Questões da Prova COPESE - UFT - 2010 - UFT - Vestibular - Prova 01

Judge the statements below:

I. The sentences “There have been attempts to reform English spelling” and “She has never eaten Chinese food” are in the same verb tense.

II. The words “explains”, “differences” and “speakers” are, respectively, the plural forms of “explain”, “difference” and “speaker”.

III. The comparative form of the word “easy” is “easier” while the comparative form of the word “rational” is “more rational”.

IV. The sentences “The great American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1843) tried to create a more rational system” and “The first spelling bee was held in the USA in 1825…” are both in the past tense.

Mark the CORRECT answer:

Read the following affirmatives:

I. “Websters „spelling books” are books that you can access on the Internet to help you with the spelling of words.

II. The spelling of the word “colour” in British English is correct while the spelling of the word “color” in American English is wrong.

III. The word “bea” means, at the same time, a four winged insect that produces honey, and a special kind of spelling competition.

IV. Italian and Spanish words are relatively easy to spell because these languages are phonetic while English is not.

Considering the text, it is CORRECT to state that:

Read the statements below and mark the INCORRECT one according to the text:

Read the statements below and mark the CORRECT answer:

The sentence ?If you?re in junior high, high school or even the first years of college now, you may have been too little then to have been aware of what was happening on the day itself? refers to the fact that: