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Setting aside exceptions, which of the following
alternatives presents a correct key spelling rule?
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Read the following sentences:
We were going to the supermarket and there was _____ free parking space.
I wish I could take credit for this accomplishment, but my wife is the real hero. All the recognition should go to her, I don't deserve _______.
The candy we bought tasted bad. _______ was worth the money.
______ would have guessed that.
The words that correctly fill in the blanks respectively are:
We were going to the supermarket and there was _____ free parking space.
I wish I could take credit for this accomplishment, but my wife is the real hero. All the recognition should go to her, I don't deserve _______.
The candy we bought tasted bad. _______ was worth the money.
______ would have guessed that.
The words that correctly fill in the blanks respectively are:
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O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' dominates at SAG Awards
(1º§) The unlikely awards season juggernaut Everything Everywhere All at Once marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and even gathered steam with wins not just for best ensemble, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan but also for Jamie Lee Curtis. (...)
(2º§) Though some have seen best actress as a toss up between Yeoh and BAFTA winner Cate Blanchett (Tár), Yeoh again took home the award for best female lead performance. "This is not just for me," said Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win the SAG Award for female lead. "It's for every little girl that looks like me." Quan, the former child star, also won for best supporting male actor. The Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star had left acting for years after auditions dried up. He's also the first Asian to win best male supporting actor at the SAG Awards.
STRAUSS, J. Everything Everywhere All at Once? dominates at SAG Awards. El País, 2023 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-27/everything-everywhere-all -at-once-dominates-at-sag-awards.html. Acesso em 20 de julho de 2024.
Read the following sentence again: "Though some have
seen best actress as a toss up between Yeoh and
BAFTA winner Cate Blanchett (Tár), Yeoh again took
home the award for best female lead performance" (2º§).
In this context, the expression toss up, in bold, can be
explained as:
Read the following paragraph from a movie review:
"(...) Its instant success even made it deserving of a few minutes of glory at the last edition of the Oscars, where Elizabeth Banks announced the award for Best Special Effects accompanied by a person in a bear costume. Just at the US box office, it has grossed twice its cost and accumulated more money than Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which exceeds its cost by almost $100 million."
LÓPEZ-SOLÓRZANO, B. From bears on drugs to giant black sharks: This is how B-movies have gone mainstream. El País, 2023. Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-07/from-bears-on-drugs-to-gi ant-black-sharks-this-is-how-b-movies-have-gone-mainstream.html. Acesso em 19 de julho de 2024.
In this text, there are two words in bold: where and its. These two words refer, respectively, to the following terms:
"(...) Its instant success even made it deserving of a few minutes of glory at the last edition of the Oscars, where Elizabeth Banks announced the award for Best Special Effects accompanied by a person in a bear costume. Just at the US box office, it has grossed twice its cost and accumulated more money than Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which exceeds its cost by almost $100 million."
LÓPEZ-SOLÓRZANO, B. From bears on drugs to giant black sharks: This is how B-movies have gone mainstream. El País, 2023. Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-07/from-bears-on-drugs-to-gi ant-black-sharks-this-is-how-b-movies-have-gone-mainstream.html. Acesso em 19 de julho de 2024.
In this text, there are two words in bold: where and its. These two words refer, respectively, to the following terms:
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Read the dialogue:
Person A: I arrived late to work yesterday because of the traffic.
Person B: I understand. It is so difficult to be on time anywhere when the traffic is bad.
Person A: Once I move closer to work, this will not happen again. I need more quality of life.
Person B: You are totally right.
Based on the dialogue, how many subordinate clauses did we find in it?
Person A: I arrived late to work yesterday because of the traffic.
Person B: I understand. It is so difficult to be on time anywhere when the traffic is bad.
Person A: Once I move closer to work, this will not happen again. I need more quality of life.
Person B: You are totally right.
Based on the dialogue, how many subordinate clauses did we find in it?
The group of words flower / flour, daze /days and beat /
beet are examples of:
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O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying wereknown to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
The text mentions the initial investigation into the
disappearance of 14 U.S. Navy men in the Bermuda
Triangle region in 1945 and its subsequent conclusion.
According to what was released by the U.S. Navy, the
disappearance was due to:
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying wereknown to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
Read the sentence again: "This is true even now, despite
big improvements in aircraft technology and
search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small
amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines
MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been
found" (5º§). The word which, in bold, refers to:
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Match the second column according to the first, which
refers to the function of the sentences in bold:
First column: function
1.A thing or person that is being discussed.
2.The constituent which refers to the same person or thing.
3.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates time.
4.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates location
Second column: sentence
(__)Her dream, to publish a book, is something she thinks of since she was little.
(__)As the plane took off, he started to have a panic attack.
(__)She built a nice cottage in the rainforest for her and her children.
(__)Whoever crosses the line first will receive a gold medal.
First column: function
1.A thing or person that is being discussed.
2.The constituent which refers to the same person or thing.
3.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates time.
4.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates location
Second column: sentence
(__)Her dream, to publish a book, is something she thinks of since she was little.
(__)As the plane took off, he started to have a panic attack.
(__)She built a nice cottage in the rainforest for her and her children.
(__)Whoever crosses the line first will receive a gold medal.
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O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' dominates at SAG Awards
(1º§) The unlikely awards season juggernaut Everything Everywhere All at Once marched on at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and even gathered steam with wins not just for best ensemble, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan but also for Jamie Lee Curtis. (...)
(2º§) Though some have seen best actress as a toss up between Yeoh and BAFTA winner Cate Blanchett (Tár), Yeoh again took home the award for best female lead performance. "This is not just for me," said Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win the SAG Award for female lead. "It's for every little girl that looks like me." Quan, the former child star, also won for best supporting male actor. The Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star had left acting for years after auditions dried up. He's also the first Asian to win best male supporting actor at the SAG Awards.
STRAUSS, J. Everything Everywhere All at Once? dominates at SAG Awards. El País, 2023 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-02-27/everything-everywhere-all -at-once-dominates-at-sag-awards.html. Acesso em 20 de julho de 2024.
According to the text, actress Michelle Yeoh dedicated
her victory to:
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In each of the following options, you will see one word in
English, one word in Portuguese and their respective
stress pattern. Which one is correct?
In the sentence "The school canceled the classes today
and the kids are now on their umpteenth videogame
play", what is correct about the word "umpteenth" in this
context?
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O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder à questão.
Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?
(1º§) "The hype around the Bermuda Triangle can be traced back to a series of unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft. In 1945, five US Navy planes and 14 men disappeared in the area while doing routine training exercises. The flight's leader, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, was heard over the radio saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right. We don't know where we are, the water is green, no white." The US navy investigated and ultimately reported the incident as "cause unknown". From the time of this incident until the mid-1980s, 25 small planes disappeared while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. They were never seen again. No wreckage was ever recovered.
(2º§) In light of the above, we should ask ourselves: if we don't know what caused something, or if something appears entirely mysterious, should we look for the answer in the paranormal (such as ghosts or spirits) or the supernatural (such as magic or miracles)? Some people do. They find such explanations exciting. This is what has happened for decades with the incidents in the Bermuda Triangle. However, when we take the time to learn more about these events and not jump to conclusions, they start to look much more ordinary.
(3º§) "Take the disappearance of Charles Taylor and the five planes which the US Navy investigated. The investigation found that as it got dark outside and the weather changed, Taylor had navigated the planes to the wrong location. Taylor also had a history of getting lost while flying. He had twice needed to be rescued in the Pacific Ocean. The navy itself had a good idea of what had happened ahead of the disappearance.
(4º§) "But the incident was ultimately described as "cause unknown" because Taylor's mother, not wanting to blame her son for the disappearance, maintained if the navy couldn't find the aircraft they couldn't say for sure what had happened. Not wanting to blame Taylor for the tragedy, the navy agreed. Most of the pilots involved in the incident were trainees. This means they weren't properly taught how to use all the aircraft instruments when flying at night, or in bad weather.
(5º§) "What's more, the aircraft they had been flying wereknown to sink in as little as 45 seconds if they landed in water. And once aircraft sink in the vast ocean (although this is extremely rare these days), they are often never found again. This is true even now, despite big improvements in aircraft technology and search-and-rescue methods. For instance, only a small amount of debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, which disappeared in 2014, has been found [...].
SATTERLEY, S. Curious Kids: what is the Bermuda Triangle and why is it considered dangerous?. The Conversation, 2020 (adaptado). Disponível em: https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-what-is-the-bermuda-triangle-a nd-why-is-it-considered-dangerous-145616. Acesso em 21 de julho de 2024.
According to the text, there is still a connection between
the functioning of the aircraft and the disappearance of
the pilots in the incident involving the trainees and
Lieutenant Taylor. Choose the alternative that correctly
explains why: