Questões sobre Gramática

 

Judge if the translation suggested in each of the following items is grammatically correct and maintains the meaning of the original text.

“Start by taking the Metro there (orange or blue line to Smithsonian; take the Mall exit out of the station)” (l.4 and 5) = Comece pegando o Metrô para lá (linha laranja ou azul para Smithsonian; tome a saída para Mall quando chegar à estação)

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Questions 21 to 28 address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais – PCN. Read them and mark the right alternative: English Language Teaching practice has incorporated the following principle as part of its most recent procedures (Harmer, 1998: 32):

• A. words and phrases are better blocks than grammatical structures to describe language
• B. the emphasis of a language lesson should always be on tasks
• C. students should learn about language as part of learning a language
• D. Activate, Engage and Study (in this order) are the building blocks of a successful language lesson
• E. students must study language evidence to discover grammatical rules themselves

Based on the text, judge the items that follow.

In “took some classes that helped me to have a good career” (l.5 and 6), “that” can be correctly replaced by who.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

“Students, like the rest of us, need to be able to do a number of things with a reading text.” (Harmer, 1998: 69). One of these ´things´ is to skim the text, or rather, to:

• A. predict information before they read the text properly
• B. match the task they are performing to the topic of the text
• C. cast their eyes over the text´s surface to get a general idea
• D. read slowly and derive pleasure from what they are reading
• E. read the text for specific bits of information they are looking for

Based on the text, judge the items that follow.

The narrator applied for a job at a shoe store and was hired before he/she attended college.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The English verb phrase can be marked for tense and aspect. The use of the perfect tense in “Where has time gone?” (line 1), establishes the following:

• A. a present habit linked to an indefi nite past
• B. a state of affairs before the present moment
• C. an indefi nite state in a period prior to the present
• D. an event with current relevance to the present time
• E. a past situation unrelated to the present point in time

A text is cohesive if, as a whole, its sentences are linked and make sense. An example of cohesion in the source text is “ If not” (line 4), which is characterized by:

• A. anaphora
• B. cataphora
• C. exophora
• D. ellipsis
• E. substitution

Based on the text, judge the items that follow.

It is correct to infer that the person who tells of his/her experience in the text is a foreigner in the country in which he/she lives.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The connective in “Skin cancer kills more young women than any other form of cancer, yet we still don’t wear sunblock” (line 7-8) links the clauses in terms:

• A. time
• B. addition
• C. concession
• D. contrast
• E. condition

Phrasal verbs are the combination of a verb plus a preposition or adverb, resulting in a new meaning. Prepositional verbs are simply verbs which require prepositions. The only combination below which contains a prepositional verb is:

• A. tone up (line 2)
• B. Don’t know what to look for (line 10-11)
• C. Also, focus on your calves (line 43)
• D. Yes, I´m harping on this (line 13)
• E. a handy list of suggestions which can be taken up (line 4-5)