Questões sobre Gramática

Judge the following items according to the text above.

The adverb “thereby” (l.8) is synonymous with because of that.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“Bernard is now the best student at that college.”, “the best student” is a direct object.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“Seeing the large crowd, John stopped his car.”, “Seeing the large crowd” is an adverbial clause.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“They elected Prof. Palmer the head of that department for the second time.”, “the head of that department” is a direct object.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“They give Anne a rather interesting book every single year.”, the verb give can be said to be a ditransitive verb.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text, judge the items from 111 to 120.

In line 6, the verbal form “functions” has as its subject “homo sapiens”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence “And it’s becoming more popular in Armenia, Georgia, and the Netherlands...”, the pronoun it refers to

• A. Orkut.
• B. India.
• C. Armenia.
• D. Hi5.
• E. Facebook.

In the sentence “All teenagers have the same problems - life, love, school work, and parents”, the conjunction and indicates

• A. contrast.
• B. result.
• C. reason.
• D. consequence.
• E. addition.

In the sentence “An air of calm and relief swept through the neighborhood, as residents opened their windows and began walking the streets”, the possessive adjective their refers to

• A. an air of calm and relief.
• B. neighborhood.
• C. residents.
• D. streets.
• E. calm and relief.

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:

As they _________ down the street they _________ Amelia.

• A. walked – saw
• B. were walking – saw
• C. walked – were seeing
• D. was walking – was seeing
• E. were walking – were seeing