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Lista de Exercícios 01 
 
Read carefully and mark the correct item in each of the 
following questions. 
 
01. The sentence You can't get a job unless you've got 
experience is equivalent in meaning to: 
a) You can only get a job provided you have experience. 
b) You can get a job only because you have experience. 
c) Since you have experience, you can have a job. 
d) If you have only experience, you can’t get a job. 
e) Unless you have got many experience, you can’t get a 
good job. 
 
02. The sentence Unless you call me to say you're not 
coming, I'll see you at the theatre is equivalent in 
meaning to: 
a) I won’t see you at the theatre if you call me to say you 
are going. 
b) I will see you there if you call me to say you are not 
going to the theatre. 
c) Unless you call me to say you are not going, I will go to 
the theatre with you. 
d) I will see you there unless you do not call me to say you 
are not coming. 
e) I will see you there if you do not call to say you are not 
coming. 
 
03. A gravel road leads __________ the jungle and 
__________ __________ the Andes. 
a) to – down – onto 
b) until – as far as – up 
c) through – up – into 
d) beyond – so far – over 
e) beside – under – across 
 
04. There is a trend __________ healthier eating 
__________ all sectors of the population. 
a) to – between 
b) against – between 
c) into – amid 
d) towards – among 
e) about – throughout 
 
05. Why am I under arrest? There __________ some 
mistake. 
a) shouldn’t be 
b) would be 
c) will be 
d) must be 
e) be 
 
06. He has __________ money but no style. 
a) plenty of 
b) plenty 
c) many 
d) very 
e) a lot 
 
07. I've told you __________ time not to ride your bike on 
the pavement. 
a) many 
b) many a 
c) much 
d) a few 
e) lots of 
 
08. That's __________ difficult book – here's an easier 
one for you. 
a) a little 
b) many a 
c) very a 
d) a rather 
e) rather a 
 
09. Read the following dialog: 
 
- "Do you want to come out for dinner with us this 
evening?" 
- "Rather!" 
 
The word in bold can be replaced by: 
a) actually. 
b) certainly. 
c) dubiously. 
d) extremely. 
e) preposterously. 
 
10. He was a salesman, so he was used __________ up 
and down the country. 
a) travel 
b) to travel 
c) travelling 
d) to travelling 
e) not to travel 
 
11. Argentina __________ the football World Cup since 
1986. 
a) have not won 
b) does not win 
c) has not won 
d) did not win 
e) had not won 
 
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12. Hardly __________ turned up for the party. 
a) no one 
b) nobody 
c) anyone 
d) anything 
e) none 
 
13. In the sentence Notwithstanding some members' 
objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan, the 
underlined word can be replaced by: 
a) unless. 
b) nevertheless. 
c) inasmuch as. 
d) although. 
e) despite. 
 
14. In the sentence You should not use that source, 
inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date, the underlined 
expression is equivalent in meaning to: 
a) because. 
b) besides. 
c) in spite of. 
d) whatsoever. 
e) anyway. 
 
15. Which of the following verbs can receive the suffix -ar 
the same as To Lie? 
a) To Advise. 
b) To Beg. 
c) To Bite. 
d) To Dwell. 
e) To Sew. 
 
16. Which of the following options fill in meaningfully the 
gap in the sentence: You can't __________ the grass if it's 
wet. 
a) grasp 
b) seize 
c) split 
d) mow 
e) mend 
 
17. They think I'm an old fuddy-duddy because I don't 
approve __________ tattoos. 
a) in 
b) on 
c) of 
d) just 
e) with 
 
18. In the sentence Doctors are short of time to listen and 
therefore tend to prescribe drugs whenever they can, 
the underlined word is equivalent in meaning to: 
a) moreover. 
b) although. 
c) ergo. 
d) lest. 
e) because. 
 
19. __________ that I could scarcely hear her. 
a) So quietly can she speak 
b) So quietly will she speak 
c) So quietly did she spoke 
d) So quietly does she speak 
e) So quietly did she speak 
 
20. I don’t know who did it, but my pet rabbit __________. 
a) has been letting out 
b) has been let out 
c) had been letting out 
d) is being let out 
e) has been being let out 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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