Questões sobre Gramática

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

In “He stopped smoking” and in “He stopped to smoke”, the meaning is the same because the verb “to stop” accepts both the infinitive and the gerund forms.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

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

In indirect discourse, the correct continuation of this sentence is "Jim Richardson wrote that the thing

• A.

  he loves about the Scots was that...."

• B.

  he loved about the Scots was that...."

• C.

  he loved about the Scots is that...."

• D.

  I love about the Scots was that...."

• E.

  I loved about the Scots was that...."

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

The sentence “I have never met or spoke to your father” is gramatically correct.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

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

In which of the alternatives below is the verb in the passive voice?

• A.

  ... the harsh land they live on.

• B.

  the hard history they've had.

• C.

  not to have been overly civilized.

• D.

  ... they're convinced that life's not so precious.

• E.

  used to be dominant in western Europe.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

“That morning, by the time Hugh woke up, his wife had already gone to work” implies that Hugh did not see his wife that morning.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 46 a 48, analise primeiramente as linhas de concordância que precedem cada questão.

The correct word to fill the gap in the above concordance lines is

• A.

  may.

• B.

  might.

• C.

  can.

• D.

  could.

• E.

  must.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

The sentence “I wouldn’t have to deal with pollution if I lived in the countryside” describes a real present situation.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 46 a 48, analise primeiramente as linhas de concordância que precedem cada questão.

Which alternative lists all concordance lines that are examples of the genitive case?

• A.

  1, 3, 4, 5, and 7.

• B.

  2, 6, and 8.

• C.

  2, 4, 6, 7, and 8.

• D.

  1, 3, and 5.

• E.

  2, 4, 6, and 8.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

Considering that John asked: “How can I apply?”, in reported speech, this sentence would become: John asked how he can apply.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Para responder às questões de números 51 a 54 considere o texto abaixo.

In passive verb phrases of the type can be called

• A.

  there are a modal verb, an auxiliary verb and a verb in the past tense.

• B.

  the auxiliary verb have may correctly replace the verb be.

• C.

  the auxiliary verb takes the form have been if there is a past reference.

• D.

  the agent of the action must necessarily be left implicit.

• E.

  there is no verb in the past participle because there is no irregular verb.