• C. An amount which equals 50% of Brazil's gross national product (GNP).
• D. An amount which increased Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) by 50%.
• E. An amount which is half of Brazil's current foreign debt.

In the text above,

the expression “blew me away” (l.11-12) could be correctly replaced by blew me up.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The USA surpasses other countries in terms of technical intelligence collection.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

READ TEXT II AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 15 TO 17:

The verb form in "has never been reported" (l.15) is in the same form as the verb in:

• A. He has been planting corn;
• B. The wind was soon gone;
• C. They have been asked to leave;
• D. The disease has hit the country;
• E. She has planted some soybeans.

According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.

The pronunciation of the verb use has two different forms in “He used his pen to sign his name” and in “He used to wear short trousers when he was a boy”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Leia o texto abaixo a fim de responder às questões 36 a 40:

"O desconto por doação pode chegar à metade do imposto devido sobre a herança."

• A. Discount and tax.
• B. Decrease and debt.
• C. Discount and insurance.
• D. Increase and rate
• E. Realignment and income.

In the text above,

“through” (l.14) can be correctly replaced by though.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

It can be deduced that not every piece of information is worth pursuing.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.

Most nouns ending in f or fe have plurals in ves, as in half/halves, knife/knives, leaf/leaves, life/lives.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado