Questões de Concursos Professor de Inglês

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Choose the best option to complete the sentences using off, out and up:

1. You need to back ____, or the situation could turn ugly.

2. He backed ____ of the garage.

3. Back ____ your documents folder before applying the update.

4. You should be careful. This guy is backed ____ by the local gang.

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

Why should I be punished? I haven’t done nothing wrong.

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.

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.

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

In the Silent Way, errors are to be avoided at all costs through the teacher’s awareness of where the students will have difficulty and restriction of what they are taught to say.

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

In Georgi Lozanov’s Suggestopedia, now called Desuggestopedia to reflect the importance placed on suggesting no limitations on learning, errors are corrected gently, with the teacher using a soft voice. This method is illustrative of what came to be known as an affectivehumanistic approach to language teaching.

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

In “The friendly lady sings beautifully”, the underlined words have both an adverbial function.

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

The plural forms of hypothesis, thesis, and crisis are respectively hypotheses, theses, and crises.

Judge the following items concerning subordinated structures.

The relative structure in “The judge praised the jury members who had respected the rules of court” means that some members of the jury failed to comply with the rules.

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

A shift (or change) in the stressed syllable of nouns such as contract, defect, object, progress turns them into verbs.