Questões de Concurso Sobre inglês

According to Motta-Roth (2008), the Critical Genre Pedagogy sees the process of teaching/ learning as situated. What does it mean?

Choose the right synonym for “amass” in the following context: “Why do they amass these weapons in the midst of a democratic so-called peace- loving country?”

Mrs. Ellington was last night recovering ____ her injuries in hospital.

De acordo com o texto é correto afirmar:

De acordo com o texto, é correto afirmar que Sarah Ferguson:

Which is the appropriate title for the text?

What alternative DOES NOT refer to Sarah Ferguson:

The six sentences listed bellow have been removed from the text. They have been substituted by [ ].

1. At age 18, the red-headed graduated from Queen’s Secretarial College in London.

2. The charity’s mission is to help children in poor countries gain access to education.

3. She also had her own TV mini-series Finding Sarah. 4. By then, she’d met and fallen in love with Prince Andrew.

5. The red-headed duchess also wrote a self-help book, Reinventing Yourself With The Duchess Of York, and an autobiography, My Story: Sarah The Duchess of York.

6. The Duchess and Prince Andrew divorced in 1996.

Mark the alternative that represents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

In line 07, the correct missing words to complete the blank are:

The excerpt from the text “learners are more likely to encounter Australian English” (line 04 e 05) the underlined expression refers to the fact that learners:

In the sentence: “When it was taken for granted that the variety of English which learners needed to master was a nativespeaker one, the choice was often determined by proximity”, the underlined expression means:

Nowadays, it is correct to say that when people learn English as a foreign language:

According to the traditional view of learning English, it is correct to say that:

As the text refers to the fact that “English is learned for many different reasons”, it includes the verb may in order to:

In the sentence: “For some, it may be a popular language for the media”, the underlined words refer to:

Among the many positive aspects that can be considered in learning English, the text mentions one aspect that shows the uselessness of learning it. Mark the alternative that presents this characteristic of uselessness in the learning of English.

In the expression “i.e., as a form of economic capital”, the underlined abbreviation introduces:

According to the text when planning the teaching of English, how many different options are accessible to educational planners?

Consider the following idioms and their meanings. If the idiom and its meaning are equivalent mark T (true) in the parenthesis, if they are not, mark F (false).

( ) Hang in there = Don’t give up.

( ) Easy does it = Slow down.

( ) It´s not rocket science = Tell something briefly.

( ) That’s the last straw = My patience has run out.

( ) You can say that again = That’s true.

I agree. Mark the alternative that presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

Consider the following sentence:

Some schools use therapeutic strategies such as anger management, skill-building, empathy-building and self-esteem building to reach the bully.

Which expression CANNOT substitute “such as”?