Questões sobre Gramática

According to the text, judge the following items.

In “each language user uses his or her language(s) differently” (l.6-7), the elements “his” and “her” indicate possession.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the comic strip, judge the items below.

By using “what will you do”, the teacher is asking the boy about his future actions.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

The phrase that can replace “Put simply” without change in meaning is:

• A. On the contrary.
• B. In other words.
• C. To begin with.
• D. As soon as.
• E. In spite of.

Based on the comic strip, judge the items below.

“I’ll live someplace” can be replaced by I should live someplace without changing the original meaning of the sentence.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the comic strip, judge the items below.

The word “Enthralling” expresses a quality the boy attributes to “material”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Considere a seguinte definição:

Brinkmanship is the technique of pushing a dangerous situation to the limits of safety in order to secure the greatest advantage.

Em qual dos exemplos abaixo a palavra brinkmanship está empregada de forma incorreta?

• A. Even democracies engage in brinkmanship to protect their self-interests.
• B. The airline is playing brinkmanship. It is taking a risk on its own behalf and on the customers.
• C. He loves public service, and he loves the game of brinkmanship and the idea of playing it safe and compromising.
• D. Brinkmanship involves such tactics as making unconditional demands, bluffing, threatening, and even walking out of negotiations to produce the effect of crisis.
• E. Cheney said he may be playing a game of brinkmanship without realizing how close to the brink he is.

No texto, o pronome sublinhado he refere-se a

• A. Republican Party.
• B. Tim Huelskamp.
• C. Mr. Boehner.
• D. David Leonhardt.
• E. the president.

 

According to the text above, judge the following items.

Without changing the meaning of the text, the fragment “explains the basic rationale for instituting controls rather straightforwardly” (l.16-17) could be correctly replaced with explains a common-sense approach to retain control instead of simply handing it over.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

 

Judge the items below, based on the text above.

If the expression “for all the” (l.6) were replaced by despite the, the text would still be correct and the meaning of the sentence would be maintained, something that would not occur if it were replaced by if there is.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence of the text: “They will then be motivated to continue and keep learning” (lines 9-10), the pronoun they refers to

• A. people in general.
• B. people who have a job.
• C. people who don’t have a job.
• D. language students.
• E. students at the university.