Choose the alternative that rewrites correctly the excerpt below, taken from the text “Cat Watch 2014: What’s it like being a cat?” published by the BBC News, using the past simple.

Cats are at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transform from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a study by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College has revealed.

Cats see the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to see movement without distractions. They also have large eyes for their size, allowing them to see well in low-level light.

However, they can’t focus on anything less than a foot away, so use their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

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A

Cats were at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transform from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a studied by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College revealed. Cats’ highly-developed senses, honed through millions of years of evolution, maked them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets interacted with the world in a very different way to us. Cats see the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to see movement without distractions. They also had large eyes for their size, allowing them to saw well in low-level light. However, they can’t focused on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

B

Cats were at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transformed from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a studied by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College reveal. Cats’ highly-developed senses, honed through millions of years of evolution, made them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets interact with the world in a very different way to us. Cats saw the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to saw movement without distractions. They also had large eyes for their size, allowing them to saw well in low-level light. However, they couldn’t focused on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

C

Cats have been at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transformed from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a studied by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College revealed. Cats’ highly-developed senses, honed through millions of years of evolution, maked them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets interacted with the world in a very different way to us. Cats see the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to see movement without distractions. They also haved large eyes for their size, allowing them to see well in low-level light. However, they can’t focused on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

D

Cats were at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transformed from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a study by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College revealed. Cats’ highly-developed senses, honed through millions of years of evolution, made them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets interacted with the world in a very different way to us. Cats saw the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to see movement without distractions. They also had large eyes for their size, allowing them to see well in low-level light. However, they couldn’t focus on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

E

Cats have been at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transformed from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a study by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College revealed. Cats’ highly-developed senses, honed through millions of years of evolution, make them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets interacted with the world in a very different way to us. Cats saw the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to saw movement without distractions. They also had large eyes for their size, allowing them to saw well in low-level light. However, they couldn’t focused on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies.

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Alternativa [D] Cats  were  at  a  crucial  point  in  their  evolutionary  journey as  they  transformed  from solitary hunters  to  domestic  pets,  a  study  by  the  BBC  and  the  Royal  Veterinary College  revealed. Cats’  highly-developed  senses, honed through millions of years of evolution,  made them highly efficient predators. In fact, our pets  interacted with the world in a very different way to us.  Cats  saw  the  world  in  muted  colours,  making  it  easier  for  them  to  see  movement  without  distractions. They also had  large eyes  for  their size,  allowing them to see well in low-level light. However,  they  couldn’t  focus  on  anything  less  than  a  foot  away,  so  used  their  whiskers  for  detecting  objects  closer to their bodies. Queridos alunos, vamos analisar a questão proposta e entender por que a alternativa D é a correta.

Para resolver essa questão, é necessário ter um bom entendimento do tempo verbal passado simples (past simple) em inglês. O past simple é usado para falar sobre ações que ocorreram e foram concluídas no passado.

Vamos começar analisando a alternativa correta:

Alternativa D:
Esta alternativa reescreve o trecho original corretamente no passado simples:

"Cats were at a crucial point in their evolutionary journey as they transformed from solitary hunters to domestic pets, a study by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College revealed."
  "made them highly efficient predators."
  "our pets interacted with the world in a very different way to us."
  "Cats saw the world in muted colours, making it easier for them to see movement without distractions."
  "They also had large eyes for their size, allowing them to see well in low-level light."
  "However, they couldn't focus on anything less than a foot away, so used their whiskers for detecting objects closer to their bodies."

Agora, vamos analisar por que as alternativas incorretas não estão adequadas:

Alternativa A:
Apesar de algumas partes estarem no passado simples, há erros como:

"Cats were at a crucial point" está correto.
  "a studied by the BBC" deveria ser "a study by the BBC".
  "maked them highly efficient predators" deveria ser "made them highly efficient predators".
  "allowing them to saw well" deveria ser "allowing them to see well".
  "they can't focused on" deveria ser "they couldn't focus on".

Alternativa B:
Erros presentes incluem:

"a studied by the BBC" deveria ser "a study by the BBC".
  "reveal" deveria ser "revealed".
  "our pets interact with the world" deveria ser "our pets interacted with the world".
  "making it easier for them to saw movement" deveria ser "making it easier for them to see movement".
  "they couldn't focused on" deveria ser "they couldn't focus on".

Alternativa C:
Inclui erros como:

"Cats have been at a crucial point" deveria ser "Cats were at a crucial point".
  "a studied by the BBC" deveria ser "a study by the BBC".
  "maked them highly efficient predators" deveria ser "made them highly efficient predators".
  "they also haved large eyes" deveria ser "they also had large eyes".
  "they can't focused on" deveria ser "they couldn't focus on".

Alternativa E:
Apresenta os seguintes problemas:

"Cats have been at a crucial point" deveria ser "Cats were at a crucial point".
  "making it easier for them to saw movement" deveria ser "making it easier for them to see movement".
  "allowing them to saw well" deveria ser "allowing them to see well".
  "they couldn't focused on" deveria ser "they couldn't focus on".

Portanto, a alternativa D é a única que reescreve o texto corretamente no passado simples, sem erros gramaticais.

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