Questões de Inglês

You are checking one of your intermediate student’s composition. As you adopt process writing, the first time you check a composition you just indicate the sort of mistake the student has made and then ask the learner to rewrite the composition. Your intermediate student has made five different mistakes in the sentences below. Choose the alternative in which the mistake IS NOT correctly indicated in parentheses.

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The words BRAVEST and AIR in “[...] the interview with Malala Yousafzai, The Bravest Girl in the world, will air Sunday [...]” (§ 1) and the word WILL in “For defying their will, and refusing to stay silent [...]” (§ 8) belong to the following word classes, respectively:

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What happened to Malala Yousafzai, according to the text?

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The verbs RECALLS and REALIZED in “everyone was speaking in English, she recalls. I realized that now I am not in Pakistan” mean, respectively:

Read the text below and answer the question that follow The writer said that a friend of hers came into her room, threw herself into a chair and burst into tears. (§ 2). The expression BURST INTO TEARS means that the writer’s friend suddenly started:

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The modal verb MIGHT in “[...] he might be asking people for loans.” (§ 16) in this context expresses the idea of:

Read the following statements about skimming and scanning:

1. Scanning is a more thorough activity which requires an overall view of the text and implies a definite reading competence.
2. Scanning is far more limited than skimming because it only means retrieving the information that is relevant to our purpose.
3. It is usual to make use of these two techniques together (skimming and scanning) when reading a given text. 4. We may skim through an article first just to know whether it is worth reading, then read it through more carefully because we have decided that it is of interest. Choose the correct alternative.

Text 1

Text 2 What do Malala Yousafzai and the writer of the second text have in common?