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Select the alternative that contains the passive voice of the sentence below:
Somebody has hurt Ronaldo during the soccer match.
Child: Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired.
Mom: He may have stayed up all night.
Child: Mom, uncle Tom looks so sleepy and tired.
Mom: He may have stayed up all night.
Select the alternative that best completes the dialogue.
Select the alternative that best completes the extract below.
Doctors suggest not _________ much fat and sugar. Patients suffering from cardiopulmonary diseases also should not avoid ___________ to the doctor.
The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.
(Adapted from Speak up)
GLOSSARY
ticklish – ter cócegas
laterality – lateralidade
The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.
(Adapted from Speak up)
GLOSSARY
ticklish – ter cócegas
laterality – lateralidade
The right foot is more ticklish than the left one. It is not related to laterality but in scientific experiments most people report that their right foot is more ticklish.
(Adapted from Speak up)
GLOSSARY
ticklish – ter cócegas
laterality – lateralidade
“The chocolate analysis must start with the visual aspect. A bar, for instance, has to be uniform, quite flat and bright. A whitish aspect is not a good sign, that means it remained on the shelf and melted,” explains the confectioner.
(Taken from TAM magazine # 38)
GLOSSARY
whitish – esbranquiçado
melted – derretido
The modal verb “must”, in the paragraph, expresses
“Liking to read is a calling, like painting, making music or playing soccer. The person is born predisposed, fascinated by the book object, by stories,” Ziraldo says.
(Taken from TAM Magazine Ano 4 # 39 )
“calling”, underlined in the paragraph, is closest in
meaning to
How to prepare well for an interview
It’s important to be well prepared for a job interview and practice the best answers to possible questions an interviewer could ask. It is common for the interviewer to ask why you are unemployed, why you want to work in that company, what you know about it and what salary you are looking for. Some interviewers can ask questions about current affairs in Brazil and the world (so it is always good to be well informed).
(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)
GLOSSARY
current affairs – assuntos atuais
How to prepare well for an interview
It’s important to be well prepared for a job interview and practice the best answers to possible questions an interviewer could ask. It is common for the interviewer to ask why you are unemployed, why you want to work in that company, what you know about it and what salary you are looking for. Some interviewers can ask questions about current affairs in Brazil and the world (so it is always good to be well informed).
(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)
GLOSSARY
current affairs – assuntos atuais
“I have to prepare the country for the World Cup and the Olympics, but I also have another commitment, and that is to work very hard to end absolute poverty in Brazil. We still have 14 million in poverty. That’s my major challenge,” Dilma Roussef, Brazil’s first female president, said.
(Taken from The Washington Post Dec 5, 2010)
GLOSSARY
commitment – compromisso
“hard”, in bold type in the extract, is an adverb of
Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional, marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other, one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the Corinthians striker said.
(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)
Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional, marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other, one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the Corinthians striker said.
(Adapted from Maganews Mar 2011)
Split Rock Resort is open to the public. Hours vary and the park is closed Tuesday - Thursday except the week of President’s Day. Purchase online and save $2 per ticket. Split Rock also offers lodging and water park specials. Tel 800-255-7625
(From Recreation News)
GLOSSARY lodging – casa, hospedaria
Split Rock Resort is open to the public. Hours vary and the park is closed Tuesday - Thursday except the week of President’s Day. Purchase online and save $2 per ticket. Split Rock also offers lodging and water park specials. Tel 800-255-7625
(From Recreation News)
GLOSSARY lodging – casa, hospedaria
Split Rock Resort is open to the public. Hours vary and the park is closed Tuesday - Thursday except the week of President’s Day. Purchase online and save $2 per ticket. Split Rock also offers lodging and water park specials. Tel 800-255-7625
(From Recreation News)
GLOSSARY lodging – casa, hospedaria
The “Freshman Fifteen”
A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds – the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain weight; but it’s encouraging to know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmful fifteen pounds.
(Taken from Active Skills for Reading)
GLOSSARY pound – libra (unidade monetária e medida de peso equivalente a 454 gramas)