Questões sobre Gramática

Choose the most appropriated alternative to the sentence:

If she____ a dress to go to the party, she ____ very attractive.

• A.

  wears, is

• B.

  wears, will be

• C.

  wore, will be

• D.

  would wear, is

Answer questions 26 – 28 according to the text:

“Once upon a time in a small town in the south of a tropical country, there was a little girl called Amanda. She lived in a very quiet and peaceful neighborhood. Amanda was the naughtiest girl in this neighborhood. She had a younger brother. His name was Arthur. He was as naughty as _____. They loved to do everything together. Their mother, Jill, used to call them lightning and thunder. One day, Jill looked at herself on the glass of the fish tank and noticed it was filthy. A couple of hours later, on the very same day, Amanda and Arthur took their toothbrushes and carefully cleaned all the fishes in the fish tank. Despite Amanda and her brother’s good will, they were grounded for a month.”

Mark the option that shows only adverbs:

• A.

  lightning – thunder.

• B.

  quiet – peaceful.

• C.

  naughty – naughtiest.

• D.

  very – carefully.

Mark the option on which the verb tense in NOT correctly used:

• A.

  The school bus leaves at 8:45 a.m.

• B.

  John will play with Bob at the moment.

• C.

  Jude has already made plans. She is going to travel to London next year.

• D.

  I’m meeting Susie at the mall later today.

Complete the story below using the genitive case when necessary:

“Becky and Bella__ are sisters. They have two dogs and a cat. The girls__ bedroom is very big. The pets sleep in Becky__ and Bella__ bedroom. Becky__ and Bella__ beds are very comfortable.”

• A.

  s / ‘s / ’s / ‘s / ‘s / ‘s.

• B.

  ‘s / ‘ / ‘s / ‘s / ‘ / ‘s.

• C.

  -- / ‘ / -- / ‘s / ‘s / ’s.

• D.

  -- / ‘ / ‘s / -- / -- / ‘s.

Read the following passages:

The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole, who in 2004 paid $8.3 million for a painting attributed to Mark Rothko that they now say is a worthless fake.

The Rothko is one of approximately 40 works that Knoedler, which closed last year, obtained from Glafira Rosales, a littleknown dealer whose collection of works attributed to Modernist masters has no documented provenance and is the subject of an F.B.I. investigation.

The underlined bold words are

• A.

  relative pronouns

• B.

  subject pronouns

• C.

  object pronouns

• D.

  indefinite pronouns

• E.

  personal pronouns

What’s the feminine and plural forms of:

man - son - husband  - prince - hero

• A.

  mans – sons – husbands – princes – heros.

• B.

  womans – daughters – wifes – princess – heroes.

• C.

  womens – daughters – wives – princess – heroines.

• D.

  women – daughters – wives – princesses – heroines.

In the passage “The analysis is based on financial records turned over as part of a lawsuit against the gallery filed by Domenico and Eleanore De Sole” the meaning of the phrasal verb is

• A.

  denounced

• B.

  over swelled

• C.

  surrounded

• D.

  disposed differently

• E.

  disposed differently

Complete the sentence with the best relative pronouns respectively:

“Albert Sabin, ____ has never won a Nobel Prize, invented an oral vaccine ____ prevents the poliomyelitis.”

• A.

  who / what.

• B.

  who / which.

• C.

  whom / which.

• D.

  which / that.

There’s a missing connective in each of the following sentences I, II and III:

I. Brooke Ellison is a quadriplegic girl. _________ her difficulty, she remains active.

II. You had better write down her phone, _________ you won’t be able to remember it.

III. You could attend the meeting _________ you don’t accuse anyone.

The alternative that respectively brings the correct connective for each one is

• A.

  Even though, otherwise, as far as

• B.

  Although, therefore, unlike

• C.

  Unlike, therefore, despite

• D.

  Since, with the mind, so that

• E.

  In spite of, otherwise, as long as

Complete the sentence with the correct modal verbs in the appropriate form respectively: “When I was 10 years old, I _____ bake cookies, but now I _____.”

• A.

  couldn’t / can.

• B.

  may / shouldn’t

• C.

  couldn’t / can’t.

• D.

  should / may.