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

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

“Prices in Europe are so high that it costs a fortune to spend a month there” is an example of a complex sentence.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.

In “The friendly lady sings beautifully”, the underlined words have both an adverbial function.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

It is correct to conclude from this passage that

PETROBRAS has been operating as a monopoly for nearly fifty years.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

The mixed conditional in “If John had followed his doctor’s advice, he wouldn’t still be ill” implies that John did not do what his doctor told him to, and that is why he is not well now.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.

In “The audience was _______ at the tragic ending of the play” and “The _______ news made them speechless”, the blanks should be filled in respectively with the words shocked and shocking.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

It is correct to conclude from this passage that

the fact that only PETROBRAS was allowed to exploit Brazilian oil reserves was regulated by Brazilian law.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge if each of the following items is correctly written.

The news of his spectacular achievements comes as a surprise to us.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.

In “She drives ________” and in “She has a ________ car”, you can fill in the blanks with the word fast because both the adjective and the adverb have the same form.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

It is correct to conclude from this passage that

PETROBRAS is now facing new challenges.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado

Judge if each of the following items is correctly written.

Food from different geographic locations and of several ethnic groups often help distinguish specific cultural aspects.

• C. Certo
• E. Errado