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Inglês IV
“Question: a sentence, phrase, or word that asks for information or is used to test someone's
knowledge. “
B 1. Where does she live? / 2. What do you do? / 3. Do you like
animals? / 4. How do you go to work? / 5. What time do they
usually get up?
2 “You’re not just my mother-in-law, you’re like a best friend.”
B It is a relative because of marriage.
3“ Electronic mail (e-mail) is a computer-based application for the exchange of messages
between users.”
C A good subject presents a description of the theme of the message.
4 Read the following excerpt from the song This boy by The Beatles:
B There are two different boys: one is near the singer; the other is far from the
singer.
5“Possessive pronouns help us show a noun’s possession or ownership. However, they are
different from possessive adjectives.”
1. Is this Emily's room? – Yes, it's _______. (she)
A 1. hers / 2. our - ours / 3. his / 4. your – theirs / 5. Mine
6“A possessive adjective is used to indicate who (or what) owns something.”
1. I don't know the time because I can't find______ watch.
E 1. my / 2. his / 3. her / 4. its / 5. our
7Read the following dialogue:
Aneta: Hi! What is (1) _____ name?
E 1. your / 2. my / 3. they / 4. they / 5. their / 6. their / 7. her / 8. his / 9. he / 10.
our
8Read the following dictionary entry:
“A family tree is a chart that shows all the people in a family over any generations and their
relationship to one another”.
A Oliver is Henry’s grandson.
9Read the following excerpt:
“Sometimes you have to describe things in English. You can use different words to make such
descriptions. You can describe things based on: material, color, shape, size, opinion, and age.”
B 1. b / 2. d / 3. a / 4. e / 5. c
10“We use do and does to make questions with the present simple. [...] We use do and does
with question words like where , what and when [...]. But questions with who often don't use do
or does [...].
A A: Do you live in a house or in an apartment? B: I live in an apartment.
11“When we make invitations in English, we use some expressions to accept or refuse
them”.
D a. 2 / b. 3 / c. 5 / d.1 / e. 4
12 “An object pronoun is a type of personal pronoun that is normally used as a
grammatical object, either as the direct or indirect object of a verb, or as the object of a
preposition.”
A 1. him / 2. us / 3. it / 4. them / 5. her
13 “Gift- something that you give someone, for example to thank them or because you
like them, especially on a special occasion”.
C a. 2 / b. 3 / c. 1 / d. 5 / e. 4
14 “Sport - a physical activity in which people compete against each other.”
B 1. d / 2. a / 3. b / 4. e / 5. c
15 My name is Michael White. I’m a reporter at a television studio. I go to work by
bus and subway. I leave home for work at 6:45 and I walk to the bus stop. There’s a
bus stop near my house so I just have to cross the street and walk 2 minutes to get
on the bus. The bus isn’t very filled up when I get on but it is usually crowded by the
end of the line. I take the 971T bus to the First Avenue and I get off at Grand Central
Station. It takes me about an hour and a half to get to work every day.
C 1. FALSE / 2. FALSE / 3. FALSE / 4. TRUE / 5. TRUE
16 “In English, we also have object pronouns. These are: me, you, him, her, it, us, them. (Notice
that 'it' and 'you' are the same when they're subject pronouns or object pronouns) .”
C 1. FALSE / 2. TRUE / 3. TRUE / 4. FALSE
17 “The present continuous can refer to the future. It shows that we have already decided
something and usually that we have already made a plan or arrangements.”
C 2 – 2 – 1 – 1 - 2
18 “Depending on the sport you practice, it is necessary to have some special equipment
and a specific place to play it.”
A a. 3 / b. 1 / c. 2 / d. 5 / e. 4
19 “We use the present simple tense when we want to talk about fixed habits or routines
– things that don't change. We use the present continuous to talk about actions which
are happening at the present moment, but will soon finish”.
A 1. cuts / 2. isn’t sleeping / 3. are sitting / 4. are you wearing / 5.
speaks
20 “A conjunction is a word that is used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. There
are many conjunctions in the English language, but some common ones include and, or,
but, because, for, if, and when. There are three basic types of conjunctions: coordinating,
subordinating, and correlative.”
C 1. WRONG / 2. RIGHT / 3. WRONG / 4. RIGHT / 5. WRONG
21 Read the following the dialogues:
conversation 1
D In conversation 2, the Present Continuous Tense is about future actions.
22 “Some annual festivals emerge out of religious rituals or cultural events, while others
come about because of marketing experiments or boredom”.
B a. 2 / b. 4 / c. 1 / d. 3
23 “Holiday - a time of rest from work, school etc.
C 1 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 – 3 - 1
24 “A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence. Verbs can be used
to describe an action, that’s doing something.”
C 1. CLIMB / 2. LIFT / 3. THROW / 4. JUMP / 5. STRETCH
25 We use the present continuous to talk about activities at the moment of speaking [...].”
E Please, be quiet. The baby is sleeping .
26 “Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.
Conjunctions allow you to form complex, elegant sentences and avoid the choppiness of
multiple short sentences.”
B 1. and / 2. so / 3. so / 4. but / 5. but
27 “Exercise – to do a physical activity such as walking, swimming, or running in order
to stay healthy and make you body stronger.”
D a. 2 / b. 4 / c. 5 / d. 1 / e. 3
28 “A comic-con is a convention ( con , for short) focused on comic books and related
forms of pop culture entertainment [...].”
E a. 3 / b. 1 / c. 5 / d. 2 / e. 4
29 Read the following excerpt from the song Just the way you are by Bruno Mars:
A In I tell her, ‘her’ is an object pronoun. It refers to a woman.
30 We are having a holiday this week and nobody is working on this day. Some
friends and I want to go to the beach for the holiday. We intend to relax and have
some fun. So, we have lots of ideas in mind for the holiday. But one thing is sure:
we are leaving early to the beach because we want to spend as much time as
possible there.
D In the text, the Present Continuous Tense refers to future actions.
31 “The possessive case is used to show ownership. The possessive pattern or mark ('s)
is generally used when indicating a relation of ownership or association with a person,”
D 1. b / 2. a / 3. a / 4. c / 5. b
32 My name’s Julia and I’m 10 years old. I live in Fortaleza with my family. Manoel and
Claudia are my parents. I have two sisters - Laura and Ana. My grandmother is very cool.
She is Cecília. Pedro is my lovely grandfather. They live in Fortaleza too. I have two pets -
a dog named Sansão e a cat named Rose. I love my family.
B Pedro is Claudia’s father or Manoel’s father.
33 “A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun used to point to specific people or things.”
E 1. these – this / 2. those / 3. those / 4. these / 5. that
34 Read the following e-mail:
D The message doesn’t have formal writing.
35 Read the following excerpt from the song Begging , by Dua Lipa:
A This refers to ‘stay forever’ and these refers to ‘lows’
36 “Success is something that you have to define for yourself, and no one can do it for
you.”
D 1. c / 2. e / 3. a / 4. b / 5. d
37 “A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just
sound ‘right’ to native English speakers, who use them all the time.”
E 1. c / 2. a / 3. a
38 “In general, we use simple present tense for two main reasons:
C 1. c / 2. b / 3. b / 4. a / 5. a
39 “A podcastis a collection or series of digital audio files that are made available for
downloading or listening via the Internet.”
E a. 2 / b. 3 / c. 1
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My name is Bob. Each day I drive my kids to school. My daughter goes to a school
that is far from our house. It takes 30 minutes to get there. Then I drive my son to his
school. It’s close to my job. My daughter is in the sixth grade and my son is in the
second. They are both good students. My daughter usually sings her favorite songs
while I drive. My son usually sleeps.
A 1. TRUE / 2. FALSE / 3. FALSE / 4. FALSE / 5. FALSE
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