Questões de Concurso Sobre inglês

About the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach, choose the alternative that best describes its definition:

When writing, connecting ideas effectively is important. Read the examples below:
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:

Read the sentences below and analyze whether they are accurate in terms of verb tense.
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:

"Piled Higher and Deeper" (PhD) webpage offers readers comic strips about life (or the lack thereof) in academia. Observe the comic strip below and choose the correct alternative:

The English language is full of words whose written form can be deceptive. Different from Portuguese, in English we rarely sound out all the letters that we see. Due to the history of the language, there are a lot of silent letters in English. Analyze the following statements and identify the correct ones:
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: 

In relation to the sounds of the English language, classify the assertions below into true (T) or false (F):
( ) 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:

Complete the definition below with the correct phrasal verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“_________ means to speak angrily with someone because they have done something wrong.”

Look at the picture. Based on what you can see, choose the CORRECT answer.
“The postman _________ the letter.”

Choose the CORRECT answer.
“Me: This little kid is much _________ than I expected.”

Complete the sentence below with the correct pronoun. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“My friend: Who was at the party? Me: When I arrived there, I saw _________ we knew. All of our friends arrived after me.” 

Complete the definition below with the correct modal verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“_________ is used in the past as a weak obligation to express criticism or regret, because an action didn’t happen.”

Complete the sentence below with the correct verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.
‘‘Teacher: Sara always ________ very hard, but this week she ________even harder, as the tests will start next week.”

Complete the sentence below with the correct verbs. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“I _________ a ring to my girlfriend before I _________ to her.”

Complete the sentence below with the correct verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“Interviewer: Tell something about you that many people don’t know. Me: That is easy! I _________ Lego since I was a little kid.” 

Complete the sentence below with the relative clause. Choose the CORRECT answer.
“Martin Luther King was the politician _________ speech changed the world forever.”

What type of Conditional is the sentence below? Choose the CORRECT answer.
“If the police were to catch him, he’d spend at least five years in prison.”

“At the risk of sounding like someone ____ my grandmother's generation, I believe that a vast majority of recent eating disorders.”
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context: 

Analyze the sentences below:
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):

“Patricia is not able to get the job done ____ home, as we know.”
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context above: 

“The delivery of phone books _____ also caused problems _____ the years with numerous old phone books dumped at the postal stations.”
Indicate the best alternative that completes the context: