Questões sobre Gramática

Choose the item that does NOT belong in the group.

• A. Fell.
• B. Heard.
• C. Meant.
• D. Replied.
• E. Awoke.

In “They had passed Philadelphia a long time ago” the verb tense is a:

• A. Past perfect.
• B. Simple past.
• C. Present perfect.
• D. Past progressive.
• E. Conditional perfect.

In “ ...the train was approaching New York” a gerund is used as a/an

• A. verb.
• B. noun.
• C. article.
• D. adjective.
• E. quantifier.

Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.

The words “highlights” (l.16), and “unlikely” (l.20) can be correctly and respectively replaced by draws attention to and improbable.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text How India changed English, judge the following items.

In the excerpt “‘Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India’ was published in 1886” (l. 7 and 8), “was published” can be correctly replaced by has been published.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the cartoon, judge the following items.

The sentence “That site verified my age by having me type in all my credit card information” can be correctly rewritten by: This site guessed how many years I have because I sent them my credit card data.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.

In the sentence “Each one will be considered individually, before this long list is finally whittled down to the final four.” (l. 19 to 21), “whittled down” can be correctly replaced by selected.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In reference to the vocabulary used in the text What do our flags say about us?, judge the next items.

“squeezed into” (l.2) and “tough” (l.8) help to express the author’s view that it is difficult to create a flag to represent a nation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Todas as palavras abaixo, retiradas do texto, são formadas por sufixação, EXCETO

• A. particularly (Linha 18)
• B. recognise (Linha 16)
• C. uniquely (Linha 8)
• D. population (Linha 13)

“The internet is creating a similar language evolution, but at a much faster pace.” (Linha 12) Os adjetivos na língua inglesa variam em grau quando se deseja comparar ou intensificar as características e qualidades dos seres.

A frase acima apresenta uma variação que pode ser chamada de

• A. superlativo.
• B. comparativo de igualdade.
• C. comparativo de superioridade.
• D. comparativo de inferioridade.