Questões de Concursos Gramática

João: I prefer the Harry Potter films. The books are boring, don?t you agree?

Joana: No, I think the films are ...... the books.

Decide about the correctness of the following items in regard to adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.

In “The audience was _______ at the tragic ending of the play” and “The _______ news made them speechless”, the blanks should be filled in respectively with the words shocked and shocking.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

In “He stopped smoking” and in “He stopped to smoke”, the meaning is the same because the verb “to stop” accepts both the infinitive and the gerund forms.

Judge the following items.

In “The strong belief that he was unbeatable was Hugh’s first defeat”, the underlined passage has an appositive function.

Choose the alternative that best completes the sentence below.

I stayed in London ___ a few days during my vacation. I came back to Brazil ___ May 1st.

In regard to error treatment and language teaching methods, decide about the correctness of the items below.

In the Grammar-Translation method, errors are seen as a natural, indispensable part of the learning process. The teacher uses students’ errors as a basis for deciding where further work is necessary. Self and peer correction are fostered as well.

Decide about the correctness of the following items concerning singular and plural forms.

The singular and plural form of the following words is the same: series, species, means.

As regards language teaching methods, judge the following items.

In Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), the target language is a vehicle for classroom communication, not just the object of study. That is one of the reasons why the use of the mother tongue should be handled sensibly and carefully.

_____________________________? Yes, I did.

Having in mind the established rules for the formation of comparative forms, judge the following items.

The worse thing that could possibly happen to me is to lose my job.

From questions 13 to 15, fill in the blanks with the correct alternative

Would you consider ……………..steel framing in a construction?

Complete the following sentences with some or any.

I. I want to buy ________ games.

II. Have you got _________ kids?

III. Would you like _________ cake?

Judge the following items.

A disjunct is found in “Donna won’t cooperate, which makes things more difficult”.

According to the established rules of phonetics and phonology of the English language, judge the items below.

The pronunciation of the verb use has two different forms in “He used his pen to sign his name” and in “He used to wear short trousers when he was a boy”.

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

“Although Grant did not have any money” requires another clause introducing an expected result, such as he didn’t go to the movies.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

Considering that John asked: “How can I apply?”, in reported speech, this sentence would become: John asked how he can apply.

With regard to verb tenses and verb forms, judge the items below.

In the sentences “Dancing is an excellent aerobic exercise” and “She is dancing with her brother”, the underlined forms are gerunds.