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1. Lay or lie? I. Mexico ____ to the south of the United States. II. Bobby: "Where is my dictionary?" Cindy: "I ____ it on the desk over there." III. My mother ___ my baby brother in his crib carefully. She didn't want to wake him up. IV. Grandma _______ her spoon next to the stove. b) lies - lay - laid - lays e) lays - laid - lied - lies c) lies - laid - lay - lies a) lays - laid - laid - lays d) lies - laid - laid - lays Explicação: LAY and LIE Lay is an irregular transitive verb (lay / laid / laid - laying). It needs a direct object. It means to put something or someone down (often in a horizontal position). "Lay your head on the pillow." Lie is an irregular intransitive verb (lie / lay / lain - lying). It does not take a direct object. It means to rest in a horizontal position1 or to be located somewhere2. "If you are tired lie here and have a rest."1 "Nottingham lies in the Midlands."2 Note:Lie also means to say something that isn't true but it takes the following form (lie / lied / lied - lying). 2. Choose the alternative that completes the sentence: 'She had her hair ___ at QuickCuts for only $25.' e) being cut d) cutted a) cutting c) cut b) to cut Explicação: Passive structure: to have + something (or someone) + past participle. 3. Say, tell, speak or talk? I. To _____you the truth, I don't remember anything. II. Did the director _____ at the conference? III. Do you know how to _____ good-bye in Arabic? IV. We spent the whole evening _____about old friends. c) say - speak - say - telling e) tell -speak - tell - talking a) say - speak - tell - talking d) tell - tell - say - talking b) tell - speak - say - talking Explicação: SAY, TELL, SPEAK AND TALK SAY(dizer) is used with direct and indirect speech. She said that it was my last chance. He said, `Good morning.¿ TELL(contar, dizer, mandar referir, relatar) (contar) Now, what was it you wanted to tell me about? (contar, narrar) So I'm going to tell you a little story. (dizer) Has anyone in your life been able to tell? (mandar) I told you to open the window. (falar) I'm going to tell you about that technology. (referir)I have already had occasion in this House to tell you that I was in favour of this. (relatar) Given this context, I would like to tell you about something that happened a few days ago. TALK(conversar, falar) is the more usual word to refer to conversational exchanges and informal communication. When she walked into the room everybody stopped talking. I want to talk today only about autonomy. SPEAK (falar)is often used for one-way communication and for exchanges in more serious or formal situations. I¿ll have to speak to that boy -- he¿s getting very lazy. Speak is the usual word to refer to knowledge and use of languages. After she had finished reading the letter, nobody spoke. She speaks three languages fluently. 4. Choose the alternative that completes the sentence: 'Instead of buying a new bicycle, why don't you have your old one ___?' b) fixing e) having fixed c) fixed a) to fix d) fixes Explicação: Passive structure: to have + object + past participle. 5. Choose the alternative that completes the sentence:'He ________ yesterday.' e) had his hair cutting b) had his hair to be cut a) had his hair being cut d) had his hair cut c) had hair to be cut Explicação: Passive structure: to have + object + past participle. 6. Mark the option which does not present a delexical verb. take a chance have a bath make a suggestion go to school give a grin Explicação: Delexical verb is a verb which has very little meaning in itself and is used with an object that carries the main meaning of the structure. Delexical verbs are, in fact, not delexical unless they form a multi-word unit, i.e. a delexical structure. For example: to have a cold shower is a delexical structure and have in this structure is a delexical verb. The simplified pattern of this structure may be demonstrated as: DELEXICAL VERB + (indefinite article, modifier) + NOUN GO to school - it is not delexical, because the verb has a full meaning. Gabarito Coment. 7. Choose the alternative that completes the sentence: Does your tooth still hurt? Yes, I have to get a dentist ________ soon. e) to make to looked c) to get it looked at d) to looked at it a) look at it b) to look at it Explicação: GET = Convince/Encourage Someone To Do Something Grammatical structure: GET + PERSON + TO + VERB Examples: How can we get all the employees to arrive on time? My husband hates housework; I can never get him to wash the dishes! I was nervous about eating sushi, but my brother got me to try it at a Japanese restaurant. The non-profit got a professional photographer to take photos at the event for free. 8. Match the verb with their proper correlates: 1. have 2. take 3. give ( ) a kick, a punch, a slap ( ) a meal; breakfast, lunch ( ) a cry, a laugh, a scream ( ) argument, dispute ( ) care, care of, a chance 3-2-1-2-1 2-2-3-1-2 3-1-3-2-2 3-1-3-1-2 1-2-3-3-1 Explicação: HAVE Food and drink: a meal; breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, a cup of tea Talking: a chat, a conversation, a discussion, a talk, Washing: a bath, a shower, a wash, a scrub Resting: a break, a holiday, a rest Disagreeing: argument, dispute, fight, quarrel I had a good breakfast before I left home. We had a long talk about the problem. TAKE Washing: a bath, a shower, a wash Resting: a break, a holiday, a rest I always take a cold shower in the morning You look tired. You need to take a break. ¿ and with these words: care, care of, a chance, a risk, a decision, a photograph, trouble, a turn, turns We took hundreds of photographs on holiday. Jane always takes a lot of trouble with her homework. GIVE Noises: a cry, a laugh, a scream, a shout, a whistle Facial expressions: a smile, a grin, a look, a glance Hitting: a kick, a punch, a slap, a push, a knock, a blow Affectionate actions: a hug, a kiss, a stroke, Talking: advice, an answer, information, an interview, a lecture, some news, a report, a speech, a talk, a warning. She gave the children a goodnight kiss and put them to bed. I have to give a speech at the meeting tomorrow.
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