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Sobre adjetivos | adjectives em inglês
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To answer question, read the text below.
The Language of Performance
Well, the word “performative” is generally meant as an insult. It’s meant to trivialize and indicate that someone is play-acting or “faking it.” It suggests that someone is only doing something to be seen doing it, and not because it represents a sincere interest or enjoyment.
This is one of those situations in which metaphors are overextended, and language distorts rather than describes natural human behavior. It is normal for our species for men and women to “perform” acts to impress both our own sex and the opposite sex. Males and females have different sex “roles,” and we “perform” acts to satisfy those roles.
The language seems to “portray” us as “actors performing roles” and implies that we are all essentially “lying” or “faking.” This is the kind of wordcel wordtrap that lends itself to Marxist gender theory ideology and postmodernist thinking.
“Nothing is real, everything is fake. Everything is a performance.”
That’s a frame, but it isn’t the whole picture.
Men are primates. We imitate each other. Monkey see, monkey do. And yes, we do things to try to impress each other. You can frame that in a way that seems trivial or superficial, but it is also foundational to human nature and social hierarchy.
Fonte: https//mrjackdonovan.substack.com/p/on-performative-males
Regarding the use of adjectives and their degrees of comparison in the text, mark T (true) or F (false) for the following statements:
( ) The term different in the second paragraph is a superlative adjective used to show that roles are unique.
( ) The word essentially in the third paragraph functions as an intensifier but is not a superlative form.
( ) The expression the whole picture in the fifth paragraph is in the positive degree, not the superlative.
( ) There are no adjectives ending in "-est" or preceded by "most" (as a superlative modifier) in the entire text.
Which option CORRECTLY fills in the parenthesis above, from top to bottom?
“Many educators argue that online learning can be more flexible than traditional classroom instruction.”
Com base no uso da estrutura more flexible than, assinale a alternativa correta.
Publisher cancels horror novel's release over AI claims
¹Buzzy (adj.): Something that is buzzy is getting a lot of attention and excitement, especially online. People are talking about it a lot, and it is popular right now.
(Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9d44jj24o – text specially adapted for this test).
Consider the statement “Once again, bad wins.”. Choose the alternative containing an antonym for bad.
Identify the group of adjectives that follows the same pattern.
Read the sentence below.
“The Amazon River is not as long as the Nile River.”
Choose the alternative that expresses the same idea.
Identify the incorrect use of the superlative form.
The changes to Earth’s natural patterns reveal an interconnected web of ecological systems that are undergoing profound changes beyond what many researchers have predicted. Scientists say the culprit is clear: Ever since the Industrial Revolution, the relentless burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas has been adding heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere, leading to a sharp rise in global temperatures. The hottest year in recorded history was 2024, and each of the 10 warmest years on record have come in the past decade.
Since 1997, when nations agreed to limit planet-warming gases as part of the landmark Kyoto Protocol, humanity has released more greenhouse gases than in all prior history. The temperature rise associated with the growing volume of heat trapping gas has kicked in, and it is continuing to rise. And at the same time, the ability of the planet’s natural systems to absorb planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide appears to be diminishing.
David Gelles. One thing’s for sure, the weather is getting wilder.
The New York Times International Edition, Nova York, 21-22 mar. 2026, p. 2 (adapted).
Considering the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the excerpt "The hottest year in recorded history was 2024" (first paragraph), the word "hottest" is the superlative form of hot and could be replaced with most hot without this harming the grammatical correctness of the text.
Considering the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the excerpt "The hottest year in recorded history was 2024" (first paragraph), the word "hottest" is the superlative form of hot and could be replaced with most hot without this harming the grammatical correctness of the text.
Disponível em: https://colorindonuvens.com/blog/2012/05/31/hq-monicas-gang-aprenda-ingles-turma-monica/Acesso em: 30 outubro 2025
I. Adjetivos como 'rich' e 'poor', quando precedidos pelo artigo 'the', referem-se a toda a classe e requerem verbo no plural.
II. Adjetivos de nacionalidade terminados em '-ch' ou '-sh' (ex: The French) seguem a mesma regra de pluralização coletiva.
III. É gramaticalmente correto adicionar 's' ao final de adjetivos substantivados (ex: The poors) para indicar plural.
IV. Esses adjetivos podem ser usados no singular para se referir a um único indivíduo (ex: The poor is hungry).
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