Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2012

Choose the option which provides the word classes of the following words from the text: STRUCTURED, THROUGH, LEARNING ( f i rst paragraph) , respectively:

• A.

  verb/ noun / adjective

• B.

  adjective / preposition / verb in noun form

• C.

  preposition / conjunction / verb in noun form

• D.

  verb in noun form / preposition / conjunction

• E.

  conjunction / verb in noun form / preposition

Judge the following items according to the text above.

The phrasal verb “lay out” (l.6) could be correctly replaced in the text by avoid.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The word head, as used in the text, belongs to which of the following groups?

• A.

  Mouth, eyes, nose.

• B.

  Boss, director, superintendent.

• C.

  Lead, manage, supervise.

• D.

  Go, move, run.

The correct form of [TO EAT] in the above text is

• A.

  eaten.

• B.

  eats.

• C.

  eat.

• D.

  ate.

In the sentence He has always been private about money, the Present Perfect is

• A.

  incorrect because the action referred to began before another past action, so that the Past Perfect should be used instead.

• B.

  correctly used, but the Simple past could also be used without any change in meaning.

• C.

  correctly used because it refers to an action that started in the past and continues in the present.

• D.

  incorrect and should be replaced by the Present Continuous because the action occurs repeatedly in the present.

The correct form of [TO SET OUT] is

• A.

  set out.

• B.

  am setting out.

• C.

  am not setting out.

• D.

  did not set out.

The underlined verb had, as used in the last paragraph, can be replaced, without any change in meaning, by

• A.

  needed.

• B.

  must.

• C.

  ought.

• D.

  should.

• A.

  When did you go

• B.

  Have you ever been

• C.

  Has she been

• D.

  Are you going

• A.

  have been

• B.

  am going

• C.

  went

• D.

  gone

• A.

  is

• B.

  does

• C.

  do

• D.

  has