Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2008

He borrowed a ____ book and went to the library in the coffee break.

• A. friend of my
• B. friend's of my
• C. friend's of mine
• D. friend of mine's

We've never heard ____ clear explanation before.

• A. a such
• B. such a
• C. so a
• D. a so

____ variety of processes happens during ____ reading activity.

• A. the/an
• B. an/a
• C. a/the
• D. the/a

"Although" (line 3) introduces an idea of contrast. The idea introduced by the discourse marker is correctly stated in

• A.

  "such as" (line 9) – cause

• B.

  "but" (line 10) – condition

• C.

  "thereby" (line 14) – opposition

• D.

  "as well as" (line 28) – addition

• E.

  "also" (line 29) – consequence

The clause "an ecoresort on the coast of Bahia helps" (l.8) is in the affirmative form. Its negative form is: an ecoresort on the coast of Bahia

• A.

  don't help.

• B.

  didn't help.

• C.

  doesn't help.

• D.

  wouldn't help.

In the clause "who take great pride in the beauty of their forest" (l.11), "take" is an irregular verb. Choose the option that has only other examples of irregular verbs.

• A.

  drink - keep - cut

• B.

  gain - book - finish

• C.

  study - dance - follow

• D.

  remember - listen - predict

This text refers to questions from 35 through 37

The comparative forms of the adjectives "bad" (l.2), "old" (l.5) and "expensive" (l.9) are, respectively,

• A.

  better - oldest - expensive.

• B.

  worst - old - the most expensive.

• C.

  worse - older - more expensive.

• D.

  best - eldest - least expensive.

Read the text below. Hi! My name's Anne Craig. ___ am a secretary. I have two children. ___ names are Jason and Edward. My husband is a firefighter. ___ name is Jack. ___ are a happy family!

Concerning the use of pronouns, choose the option that completes the text correctly.

• A.

  She - They - He - Our

• B.

  I - Their - His - We

• C.

  Me - Them - Her - Us

• D.

  Her - Him - Their - I

Read the following text. Sarah and I work for a big company. As a matter of fact, ___ both work for the same person. ___ boss is kind but hardworking. He makes ___ work on weekends. And I hate working on weekends!

Choose the option below with three pronouns that complete the text correctly.

• A.

  we - Our - us

• B.

  she - Her - hers

• C.

  his - Him - he

• D.

  them - They - their

Consider the following conversation.

# ___did Ray move to London?

* Because he got a good job there.

# ___did he travel?

* Yesterday.

Considering the use of interrogative pronouns, choose the option below that completes the conversation correctly.

• A.

  Why - When

• B.

  What - Where

• C.

  How - Whose

• D.

  Where - Who