Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2014

In regard to collocation, mark the option which is CORRECT

• A. Collocation refers to the restrictions on how words can be used together.
• B. Collocation refers to the use of prepositions.
• C. Collocation is the process of the use of World English.
• D. Collocation refers to the use of bottom up learning strategies.

According to the established rules of the use of preposition and prepositional phrase, judge the correctness of the statements below.

Choose the alternative which is CORRECT.

• A. A prepositional phrase is a group of words which begins with conjunction.
• B. prepositional phrases never contains an object to the preposition.
• C. Prepositions modify the meaning of verbs.
• D. A prepositional phrase can never contain a subject, verb or an object of the main clause of the sentence.

Choose the only alternative whose sentence is not a simple sentence

• A. Who can tell me the answer to the question about the Civil War?
• B. One of her younger cousins is having a birthday next Saturday.
• C. A student who is hungry would never pass up a hamburger.
• D. On Fridays, we usually go to the movies in the afternoon with my little nephew, Jerry.

In terms of sentence structure, which underlined fragment can be considered a verb phrase that functions as noun phrase modifier?

Choose the CORRECT alternative

• A. I would rather to go now.
• B. You should be excited to study grammar complement.
• C. The food to eat is on the table.
• D. She intends to attend the ceremony.

All the following approach support the teaching and learning of integrated skills.

Choose the alternative which is not CORRECT.

• A. Content Based Instruction.
• B. Experiential Learning.
• C. The Pinput Hypothesis.
• D. Task Based Learning.

Judge the following sentence:

“In the center the river rushed, fierce, silent, fast, fed by other snows, and

black, black in between its edges of ice and snow.”

Choose the CORRECT alternative

• A. The passage presents a case of genitive as modifier.
• B. The passage presents a case of apposition.
• C. The passage presents a case of subordinate clauses.
• D. The passage presents a case of subordination for finite clauses.

In regard to the use of the word formation process, choose the alternative which is NOT CORRECT.

• A. To be a doctor, you must study anatomy. The underlined word is a case of prefixation.
• B. Brazilian people are known for being very friendly. The underlined word is a case of suffixation.
• C. We shall carpet the room. The underlined word is a case of conversion.
• D. Students should not be spoon-fed. The underlined word is a case of reduplicatives.

As far as Communicative Language Teaching is concerned, judge the following statements in terms of false (F) and true (T), then choose the alternative whose sequence is CORRECT.

A) Students produce language that may not be predictable.

B) The dialogue is adapted to the students’ interest or situation, through changing certain key words or phrases. This is acted out by the students.

C) Students induce or discover grammar rules.

D) Teachers’ pedagogical practices are developed, only through a behaviorist perspectiv

• A. D and A are correct.
• B. A and C are correct.
• C. A is correct
• D. B and D are correct.

Mark the alternative which is CORRECT.

• A. When it comes to ESP, teachers and material developers should take into account the following aspects: “lacks, necessities and wants.”
• B. Content should accrue lacks and necessities.
• C. ESP enhances the language learning acquisition process by focusing on the development of implicit knowledge.
• D. ESP teachers should be experts on the intended areas.

Choose the CORRECT alternative.

• A. The hegemonic variety of the native speaker shouldn’t fix the norms for the English used all over the world.
• B. The British English variety must be, the variety used worldwide because it is the correct one.
• C. Because the American English variety is the best one.
• D. The large number of English varieties which exist on a global perspective are, also, known as World English.