Questões de Concursos Habilitação Inglês

The word “Yet”, in the beginning of the second paragraph, is polysemic and its meaning depends on the context. In the sentences below, the one in which the word carries the same meaning as the one used in the text is

Forms of other can be used as either adjectives or pronouns – besides the more recent verb form. They include others, the other, the others, another. Indicate the correct use of one of these forms:

In the fraction of the text “Speakers use a finite set of rules to produce and understand an infinite set of possible sentences.”, the words in bold carry opposite meaning because of the prefix “in”. The word which results in opposite meaning because of the same prefix is

While preparing reading comprehension exercises on the text, the teacher notes the absolute predominance of verbs in the simple past. However, this is not a language class, but a reading one, and the teacher wouldn’t like to deal with the topic “verbs” in isolation, as followers of structuralism would do. This way, in trying to articulate reading comprehension and linguistic knowledge, in a class on the text “Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil’s largest city”, the teacher

Read the quote.

“If the teacher is indeed wise, he does not bid you into the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”

Kahlil Gibran – The Prophet (in HARMER, Jeremy. How to teach English. Pearson Education Limited 2007.

Gibran’s quote is an instance of use of conditionals in a sentence. Complete the blank spaces to make the sentence an improbable past condition.

“If the teacher ____________ indeed wise, he __________you into the house of his wisdom, but rather ____________you to the threshold of your own mind.”

In the part of the text “the awareness and the tools that will allow them to achieve their academic, professional, social, and personal goals” the bolded portion is

Os verbos regulares a seguir foram retirados do texto e estão no tempo presente. Marque a alternativa em que os dois verbos têm seu sufixo -ed do passado e particípio passado pronunciado com /d/.

The stretch of text “many thousands of words which are reported to have been formed in this fashion” is an example of impersonal passive voice – which shows, for instance, what an unspecified group of people say or believe. One instance of this type of passive is

A área da linguística que estuda os afixos é a

In the sentence taken from the text “Over the past few centuries, it has served as an adjective, an adverb, a noun, and a pronoun”, the pronoun in bold letters refers to the word “other”. Sometimes, though, “it” does not have a referent and serves a grammatical function only, thus being named, for example, “dummy it”. Mark the alternative in which “it” has a referent.

A father earns the gratitude of his children by nurturing them to be preeminent in the Assembly of the Learned.

Thirukural, verse 67, circa 100 A.D. in: KUMARAVADIVELU, B. 2003.

Regular verbs ending in voiced sounds are pronounced with the sound /d/ in the simple past and past perfect, and so are most adjectives with the same form. However, the word “Learned”, present in the quotation above, has a distinctive pronunciation feature when functioning as an adjective or a noun: /ˈlɜːnɪd/. Among the words below, choose the one that follows the same characteristic of pronunciation when used in such functions.

A student who does not know the meaning of the acronym A.D. would correctly ask for clarification from the teacher using the question

Read the following exchange:

A: Why was the king only able to draw straight lines?
B: Because he is a ruler.
Humor is caused by a linguistic property named

A palavra “information” é um substantivo incontável em inglês e não recebe plural. Das palavras a seguir, a que acompanha a mesma regra é

An English teacher asks their group of 16-year-old students to read the internet post “Top 10 Educational Blogs for Teens” and decide on one of the blogs to follow during the semester. After going through the material, the group chooses blog #6 Science News for Students, which is introduced as follows:

#6 Science News for Students

Created by the Society for Science, this blog is dedicated to promoting a love for science in teenagers by presenting complex topics in a clear and understandable manner. It covers a wide range of scientific subjects, from biology and chemistry to astronomy and environmental science.
What is so special about Science News for Students is its well-written, easy-to-understand content that not only informs but also inspires. It gives young learners the opportunity to stay updated on the latest scientific advancements, encouraging their curiosity and critical thinking.

https://www.nshss.org/resources/blog/blog-posts/top-10-educationalblogs-for-teens. Acesso em 22.04.2025. Adaptado.

The purpose of the teacher to have the students read the whole post and then choose one particular blog to follow is that they develop a more fluent reading in English. The instruction provided – “Quickly go through the blogs in the post to have a general idea of their content and then decide which one you would like to follow” – focuses on the development of the reading ability named.

O conectivo em negrito no trecho retirado do texto “Because the culture of any community has many facets and manifestations” pode ser substituído, sem alteração de significado ou estrutura da frase, por

From the alternatives, choose the one in which the pronunciation of the plural form of the words given follows the sequence /s/, /z/, /iz/.

Even before they start reading the text “Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil’s largest city”, some students say they will not be able to understand it. And immediately mention the words “knock”, “households” and “swept”, in the headline and the first paragraph.

The literature about teaching reading in a second language mentions a variety of methods and approaches to deal with unknown vocabulary. Materials and teachers may instruct learners to

I. make use of the dictionary: they will not understand the text properly if they do not know all the words in it.
II. look for the pronunciation of the unknown words: the association between sound and spelling always helps comprehension.
III. ignore vocabulary difficulties and focus on grammar: meaning does not derive from words in isolation but from sentence structures.
IV. Pay attention to context and appeal to background knowledge on the subject: making inferences is key to learning a new language.
V. Concentrate on text meaning rather than word meaning: words may be ignored if not essential to the comprehension of the text’s main points.

A teacher interested in developing their students’ use of reading strategies will, in a reading class with the text “Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil’s largest city”, focus on the instructions given in items

Leia o texto.

Transfer is a general term referring to the application of prior skills or knowledge to subsequent learning. While positive transfer benefits the learning task, “negative transfer” or “interference” disrupts learning. In language learning, the learner’s mother tongue is an obvious set of previous experiences, and a most common source of interference errors. Observe os pares de frases que seguem. A versão em português foi fornecida pela professora. A tradução foi feita por um dos estudantes. Nas traduções, observa-se a interferência do português.

I. Aconteceu um milagre com o velho casal que finalmente reencontrou seu filho! Happened a miracle with the old couple who finally met their son again!
II. Ele realmente não compreendeu nada do que eu lhe contei.
He really did not understand nothing of what I told him.
III. As informações sobre novos temporais são todas muito preocupantes.
The informations about new storms are all very disturbing.
IV. A menina ficou extremamente feliz com seu novo corte de cabelo!
The girl stayed extremely happy with her new haircut!
V. A mãe comemorou o novo emprego com seu marido e filhos.
The mother celebrated the new job with your husband and friends.

Enquanto corrige a tarefa, a professora escreve um breve comentário ao lado de cada frase traduzida. Assinale a alternativa que contém uma observação correta sobre a tradução realizada pelo estudante.