Questões sobre Gramática

The verb forms that correctly complete lines 14 and 15, respectively, are

• A. is ballooning … splits
• B. had been ballooning … had split
• C. has been ballooned … have split
• D. had ballooned ... has split
• E. has ballooned … split

The only –ing form which functions as an adjective in the passage is

• A. including.
• B. alluring.
• C. studying.
• D. developing.
• E. nothing.

The verbs in which the final –ed is pronounced, respectively, as the phonemes /id/, /d/ and /t/ are

• A. danced … matched … complicated
• B. caused … allured … studied
• C. ballooned … described … called
• D. mutated … included … seemed
• E. consummated … called … linked

The verbs or nouns in which the final –s or –es is pronounced, respectively, as the phonemes /z/, /iz/ and /z/ are

• A. seems … causes … genes
• B. works … leads … sheds
• C. calls … scientists … years
• D. thirds … adults … objects
• E. relatives … birds … bees

… its … in line 12 refers to the noun

• A. spanner.
• B. pint.
• C. brain.
• D. microcephaly.
• E. volume.

The correct translation for …The more proficient learners become in their second language, the less likely they are to rely on strategic competence … is

• A. É menos provável que os mais proficientes aprendizes da segunda língua tornem-se mais confiantes na competência estratégica.
• B. Os mais proficientes aprendizes da segunda língua são os que mais gostam de confiar na competência estratégica.
• C. Quanto mais proficientes se tornam os aprendizes na segunda língua, menos gostam de depender da competência estratégica.
• D. Quanto mais proficientes os aprendizes se tornam na segunda língua, mais provável é que dependam da competência estratégica.
• E. Quanto mais proficientes os aprendizes da segunda língua, menos probabilidade eles têm de depender da competência estratégica.

The correct passive voice for … he’s already planned an egalitarian strategy … is

• A. an egalitarian strategy is already planned by him.
• B. he had already been planned by an egalitarian strategy.
• C. an egalitarian strategy has already been planned by him.
• D. he was already planned by an egalitarian strategy.
• E. an egalitarian strategy is already being planned by him.

Choose the alternative that, according to the context, describes the correct category of highly, firstborn, sibling, too.

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

The suffix -al forms the word entrepreneurial. It may also be added to the following words, except:

• A.

  transition

• B.

  education

• C.

  compliment

• D.

  environment

• E.

  portray

The only verb that is not a synonym for … achieve…in line 2 is

• A. miss.
• B. attain.
• C. accomplish.
• D. get.
• E. reach.