EXERCICO AULA 1

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1a Questão 
 
 
Choose the alternative that completes the sentences: 
I. Neither the teacher nor the students ____________ to 
understand this assignment. 
II. ____________ either my father or my brothers made a 
down-payment on the house? 
III. Hartford is one of those cities that ____________ 
working hard to reclaim a riverfront. 
 
 
 
 
 
seem - have - are 
 
seem - have - is 
 
seems - has - are 
 
seem - has - are 
 
seem - have - is 
 
 
2a Questão 
 
 
Which sentence contains a compound subject? 
 
 
 
 
Only two dozen children rode the bus that day, but it was still 
very noisy. 
 
The green cicada is an insenct found in yards and parks all over 
town. 
 
None of the above 
 
Living inside the old barn were a large brown horse and a short 
white cow. 
 
A small lizard slithered his way under the rock and out of sight. 
 
3a Questão 
 
 
Which one of the options below is FALSE? 
 
 
 
 
A clause consists of one or more texts. 
 
A phrase consists of one or more words. 
 
A text consists of one or more sentences. 
 
A sentence consists of one or more clauses. 
 
A word consists of one or more morphemes. 
 
4a Questão 
 
 
Which sentence has a compound subject? 
 
 
 
 
a) A piece of pepperoni pizza would satisfy his hunger. 
 
d) John and Mary's plans for the new house were incomplete. 
 
e) Many trees fall in the monsoon. 
 
c) Her uncle walked slowly through the Inuit art gallery and 
admired the powerful sculptures exhibited there. 
 
b) Team pennants and rock posters covered the boy's bedroom 
walls. 
 
5a Questão 
 
 
In which sentence the subject-verb agreement is wrong? 
 
 
 
 The rich are willing to help the poor. 
 
The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good. 
 
The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon. 
 
Jessica or Christian are to blame for the accident. 
 
The colors of the rainbow are beautiful. 
 
6a Questão 
 
 
What is the subject in the sentence: 'Most of the teachers taught 
us how to read and write a sentence grammatically.' 
 
 
 
 
 
a) Most 
 
b) of the teachers taught us 
 
c) Most of the teachers 
 
d) how to read and write a sentence grammatically 
 
e) teachers 
 
 
7a Questão 
 
 
Which sentence has a verbal predicate? 
 
 
 
 
a) They gave him his hat. 
 
d) Mother appeared happy at her party. 
 
e) The bugle sounds loud. 
 
b) George III is the king of England. 
 
c) Jenny is attractive. 
 
8a Questão 
 
 
Which sentence contains a compound predicate? 
 
 
 
 
A circling hawk is a threat to a ground squirrel. 
 
Our baggage was lost in the huge airport terminal. 
 
Throughout time, the skies have fascinated people. 
 
None of the above 
 
The spider makes a wheel-like web and catches its prey.