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I- The hotel is famous. It is one of the most well-known hotels in the country. The latest international dancing competition was held at the hotel. The hotel spent a lot of money to advertise the event. Because the hotel wanted to gain international reputation. But not many people attended the event.
II- The hotel, which is one of the most well-known hotels in this region, wanted to promote its image around the world by hosting the latest international dancing competition. Although the event was widely advertised, not many people participated in the competition.
III- The latest international dancing competition was held at the hotel, which is one of the most well-known hotels in this region. The hotel spent a lot of money on advertising the event since it wanted to enhance its international reputation; however, it failed to attract many people.
(University of Washington Writing & Communication Center. Available at https://www.uwb.edu/wacc/what-we-do/eslhandbook/coherence)
Choose the correct alternative:
I- “I bought my smartphone on April 30th and it’s an OK product. It has never frozen or anything, but the battery doesn’t last long and it’s a bit slow”.
II- “You have spent a lot of money yesterday”.
III- “Sam has had the same hairstyle for many years”.
IV- “How long do you live in Brazil?”
Choose the alternative with the correct answer:
I- The b is silent in doubt, comb and bomb. In the word tomb, the b is pronounced.
II- The p is silent in the following words: psychology, raspberry, receipt, cupboard.
III- The l is silent in talk, walk, chalk, would, half.
IV- The h is silent in heir, hour, honor, honest, helicopter.
V- The t is silent in listen, Christmas, castle, whistle.
Choose the alternative with the correct answer:
( ) The words thanks, thought, and teeth are produced with the voiceless “th”, while the words they, those and then are produced with the voiced “th”.
( ) The nasal /m/ doesn’t occur in final position in Portuguese at all. In English, it occurs in words such as aim, them and system. In both languages, lips don’t touch.
( ) The words cough and coffee are pronounced the same way. Both have one syllable.
( ) The words two and chew are pronounced the same way.
( ) Umbrella and uniform start with the same letter, but we say an umbrella and a uniform. Umbrella starts with a vowel sound but uniform starts with a semivowel sound.
Choose the alternative with the correct sequence:
“_________ means to speak angrily with someone because they have done something wrong.”
“The postman _________ the letter.”
“Me: This little kid is much _________ than I expected.”
“My friend: Who was at the party? Me: When I arrived there, I saw _________ we knew. All of our friends arrived after me.”
“_________ is used in the past as a weak obligation to express criticism or regret, because an action didn’t happen.”
‘‘Teacher: Sara always ________ very hard, but this week she ________even harder, as the tests will start next week.”
“I _________ a ring to my girlfriend before I _________ to her.”
“Interviewer: Tell something about you that many people don’t know. Me: That is easy! I _________ Lego since I was a little kid.”
“Martin Luther King was the politician _________ speech changed the world forever.”
“If the police were to catch him, he’d spend at least five years in prison.”
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context:
I. If it doesn't stop raining, the river will raise and overflow.
II. Jane has risen in her company very quickly and is now CEO.
III. They have raised their prices every year since they were founded.
Indicate the correct alternative according to the use of “rise” and raise”. Remembering that raise is transitive (it must have a direct object) and rise is intransitive (no direct object):
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context above:
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context: