Questões Militares
Comentadas sobre passado progressivo | past continuous em inglês
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Four soldiers were injured yesterday because a bomb ________ (explode) near their armored vehicle. The incident _______ (happen) at 4.30 pm while the soldiers _______ (return) to base after a routine patrol. Their vehicle _______ (travel) along the High Street when suddenly they _______ (have) to slow down because a bomb which was hidden in a rubbish bin _______ (explode).
Liz Truss is _________ under pressure from Tory MPs to ensure benefits rise in line with prices, with minister Penny Mordaunt arguing it "makes sense". Former PM Boris Johnson _________ benefits would rise with inflation. Ms Truss has refused to say she _________ maintain the commitment, as she faces questions over how to pay for her government's tax-cutting plans. The PM told the BBC a decision _________ yet been made, as the issue dominated Tory party conference in Birmingham. Speaking to Times Radio, Ms Mordaunt said: "We tomake sure that people are looked after and that people can paytheir bills. We are not about _________ to help people with one hand and take away with another." _________ if she welcomed Ms Mordaunt _________ her views public, Ms Truss said: "I _________ forward to having those discussions."
(https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63125506 )
The Portuguese navy_______ all 22 crew members via helicopter. Authorities _________the rescue mission as “highly skilled and physically demanding.” The crew members______ to a hotel on Faial Island in the Azores. Nobody_______ in the fire.
(Adapted from https:/Avww.washingtonpost.com/)
“I wasn’t looking for this but now you’re in my way your stare was holding ripped jeans skin was showing.”
The correct verb tense in bold is:
Achemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparkling fears of an environmental disaster
The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl I- ________ on fire for almost two weeks before the blaze II- _________ this week. Hundreds of tonnes of oil from fuel tanks III- _________ into the sea, IV- ____________nearby marine life. The Sri Lankan and Indian navies V- _________jointly over the past days in an attempt VI- ________ the fire and VI- _________ the ship from breaking and sinking.
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com>news>word...)
Brazilian airforce airlifted 4 Polish citizens from the
coronavirus-stricken Chinese city Wuhan
The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has aided Poland by helping to evacuate 4 Polish citizens from the Coronavirusstricken Chinese city Wuhan. A Brazilian air force plane landed in Warsaw to drop the 4 Poles off, after which it continued its journey from Wuhan to Brazil. A total of 34 Brazilians were quarantined for 18 days after returning back home.
https://polanddaily.com/959-brazilian-airforce-airlifted-4-polish-citizens-from-the-coronavirus-stricken-chinese-city-wuhan
Change the sentence into the interrogative form.
“The cost of living has doubled in relative terms over recent years.”
Read the text and answer questions
Ursula! I whispered
Yes, my darling, she said, without __________ her eyes.
What have you got in your basket? I asked. She opened her eyes, startled, and looked at me.
What do you mean? she said defensively.
There is something moving in your basket, I said.
Oh, it’s nothing. It’s just a present for somebody. She said.
Adapted from, FERGUSON, Kenneth. Read for Meaning,
Comprehension tests for First Certificate. Ed. Evans Brothers, first
Published 1975.
Read the text and choose the best response.
The verbs “whispered” and “said” underlined in the text refer to
Complete the sentences with the correct use of the Simple Past and the Past Continuous.
- I was waiting for the bus when I___________ (see) her.
- The children ___________ (argue) when the teacher arrived.
- Everyone___________ (listen) to music when the lights ___________. (go) out.
To fill in the gaps respectively, mark the right option.
Write (T) for true and (F) for false according to the explanation of the tenses in parenthesis.
( ) When you are looking back from a point in past time, and you are concerned with the effects of something which happened at an earlier time in the past. (Past perfect )
( ) When you are concerned with the present effects of something which happened at an indefinite time in the past. (past perfect continuous)
( ) When you are talking about something which continued to happen before and after a particular time. (past continuous)
Choose the alternative that corresponds to the right order.
Investigators trying to find out what happened to a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared en route to Beijing on Saturday morning were examining the causes of plane crashes: mechanical failure, pilot error, bad weather. But the discovery that two of the passengers were carrying stolen passports also raised the possibility of criminal violence.
(Adapted from “Passport Theft adds mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Jet”)
GLOSSARY
raised – aumentou, ampliou
EXTRACT 1
Japan’s shipyards remain intact after quake
Japan’s major shipyards escaped the full impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of the country with full force. An official at the Japan Ship Exporters’ Association said the devastating natural disaster “will have no impact on future export ship orders at all”. Although several small shipyards in the quake-hit areas were affected, major Japanese shipyards that build large vessels for exports are concentrated in western Japan and remain intact, the official said. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding sustained “slight material damages” in the company’s Kasai Center and Chiba Works but did not consider such slight damages would cause serious impact on operations. “The rotational schedule of interruption of power supply due to the earthquake may affect our operation at our works and subsidiaries. However, the degree of the impact is not known now,” the company said in a statement. Japanese export ship orders rose for the 15th consecutive month in February o a year-on-year basis. Japanese shipbuilders received orders for 277 export vessels – 259 bulk carriers, 10 oil tankers and eight general cargo vessels – in the April-February period.
(Adapted from: www.australianmerchantnavy.com, March 2011)
EXTRACT 2
Tsnunami Debris Expected on U.S. Shores in 3 Years
The powerful tsunami triggered by the 9.0 Japanese earthquake destroyed coastal towns near Sendai, washing such things as houses and cars into the ocean. Projections of where this debris might head have been made at the international Pacific Research Center, university of Hawaii at Manoa. What their model predicts about the tsunami debris is that they first spread out eastward from the Japan Coast in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. In a year, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will see pieces washing up on its shores; in two years, the remaining Hawaiian islands will see some effects; in three years, the plume will reach the US West Coast, dumping debris on Californian beaches and the beaches of British Columbia, Alaska, and Baja California. The debris will then drift into the famous floating junk yard, the North Pacific Garbage Patch, where it will wander around and break into smaller and smaller pieces. In five years, Hawaii shores can expect to see another barrage of debris that is stronger and longer-lasting than the first one. Much of the debris leaving the North Pacific Garbage Patch ends up on Hawaii’s reefs and beaches. These model projections will help to guide clean-up and tracking operations.
(Adapted from: www.geog.ucsb.edu, April 2011)
Choose the correct option to complete the sentences:
1. Where have you been? I ______ for you for two weeks!
2. Their bus __________at 3:00 p.m.
3. Tim __________to the beach, when he heard the weather forecast and changed his mind.
4. Research _____________ that excessive sue of cell phones may cause headaches.
5. When the police arrived, the thieves __________.
Read an extract of a news report and decide which verb correctly completes the sentences. Then, choose the correct alternative.
“Drivers on a Chinese motorway in Sichuan had to stop suddenly because an ostrich ________ along the road. It ________ to belong to a Mr Liu, or Meishan, who ________ that the ostrich ________ away when he ________ it.”
As they _________ down the street they _________ Amelia.
Davis beckham_____________(1) in a minor car accident on Friday. The football ace _________(2) near Torrence in Califirnia when he ________(3) into the back of a
stationary vehicle with his Cadillac SUV.
(Adapted from http://www.thisislondon.co.uk)
When you stay (1) after midnight, your attention surely (2).
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