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Sobre preposições | prepositions em inglês
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I. That terrible accident happened in Christmas day. II. There is a lot of red tape, so the car will be ready on three weeks. III. Blake had been there from five years. IV. My dream is to be in New York on New Year’s Eve.
Square Dance
João loved Teresa who loved Raimundo
who loved Maria who loved Joaquim who loved Lili
who didn’t love anyone.
João went to the United States, Teresa to a convent,
Raimundo died in an accident, Maria became a spinster,
Joaquim committed suicide, and Lili married J. Pinto Fernandes,
who had nothing to do with the story.
(Carlos Drummond de Andrade translated by
Richard Zenith in “Multitudinous Heart”
Text 4 (for questions 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46)
Social networks
Going into the small room at the end of the corridor, Roberta sat down _______ 1 the computer. It was the computer she had bought when her old one’s hard disk had started to go wrong. Her new computer was a laptop with a lot of extra features and she needed it for her online work _______ 2 her students. Roberta had started to worry that her students would be bored unless she used modern technology in her teaching.
She turned_______ 3 the switch at the back of her computer. She looked at the email messages waiting for her answer, but she ignored them. Then she looked at the homework posted on a special site she created for the students, but she didn’t feel like correcting it. Instead she went to her favorite social network site and looked at the news about her friends. She sent messages to her favorite people and she had many online conversations _______ 4 teaching and other things. She posted some new messages on her own web page and then watched a film clip on a video site which her friend had told her about.
_______ 5 now, it was late and she realized that she had spent too much time talking to her friends online. She was very tired. She would have to do all her work in the morning.
(HARMER, J. Essential Teacher Knowledge: core concepts in English language teaching, p. 42. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2012.
Adaptado.)
On the basis of this definition, it is correct to say that the words “almost” (last sentence of the second paragraph), “favor” (third sentence of the fourth paragraph), “which” (first sentence of the last paragraph) and “between” (third sentence of the last paragraph), which were taken from text 4A1-II, are, respectively,
( ) The underlined word in “… it helps to know more about hot air balloons themselves.“ is a relative pronoun.
( ) The preposition in the following sentence “…keeping the balloon floating above the ground.” means that the balloon is floating over the ground.
( ) The words ‘actually’, ‘push’, and ‘major’ mean in Portuguese: ‘atualmente’, puxar’ and ‘maior’.
( ) The negative form of “A hot air balloon has three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.” is “A hot balloon doesn’t have three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.”
( ) The tense used in the question “Have you ever wondered what keeps a hot air balloon flying?”, is an example of Past Perfect.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
What is the best word to complete this sentence? (paragraph 4)
Read the following text and answer question.
How do people see disability today?
Some time ago, people’s idea of disability was very distressing, especially towards people with disability and their families. If a child was born with any kind of disability, they _____________ that to many strange taboos, spiritual and traditional beliefs.
Today, disability is seen very differently. Education, information, support services, policy and accessibility efforts by many modern societies have empowered people with disabilities, together with _____ families, to rise to their fullest potential. Children with disability are able to go to school and feel part of society. Many people with disability have grown to become great, successful people.
Ray Charles and Steve Wonder, both blind from childhood, are some of ____________ musicians in the world. Marlee Matlin, ______ lost her hearing from childhood, is a great Standup Comedian and Actress. Chris Burke, a favorite American TV character, and writer, is a person with Down Syndrome. Nick Vujicic is _______ Australian Christian Evangelist and Motivational Speaker. Born ______ 1982 with a rare disorder, characterized by no hands and legs, has lived to inspire millions and continue to empower people.
Disability is part of life. People with disability have potential too, just like people without a disability.
They have the same rights as everyone else and if people with disabilities, families, and society can
work together on policy, we can make society all-inclusive and every person will have a fair chance to
be the best they can be.
(Adapted from: https://goo.gl/fhJZCM. Access: 01/22/2018)
Read the following text and answer question.
Introduction to Climate change
Many people make Climate Change and Global Warming a scary and difficult thing to understand, _______ it’s not.
Scientists have warned that the world's climate has changed a lot, and has affected many living and non-living things. Many places _______ were warmer are now getting colder, and many colder regions are getting much colder or even warmer nown as Global Warming).
For example, _________ 1901 and 2012, it is believed that the earth's temperature has risen by 0.89 °C. Rainfall amounts have also risen in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere since the beginning of the 20th Century. It is also believed that sea levels have risen up to about 19cm globally, with lots of glaciers melting in addition.
Some people do not believe that these are caused by human activities. They think it is all political actions and falsehood intended to cause panic among humans.
Well, whatever it is, we would like to know more, and take a few good points from this confusion, and
use them to make our world a better place to live.
(Adapted from: https://goo.gl/xQnjzZ. Access: 01/22/2018)
Read the following text and answer question.
Introduction to Climate change
Many people make Climate Change and Global Warming a scary and difficult thing to understand, _______ it’s not.
Scientists have warned that the world's climate has changed a lot, and has affected many living and non-living things. Many places _______ were warmer are now getting colder, and many colder regions are getting much colder or even warmer nown as Global Warming).
For example, _________ 1901 and 2012, it is believed that the earth's temperature has risen by 0.89 °C. Rainfall amounts have also risen in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere since the beginning of the 20th Century. It is also believed that sea levels have risen up to about 19cm globally, with lots of glaciers melting in addition.
Some people do not believe that these are caused by human activities. They think it is all political actions and falsehood intended to cause panic among humans.
Well, whatever it is, we would like to know more, and take a few good points from this confusion, and
use them to make our world a better place to live.
(Adapted from: https://goo.gl/xQnjzZ. Access: 01/22/2018)
In line 4, “into” is a preposition of movement as well as onto, through, along and towards.
The terms “measuring” (line 6) and “understanding” (line 9) are both in the present participle form, for the reason that both are preceded by a preposition.
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Internet: <www.ducksters.com> (adapted).
According to the text, judge the item.
In the period “Even though the fighting had ended and
the schools were open again, there were still Taliban
throughout the city.” (lines 24 and 25), “throughout” is
an example of preposition which means sobre in
Portuguese.
Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of the text above, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).
In the sentence “look about the room”, in line 1, about
is used as adverb rather than a preposition.
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It would be grammatically correct and it would not change the meaning of the sentence if the preposition “above” was replaced by the preposition below in the sentence: The numbers of the weekly dengue bulletin, released today, reveal that probable and confirmed cases are below expectations for the epidemiological period.
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In the sentence: “Between 2019 and 2020, Paraná faced one of the worst dengue epidemics in its history” (lines 35 and 36), “its” refers to dengue epidemics.