Questões sobre Gramática

Consider: “Up until a year or so ago, Ms. Rousseff, the former chief of staff of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had worked mostly behind the scenes(…)”. Where is the verb and what is its verb tense?

• A.

  so – Simple Present.

• B.

  former – Present Perfect.

• C.

  so ago – Simple Past.

• D.

  had worked – Past Perfect.

• E.

  mostly behind – Present Perfect.

Choose the alternative in which all the words have the same final sound:

• A. Jack‘s – sets – talks
• B. John‘s – suns – says
• C. Mose‘s – roses – talks
• D. John‘s – pushes – says
• E. Judges – Mose‘s – pushes

Choose the alternative in which all the words make opposites with the same preffix:

• A. decisive – logical – able
• B. possible – correct – able
• C. calculate – correct – able
• D. decisive – correct – capable
• E. possible – logical – capable

Choose the alternative that correctly names the parts of speech of the sentence below:

The – principal – sent – them – to – her – office – immediately.

• A. preposition – noun – verb – adjective – determiner – noun – noun – adjective
• B. noun – noun – verb – pronoun – determiner – preposition – noun – adjective
• C. determiner – noun – verb – pronoun – preposition – determiner – noun – adverb
• D. noun – pronoun – verb – determiner – determiner – preposition – noun – adverb
• E. determiner – noun – verb – adjective – determiner – preposition – noun – adjective

World Englishes and ELF have created a dilemma for English teachers, especially those in non-speaking English countries. This dilemma involves mainly the teaching of:

• A. writing
• B. reading
• C. listening
• D. grammar
• E. pronunciation

Choose the correct alternative.

• A. Noun phrases can be expanded as a noun with no inflection.
• B. Noun phrases function in English as subjects, objects and predicates.
• C. Noun phrases can be expanded as a noun with up to two determiners.
• D. Noun phrases can be minimally an uninflected lexical noum and it can‘t be expanded.
• E. The grammatical function of Noun phrases are not determined by where they were generated in the sentence.

Choose the alternative that correctly completes the text below using the verbs in brackets:

"William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon- Avon, on England¡®s Avon River. When he _____ (to be) eighteen, he _____ (to marry) Anne Hathaway. The couple _____ (to have) three children¡ªtheir older daughter Susanna and the twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare¡®s only son, _____ (to die) in childhood. Sometime between 1610 and 1613, Shakespeare is thought to _____ (to retire) from the stage and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616". (Disponivel em: ).

• A. is – marries – has had – is dead – retire
• B. was – marries – had – died – has retired
• C. were – married – had – has died – retired
• D. was – married – had – died – have retired
• E. is going to be – has married – has had – dead – retires

Choose the correct alternative:

I. The Simple Aspect refers to events which are seen, in concept, as complete wholes.

II. The Progressive Aspect refers to events which are incomplete or imperfective.

III. The meaning of the Perfect Aspect refers to a time prior to now, retrospectively.

• A. only I is correct
• B. only III is correct
• C. only I and II are correct
• D. only II and III are correct
• E. I, II and III are correct

Choose the alternative that correctly changes the sentence below from active to passive voice:

"I can't remember my mother ever punishing me".

• A. My mother ever can‘t remember punishing me.
• B. I ever can‘t remember to be punished by my mother.
• C. I can‘t remember ever being punished by my mother.
• D. My mother can‘t remember ever being punishing me.
• E. I couldn‘t ever remember to be punishing by my mother.

Choose the alternative that correctly shows a sentence in the passive voice:

• A. She got the job.
• B. I got sick after Carnival.
• C. She got invited to the show.
• D. He got stressed before the game.
• E. They got great grades on the test.