Questões sobre Gramática

Judge the following items.

A disjunct is found in “Donna won’t cooperate, which makes things more difficult”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items.

In “The strong belief that he was unbeatable was Hugh’s first defeat”, the underlined passage has an appositive function.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items.

“Playing video games and to watch sitcoms on cable TV are my favorite pastimes” is an example of coordinated structures with appropriate parallelism.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In regard to sentence connection, decide about the correctness of the following statements.

In “Medication is ineffective for some types of headaches; however, patients can learn how to deal with them”, the underlined connecting word is a conjunctive adverb linking two independent clauses.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In regard to sentence connection, decide about the correctness of the following statements.

“Mark’s friends don’t like Japanese food, and Mark doesn’t either” would still be correct if rewritten as Mark’s friends don’t like Japanese food, and so does he.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In regard to sentence connection, decide about the correctness of the following statements.

There is no change in meaning in “Luke, you had better listen to me, or be ready to bear the consequences” if the linking word is replaced by besides.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

“Although Grant did not have any money” requires another clause introducing an expected result, such as he didn’t go to the movies.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 31 a 35 considere o texto abaixo.

The correct form of [TO COVER] in the text is

• A.

  has covered.

• B.

  is covering.

• C.

  had covered.

• D.

  was covering.

• E.

  will cover.

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

The relative structure in “The judge praised the jury members who had respected the rules of court” means that some members of the jury failed to comply with the rules.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 31 a 35 considere o texto abaixo.

The clause the landscapes they call home

• A.

  is wrong because the relative pronoun who is missing.

• B.

  is correct but the relative pronoun that could be inserted.

• C.

  is correct because no relative pronoun can be inserted.

• D.

  is wrong because either that or which must be inserted.

• E.

  is correct, but could take both pronouns where and which.