Questões sobre Gramática

“You’d better see a doctor” is the contration of:

• A. You had better see a doctor.
• B. You would better see a doctor.
• C. You would better have seen a doctor.
• D. You could better see a doctor.

Judge the following items, concerning the ideas and linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

The prepositional phrase “at a language school in Verviers, Belgium” (l. 2 and 3) functions as an adverb.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, concerning the ideas and linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

As in the phrase “a language school in Verviers, Belgium run on Berlitz lines” (l. 2 and 3), the relative pronoun and the auxiliary verb which forms the passive voice have been omitted, the excerpt “run on Berlitz lines” could be correctly replaced with which was run on Berlitz lines.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

In the text, the connective adverb “however” (l.7) is synonymous with nonetheless.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

The verbal phrase “allowed him to live abroad” (l.4) can be correctly replaced by allowed him living abroad.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items, on the linguistic aspects of text 19A1AAA.

In “like many others before and since” (l. 6 and 7), the verb phrase would have done is omitted.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text 19A1BBB, judge the following items.

The verb “confine” (l.12) is synonymous with restrict.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text 19A1BBB, judge the following items.

The word “Instead” (l.14) can be correctly replaced by Moreover.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to text 19A3AAA.

The sentence “However, there are other causes for errors too, one of which is overgeneralization of target-language rules” would remain correct if “which” were replaced with them in the clause “one of which is overgeneralization”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items according to text 19A3BBB.

It is correct to replace “calling” with call in the phrase “used to calling” (l.17).

• C. Certo
• E. Errado