Questões de Inglês — Prefeitura de Teresina - PI 2016

The ING ending word is used as an adjective in the sentence

According to the text, drug regulators and cancer researchers in Brazil are

“The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) was established in 1886 in Paris. The aim of the IPA is to promote the scientific study of phonetics and the various practical applications of that science. In furtherance of this aim, the IPA provides the academic community world-wide with a notational standard for the phonetic representation of all languages. The latest version of the IPA Alphabet was published in 2005” Source: https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org (Adapted). Access: March 21st, 2016 The phonetic transcription below corresponds to American English (based on the open Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary). According to IPA, the phonetic transcription above corresponds to

Identify the alternative in which the plural form is INCORRECT.

The word in bold type is NOT the head or primary element in the nominal group in the sentence

According to what is developed throughout the text 04, what is the best title to it?

The same type of underlined comparative of the excerpt taken from the text 05 "The priority for students using ELF, on the other hand, is to be as intelligible as possible to the people they are communicating with." (lines 16 to 18), is:

I’ve just ran into your sister on the mall.

The word "resistance" (line 07) in the text 06, is formed by resist + the suffix – ance. Another word that can be formed with the suffx -ance is

Identify the option in which one of the words in the group is NOT a homophone with the others.

According to the text, the reason why the compound phosphoethanolamine was considered as miracle cure is

The expression “so badly” in the WhatsApp conversation above emphasizes that the person was

The pronoun it refers to

The discourse marker "such as" in the exerpt "...such as video games, websites, picture books, school textbooks, magazine articles, advertisements, and graphic novels - that involve a complex interplay of written text, visual images, graphics, and design elements." (lines 14 to 19) can be substituted, without change in meaning, by

He tore up all her letters when she decided to move.

In the sentence "How often do we stop to consider the needs of students who are learning English to mainly communicate with other non-native speakers?" (lines 04 to 08), the relative pronoun can be substituted, without change of meaning, by:

In the quotation "...and want to integrate within that culture and so may want to sound as much like a native speaker as possible.", taken from the text 07, the modal verb could be changed , maintaining the idea expresses, by:

The clause “who is pregnant”, in “Mr. Preaud and his wife, who is pregnant, hit the ground as people screamed, “Get down, get down!” is a

Taking into account the speech genre described above and language used in it, identify the alternative in which the element on the left does NOT stand for the given meaning.

The word “manhunt” in the sentence “the terrorism suspect who was arrested in Brussels on Friday after a four-month global manhunt” is a synonym with

One can infer from the title “Mario-Centered Nintendo Land To Open by Tokyo Olympics” that “to open”

The most suitable articles to fill up the blanks 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the text 04, respectively are:

Considering the context of use in the text 04, the words "teaching" and "learning" (line 22) in the second paragraph are

Considering the words taken from the text 05, the underlined words with the appropriate stress syllable are

In the text 06, the numbers "116” (line 14) and "35" (in the referenc(E), are, in compliance with Bristish usage, written respectively as:

In the sentence “Couldn't be more true” the modal express the idea of:

The pronoun "its", that occurs twice in the passage "...that despite the widespread acceptance of the extensive role of English as an international lingua franca and its increasing number of functions in this respect, there is still an almost equally widespread resistance to this lingua franca’s forms. Given the well-established sociolinguistic fact that languages are shaped by their users, and that nowadays “native speakers are in a minority for [English] language use” (Brumfit 2001, 116), it would make sense for English language teaching to move away from its almost exclusive focus on native varieties of English." (lines 04 to 18) refers, respectively to:

Considering the context of use of the sentence “Say no to racism” in the text 07, the imperative express a(n):

The pronoun this (in bold type in the 2nd paragraph) refers to

“Connectors, or conjunctives (Halliday & Hasan, 1976), are a type of cohesion device that make explicit the logical relations between sentences (cause, addition, comparison, condition, etc.). Common connectors include and, but, however, and because. Such connectors are of limited utility, however, unless the reader understands how connectors function and the logical relationship each specifies.” Source: GOLDMAN, Susan R. & MURRAY, John. Knowledge of Connectors as Cohesion Devices in Text: A Comparative Study of Native English and ESL Speakers. (Adapted) In: www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA213269. Access: March 23rd, 2016 From the groups of logical conjunctives below, which one contains connectors that specify a similar logical relation?

According to the text, turning to the courts in Brazil to access drugs that the state healthcare system does not dispense is

In the following passage of the text 07 “This photo is fantastic!!”, all the words are synonyms of “fantastic”, with the exception of:

The main point made by the passage "Given the well-established sociolinguistic fact that languages are shaped by their users, and that nowadays "native speakers are in a minority for [English] language use” (Brumfit 2001, 116), it would make sense for English language teaching to move away from its almost exclusive focus on native varieties of English." (lines 10 to 18) is to:

Without changes in meaning, the word that in “...sociolinguistic common sense indicates that they are inappropriate and irrelevant” (lines 28 and 29) can be:

Which word is similar in meaning to “tussle” as in the sentence “Brazilian courts tussle over unproven cancer treatment”?

The suitable prepositions to fill in blanks 1, 2 and 3 in text 2 are respectively

Which of the words below can be used for ordering events in reports, essays and other texts?

The verbal tense in the passage “had been eating” is

In the sentence “The actress dances as well as she acts.” the passage “as well as” expresses an idea of

The modal verb “should” brings the idea of:

Identify the alternative in which there is INACCURACY related to verb inflection.

In the passage, the word backfiring is a synonym with

According to the text 05, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is a common

The word in bold type is NOT a part of the modifier in the nominal group in the sentence

In the text 05, the word "needs" (line 05) has the vowel sound /i:/, that can also be identified in the words

In the sentence “They intend to finish the English course and eventually study another language” the word “eventually” can be substituted, without changes in meaning by

I’ve finally got over the problem.

The sentence “...languages are shaped by their users...” (lines 11 and 12) in active voice is, "users

The word "framework" can be substituted, without changing of meaning by:

Considering the text 07, when the author states that "No one is born with hatred or intolerance", he understands that hatred and intolerance are: