Questões de Concurso
Comentadas sobre uso dos adjetivos | use of adjectives em inglês
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Complete the blanks of the following sentences with the adjective “good(s)” or the adverb “well”:
I. She writes very _____, that is why she has so many _____ books on the bookstores.
Instruction: Answer to questions 38 to 47 based on the text below. The Highlights throughout the text are cited in the questions.
Caribou
01 ____Large hoofed animals belonging to the deer family, caribou and reindeer are actually the
02 same species — Rangifer tarandus. There are differences between caribou and reindeer though.
03 Caribou are native to North America, whereas reindeer are native to northern Europe and Asia.
04 Alaska does have some reindeer, however, imported from Siberia in the late 19th and early 20th
05 centuries.
06 ____Some people use the term "reindeer" to refer to domesticated work animals, such as those
07 pulling Santa's sleigh, but there are both wild and domestic herds of reindeer. Caribou, on the
08 other hand, are wild-living and long-migrating. Indigenous groups herd reindeer and use them for
09 their meat. That's also likely why reindeer evolved to be stockier than caribou.
10 ____Caribou make one of the world's great large-animal migrations. As summer approaches,
11 they head north along well-trod annual routes. Some herds may travel more than 600 miles to
12 get to their summer grazing grounds. They'll spend the summer months feeding on the abundant
13 grasses and plants of the tundra. This is also when they give birth. When the first snows fall each
14 year, the caribou turn back south. Herds of female caribou, called cows, leave several weeks
15 before the males, which follow with yearling calves from the previous birthing season.
16 ____They are taller and lankier than reindeer, likely because they evolved to make these long
17 migrations. They are the only deer in which males and females both have antlers—though only
18 some females have them. Cows have one calf each year, which can stand after only a few minutes
19 and move on with its mother by the next day.
20 ____Caribou are classified as vulnerable to extinction, one step above endangered. Because
21 they're migratory, changes in the landscape, such as the appearance of new fences or other
22 human development on their migration routes, can be especially disruptive. Climate change is
23 also a threat. As the Arctic warms, they become more susceptible to diseases and parasites,
24 which could quickly spread through a herd.
(Available in: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/caribou – text adapted especially
for this test).
“Taller and lankier” (l. 16) are both comparative adjectives. Which words below follow the same spelling rules, respectively?
Text for items from 16 to 20.
1 Nowadays, occupational therapists have access
to many technological features that aid patients in
overcoming their physical limitations.
4 While many traditional OT methods are still
highly effective, using technology can help with patient
engagement, especially in the case of young children.
7For example, a child whose treatment includes drawing
or coloring can use an iPad, instead of crayons, messy
markers and coloring books to practice these skills.
10 Elderly patients can use virtual assistants, like
Alexa or Siri, to control their environment without having
to get up or ask others for help. While teaching patients
13 how to use a virtual assistant may sound unconventional,
keep in mind the goal of occupational therapy is to help
someone become more independent, which is something
16 a virtual assistant does.
Internet: (with adaptations).
Choose the opposite adjective to “Elderly” (line 10).
Read the text and answer the question.
Technology is the driving force behind the rapid evolution of our modern world. From the smallest gadgets to the ________________ systems, technology permeates every aspect _________ our daily lives. It enables instant communication across the globe, facilitates breakthroughs in medical science, ______ automates tasks for increased efficiency.
Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the gaps in lines 2, 3 and 4 with superlative structures and prepositions.
Comparatives and superlatives are used to describe how people or things are different. If on the one hand, comparative adjectives are used to express how two people or things are different, on the other hand, superlative adjectives are used to convey that one person or thing is different to all the others of its kind. Based on the principles of explanation and potential application of comparatives and superlatives in English, check the alternative whose information read cannot be considered as correct.
Complete the sentences. Use VERY LITTLE or VERY FEW.
I drink _________ coffee. I prefer tea.
It is difficult to go to Maceió. There are ________ flights.
Mark is very thin because he eats ________.
Choose the correct alternative:
Choose the correct idiom to complete the sentence: "He's always trying to find shortcuts and take the _____ way out of things."
Julgue o item subsequente.
In the sentence: "Please give me four red balloons for the
arrangement." the words "four" and "red" are being used
as adjectives.
Read Text I and answer the fourteen questions that follow it
Text I The “literacy turn” in education: reexamining
what it means to be literate
In response to the phenomena of mass migration and the emergence of digital communications media that defined the last decade of the 20th century, the New London Group (NLG) called for a broader view of literacy and literacy teaching in its 1996 manifesto, A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures. The group argued that literacy pedagogy in education must (1) reflect the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of the contemporary globalized world, and (2) account for the new kinds of texts and textual engagement that have emerged in the wake of new information and multimedia technologies. In order to better capture the plurality of discourses, languages, and media, they proposed the term ‘multiliteracies’.
Within the NLG’s pedagogy of multiliteracies, language and
other modes of communication are viewed as dynamic resources
for meaning making that undergo constant changes in the
dynamics of language use as learners attempt to achieve their
own purposes. Within this broader view of literacy and literacy
teaching, learners are no longer “users as decoders of language”
but rather “designers of meaning.” Meaning is not viewed as
something that resides in texts; rather, deriving meaning is
considered an active and dynamic process in which learners
combine and creatively apply both linguistic and other semiotic
resources (e.g., visual, gesture, sound, etc.) with an awareness of
“the sets of conventions connected with semiotic activity [...] in a
given social space” (NLG, 1996, p. 74).
Grounded within the view that learning develops in social,
cultural, and material contexts as a result of collaborative
interactions, NLG argued that instantiating literacy-based
teaching in classrooms calls on the complex integration and
interaction of four pedagogical components that are neither
hierarchical nor linear and can at times overlap: situated practice,
overt instruction, critical framing, and transformed practice. […]
Although the NLG’s pedagogy of multiliteracies was
conceived as a “statement of general principle” (1996, p. 89) for
schools, the group’s call for educators to recognize the diversity
and social situatedness of literacy has had a lasting impact on
foreign language (FL) teaching and learning. The reception of the
group’s work along with that of other scholars from critical
pedagogy appeared at a time when the field was becoming less
solidly anchored in theories of L2 acquisition and more interested
in the social practice of FL education itself. In the section that
follows, we describe the current state of FL literacy studies as it
has developed in recent years, before finally turning to some very
recent emerging trends that we are likely to see develop going
forward.
(Adapted from: https://www.colorado.edu/center/altec/sites/default/files/ attachedfiles/moving_toward_multiliteracies_in_foreign_language_teaching.pdf)
Things to do in Ireland
*laver: a type of seaweed / seaweed: alga marinha
(Available at: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/10-best-things-to-do-ireland – text specially adapted
for this test).
I. “Wooden” means “made of wood”.
II. “Wooden” is an adjective that modifies/describes the word “whiskey”.
III. “Whiskey” specifies what kind of barrel it is.
Which statements are correct?
Businesses are starting to introduce new options for tipping at self-checkout machines, putting even more pressure on customers amid rising inflation costs. Despite having zero interaction with employees during transactions, self-checkout machines at places such as coffee shops, bakeries, airports, and sports stadiums are giving customers the option to leave the typical 20% tip, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Business owners believe that the prompt for a tip can boost staff pay and increase gratuities — but customers are questioning where and to whom the extra cash is going, considering self-checkout is done by the customers themselves. “They’re cutting labor costs by doing self-checkout. So what’s the point of asking for a tip? And where is it going?” are some of the questions customers ask. But tipping researchers claim this is a way for companies to put the responsibility of paying employees on the customer rather than increasing employee salaries themselves. Self-tipping is viewed by many customers as a way to guilt-trip the person into tipping on something when they typically wouldn’t.
Many companies told the Journal that these tipping prompts are optional, and the extra gratuity is split between all employees. However, experts say that tips at a self-checkout machine might never even get to an actual employee since protections for tipped workers in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act don’t extend to machines.
Internet: <https://nypost.com> (adapted).
According to the previous text, judge the following item.
Tipping at self-checkout machines have become mandatory
in most places like coffee shops, bakeries, airports, and
sports stadiums.
I. In the structure “Oprah was deeply invested” the word “deeply” is as adjective.
II. The structure “the perfect person for each role.” is a nominal group connected to preposition “for” and the headnoun is “role”.
III. The word “invested” can be replace by “take part”.
IV. In the expression “on the casting choices” it refers to actor or actress in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it.
Which ones are correct?
Julgue o item subsequente.
Adjective order is a crucial aspect of English syntax, and
there is a specific sequence that native speakers
instinctively follow when using multiple adjectives before
a noun. This order is based on categories such as opinion,
size, age, shape, color, proper adjective, and purpose.
Read the advertising text to answer question
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Mark the option that fills in the advertisement’s blanks with the correct adjetive forms.
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