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1. (AEE-Goiânia) Choose the alternative to complete the sentence.
The crises serious last year.
a) are
b) is
c) were
d) was
e) has been
2. (Vunesp) When John came home, a book.
a) she was reading
b) Mary is reading
c) will read
d) should read
e) readsook.
3. (U. E. Londrina – PR)
What is Make a Difference Day
Make a Difference Day is the most encompassing national day of helping others – a celebration
of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. Created by USA Weekend magazine,
Make a Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every
October. The next event is Saturday 27, 2001. Millions have participated. In 2000, 2.2 million
people cared enough about their communities, volunteer of that day, accomplishing thousands
of projects in hundreds of towns and helping an estimated 25 million people. Your project can be
as small as you wish! Look around your community and see what needs to be done. After
participating on October 27, please send in an entry form so you will be counted among the
millions of volunteers and be considered for an award.
http://www.usaweekend.com
“They posted their plan on USA Weekend’s Web site, and offers of help rolled in”.
In the extract above rolled in means:
a) were made in large numbers
b) were eagerly requested
c) were unexpectedly denied
d) were made all at once
e) were few but enough
(U. E. Londrina-PR) A questão 4 refere-se ao texto a seguir.
What if your face were a different trace?
Diana, 39, sales manager – I am a 100% Puerto Rican. My father and mother were both born
in Puerto Rico but met in The United States. My father moved here when he was 9 and my
mother at 18. And yet, people always guess I am anything but Latin. Friends and strangers alike
have asked if I am Korean or Indian. Even when I am out with my Latin friends, acquaintances
will ask them - in Spanish – if I understand Spanish.
(Marie Clare, Nov. 2002, p. 142)
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4. Where was Diana born?
a) In Spain
b) In Puerto Rico
c) In Korea
d) In India
e) In the United States
5. (UESP) How would you make the plural of this whole sentence:
So I was shocked to meet my trainer (Op. cit.)
a) So I was shocked to meet my trainers.
b) So I were shocked to meet my trainers.
c) So we were shocked to meet our trainers.
d) So we were shocked to meet ours trainers.
e) So they were shocked to meet our trainers.