Questões sobre Gramática

• A.

  do

• B.

  make

• C.

  make

• D.

  realize

The excerpt that includes a word (modal) in bold that conveys the meaning “of obligation” is:

• A.

  “Investments in marketing should promote new businesses” (lines 31-32)

• B.

  “To help the economic scenario, the LDA must maintain London” (lines 33-34)

• C.

  “With LDA’s help London may secure its position” (lines 35-36)

• D.

  “London might also profit” (line 38)

• E.

  “LDA can help develop with emerging countries.” (lines 39-40)

In the text,

the expression “At present” (l.24) is an adverb of place.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

To pass a law, as used in the text, means

• A.

  to ignore a law.

• B.

  to revise a law.

• C.

  to rewrite a law.

• D.

  to approve a law.

• E.

  to stall a law.

The pronoun “those” in the sentence “Our hopes are that you won’t find too many of those around here.” (lines 32-33) refers to

• A. safety responsibilities (line 28)
• B. safety and health hazards (line 29)
• C. extreme hazards (line 31)
• D. our hopes (line 32)
• E. more subtle hazards (line 34)

The modal auxiliary in boldface conveys the idea of obligation in the fragment:

• A. “Some of you may be familiar with OSHA” (line 7)
• B. “we can do it.” (line 11)
• C. “and will do what is necessary to prevent you from being injured.” (lines 14-15)
• D. “you must first understand what constitutes a hazard.” (lines 30-31)
• E. “Those obstructions could keep you from exiting the building quickly and safely” (lines 62-64)

Based on the meanings in the text, it is clear that

• A. “sole” (line 9) and only express similar ideas.
• B. “injured” (line 15) and hurt are antonyms.
• C. “ensure” (line 21) and guarantee express contradictory ideas.
• D. "subtle” (line 41) and obvious are synonyms.
• E. “odds” (line 77) and probabilities do not have equivalent meanings.

The expression in boldface introduces the idea of consequence in the fragment:

• A. “Yet, complying with regulations is not the real reason for working safely.” (lines 12-13)
• B. “In order to do that, you must first understand what constitutes a hazard.” (lines 30-31)
• C. “As a result of your safety training and meetings like these, some things may come to mind.” (lines 35-37)
• D. “However, if there is an unlabeled chemical container and you have no idea what it is,” (lines 53-54)
• E. "While nothing we do can completely eliminate the threat of an incident,” (lines 75-76)

Based on the text above, it is correct to affirm that

collocations can be exactly defined as associated pairs such as adjective-noun or verb-noun.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, it is correct to affirm that

collocational associations work as memory aids.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado