Questões de Língua Inglesa da Centro de Seleção e de Promoção de Eventos UnB (CESPE)

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

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

In the text, “therefore” (l.10) means consequently.

• 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

According to the text above, judge the following items.

In the text, “have yet to be established” (l.12-13) means still have not been established.

• 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

According to the text above, it can be deduced that

“wear” (l.6) can be correctly replaced by use.

• 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

According to the text above, it can be deduced that

“their” (l.26) refers to “athletes” (l.26).

• E. Errado
• C. Certo

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