Questões de Concurso Sobre substantivos e compostos | nouns and compounds em inglês

The pronunciation of the plural ending in “tablets" (line 3) is similar to that in 

The only word that can be used before “chalk" is 

Considering the text, read the sentence below and choose the alternative that presents the grammar function of the underlined words, respectively.

“The oxygen helmet makes their¹ head bigger² , rounder and cuter; their hands³ grasp eagerly at whatever happens to be passing; their limbs are made fat and their movements simple by the spacesuit’s cuddly bulk.”

Qual das palavras a seguir NÃO está no plural?

The capitalized words in “When you JOIN a course at one of the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS” can be classified, respectively, as:

Which word is not plural?

Choose the option that contains the correct plural forms of: company / facility / address / store, respectively:

The word PURCHASE in “congratulations on your new purchase” and PURCHASED in “contact the store from which you purchased the product” are, respectively:

Among the words listed below, the only one which forms the plural by adding an “s” is

Why Bilinguals Are Smarter (By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE) 1. SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. 
2. This view of bilingualism is remarkably different from the understanding of bilingualism through much of the 20th century. Researchers, educators and policy makers long considered a second language to be an interference, cognitively speaking, that hindered a child’s academic and intellectual development. 
3. They were not wrong about the interference: there is ample evidence that in a bilingual’s brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn’t so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles. (…) 
4. The collective evidence from a number of such studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems and performing various other mentally demanding tasks. These processes include ignoring distractions to stay focused, switching attention willfully from one thing to another and holding information in mind — like remembering a sequence of directions while driving. (…) 
5. The key difference between bilinguals and monolinguals may be more basic: a heightened ability to monitor the environment. “Bilinguals have to switch languages quite often — you may talk to your father in one language and to your mother in another language,” says Albert Costa, a researcher at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain. “It requires keeping track of changes around you in the same way that we monitor our surroundings when driving.” In a study comparing German-Italian bilinguals with Italian monolinguals on monitoring tasks, Mr. Costa and his colleagues found that the bilingual subjects not only performed better, but they also did so with less activity in parts of the brain involved in monitoring, indicating that they were more efficient at it. (…) 
6. Bilingualism’s effects also extend into the twilight years. In a recent study of 44 elderly Spanish-English bilinguals, scientists led by the neuropsychologist Tamar Gollan of the University of California, San Diego, found that individuals with a higher degree of bilingualism — measured through a comparative evaluation of proficiency in each language — were more resistant than others to the onset of dementia and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: the higher the degree of bilingualism, the later the age of onset. 
7. Nobody ever doubted the power of language. But who would have imagined that the words we hear and the sentences we speak might be leaving such a deep imprint? 
(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/thebenefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=0. Acesso: 04/02/2013)
The words globalized (paragraph 01), considered (paragraph 02), blessing (paragraph 03), and like (paragraph 04), are respectively presented in text as:

The word “one” in “one needs to question” (lines 21 and 22) is a(n)

The word "children" is to "child" (lines 43) as

Considerando a flexão em número das classes gramaticais das palavras em Inglês, como ficariam, respectivamente, os vocábulos country, influx e many na forma plural?

Choose the only correct sentence, as far as the word INFORMATION is concerned.

The following fragment of Text II is NOT completed correctly in

The pair “country – nationality” is NOT right in

Cada item abaixo é uma definição de uma etapa de um projeto.

I. A multilevel, multi-sectored package of measures, requiring multilevel planning and structuring, leading towards an overall goal.

II. One or more processes in which an individual or group takes part in specific decision-making and action, and over which they may exercise specific controls.

III. Result of a project relative to its objective that are sufficient and necessary to achieve the objective and are generated by its respective partner’s output.

IV. The intended physical, financial, institutional, social, environmental, educational or other goals which a project is expected to achieve and which lies in its own sphere of influence.

Associe cada definição com um substantivo que a sinteza:

Entre os substantivos seguintes, identifique aquele que forma o plural como POTATO – POTATOES; TOMATO – TOMATOES.