Questões sobre Interpretação de Texto

In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),

regard is the same as to look carefully at something or someone.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),

regard means to consider or have an opinion about something or someone.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“She expected that he would be here before her arrival but he didn’t do so.”, “do so” refers to “be here before her arrival”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the sentence

“The new gas stove in the kitchen which I bought last month has a very efficient oven.”, the subject is “The new gas stove in the kitchen”.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).

“The typical sources of evidence for standard usage are literary texts, quality journalism, academic and professional writing, etc.” (L.6-8) — As fontes típicas que evidenciam o uso padrão são os textos literários, o jornalismo de qualidade, os escritos acadêmicos e profissionais etc.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).

“Standard spoken English grammar will therefore be different from standard written English grammar in many respects if we consider ‘standard’ to be a description of the recurrent spoken usage of adult native speakers.” (L.16-19) — O padrão gramatical da língua inglesa oral será, no entanto, diferente do padrão escrito da gramática inglesa em muitos aspectos, se considerarmos como “padrão” a descrição do uso repetido da língua oral por falantes nativos adultos.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).

“The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language, and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult, educated native speakers of a language.” (L.1-4) — O termo “gramática padrão” é tipicamente associado com a linguagem escrita e é geralmente considerado característico do uso repetitivo falado pelo nativo adulto educado de uma língua.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

In the text, the word “bias” (L.5)

means often supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way by allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Considering translation and some of the notions it envolves, judge the following items.

Acceptations which go beyond the primary meaning of a linguistic expression can be said to be connotative.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The word “rampant” (L.9) is the same as restrained.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado