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          Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in their brilliant and fantastical variations, so that she can define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Her book makes a persuasive case for fairy tale, a crucial repository of human understanding and culture.
 (Adapted from: https://www.amazon.com.br/Once-Upon-Time-Short-History/dp/0198718659)
► What kind of subordinate clause is highlighted in the passage above?
		
	
	A noun clause functioning as the indirect object
	
	A noun clause functioning as the direct object
	
	An adverbial clause indicating concession
	
	An adjective clause having a non-restrictive function
	 
	An adverbial cause indicating purpose
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:46:41
	
Explicação:
The structure so that is used in adverbial clauses to indicate purpose.
	
	
	 
		2
          Questão
	
	
	What does the following adverbial clause indicate?
Since you cannot sew your own clothes yourself, you will have to ask Julie to do it for you.
		
	
	Comparison.
	
	Contrast.
	
	Manner.
	 
	Reason.
	
	Purpose.
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:51:03
	
Explicação:
Reason clauses broadly answer the question Why? And can be introduced by the following conjunctions: because, as, seeing (that), since.
We often begin sentences with as or since because the reasons they refer to may be known to the person spoken to and therefore do not be emphasized.
	
	
	 
		3
          Questão
	
	
	Decide which semantic type it is, from the choices given: ''[Although he worked hard], he failed the final exam''.
		
	
	Comparative
	 
	Result
	
	Reason
	 
	Concessive
	
	Conditional
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:52:19
	
Explicação:
Adverbial clauses of time, reason, purpose and condition proved to be the most important for different researchers. Following these, only supplementative clauses, clauses of concession, of manner, result and comment are normally studied.
In this case, a clause of concession is mentioned.
	
	
	 
		4
          Questão
	
	
	What does the following adverbial clause indicate?
No matter how hard I try, most people seem to have difficulty to understand me.
		
	
	Condition.
	 
	Concession.
	
	Result.
	
	Purpose.
	 
	Contrast.
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:54:24
	
Explicação:
Concessive clauses are used to concede a given point in an argument. They serve to concede a certain part of an argument before proceeding to question the validity of the point in a given discussion.
The principle concessive conjunctions introducing a concessive clause are: although, considering (that), though, even though, even if; much as ¿, while, whereas, however, much/badly/good, etc., no matter how, etc., no matter how much.
 
	
	
	 
		5
          Questão
	
	
	Decide which semantic type it is, from the choices given: ''[As I don't know the way], I'll take a taxi.''
		
	 
	Reason
	 
	Concessive
	
	Result
	
	Conditional
	
	Comparative
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:55:02
	
Explicação:
I'll take a taxi as (because) I don't know the way. Or else: The reson for me to get a taxi is because I don´ t know how to get there.
	
	
	 
		6
          Questão
	
	
	Decide which semantic type it is, from the choices given: "[As I don't know the way], I'll take a taxi".
		
	
	a) Comparative
	
	e) Result
	
	b) Concessive
	 
	d) Reason
	
	c) Conditional
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:55:48
	
Explicação:
 In "[As I don't know the way], I'll take a taxi"., it means that I need to take a taxi because I don´t know how to get to a certain place. There is a reason for my choice.
	
	
	 
		7
          Questão
	
	
	As far as adverb clauses are concerned, which of the following is correctly punctuated?
		
	 
	The best thing to do when you've got a dead body on the kitchen floor, and you don't know what to do about it is to make yourself a good strong cup of tea.
	
	He walked carefully, in order to appear fair.
	
	The students left, before the speeches.
	
	Her golden retriever died, when she was young.
	 
	I arrived early so as not to miss anything.
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 14:59:25
	
Explicação:
A comma is usually not used when the adverb clause  follows the main clause.
	
	
	 
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          Questão
	
	
	Justify the position of the adverb clause in the following:
When Bob asked Pat for a candy, she said she didn't have any.
		
	
	The adverb clause can only be used after the main clause.
	
	Adverb clauses ought not to be used in written language so as to avoid misunderstanding.
	
	An adverb clause commonly appears after the main clause.
	
	Placing the adverb clause in the middle is regarded as an old fashionable use.
	 
	If the action described in the adverb clause precedes the action in the main clause, it is logical to place the adverb clause at the beginning of the sentence.
	Respondido em 30/03/2022 15:04:01
	
Explicação:
 
The explanation is already clear. If the action described in the adverb clause precedes the action in the main clause, it is logical to place the adverb clause at the beginning of the sentence.