Questões de Concurso Sobre advérbios e conjunções | adverbs and conjunctions em inglês

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Q3809237
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: FUVEST Órgão: USP Prova: FUVEST - 2025 - USP - Técnico de Laboratório (Bioquímica) |
Q3809237 Inglês
The idea of time blindness, or difficulty perceiving and managing time, has spread across social media. While there is no diagnosis for it, some people explain that, despite their best efforts, they frequently lose track of time, underestimate or overestimate how long tasks will take, show up late, and miss deadlines.

  Time blindness is a psychological phenomenon that nearly everyone experiences from time to time, said Michael Manos, at the Cleveland Clinic.

  “Who doesn’t get completely occupied with a hobby or a conversation they’re having with somebody, or some kind of activity that is so interesting that it occupies attention, and it takes attention away from other things that might be pressing?” he said.

  Not all experts agree, but some suggest that it could be a limitation for some people.

  Renae Beaumont, an associate professor of psychology in clinical psychiatry, said time blindness and flow, a state of intense focus in an activity that is engaging, enjoyable and temporarily distracts from the passage of time, are different phenomena.

  “Flow is typically associated with positive emotions when you’re doing something you enjoy, and you are able to shift to a different task when you need to. Time blindness involves getting stuck, losing track of time and typically having trouble transitioning to a different task,” she said.

  There is no clear consensus, but some researchers consider time blindness to be an impairment in temporal perception, or the way the brain experiences time.

  Certain strategies may help people who struggle with time perception and management, experts said.

  Use digital reminders including alarms, timers and calendars to keep track of appointments, dates and deadlines.


Washington Post. February 5, 2025. Adaptado.
No trecho "While there is no diagnosis for it, some people explain that..." (1º parágrafo), o termo "While" pode ser substituído, sem prejuízo de sentido, por
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Q3806779
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Instituto Ágata Órgão: Prefeitura de Juruti - PA Prova: Instituto Ágata - 2025 - Prefeitura de Juruti - PA - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3806779 Inglês

Read the following comic strip to answer question:




(Available at: 7 tech comics that will put a big smile on your face - Pingdom)

The sentence “He doesn’t know it yet. Twitter is down.” Choose the alternative that best explains or exemplifies the correct use of yet in this context.
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Q3794570
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IGEDUC Órgão: Prefeitura de São José do Seridó - RN Prova: IGEDUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de São José do Seridó - RN - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3794570 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder às questão.


Italians


The peak period of Italian immigration to the United States occurred between 1880 and 1921, when approximately 4.2 million Italians came to America. The vast majority of these immigrants, about 80 percent, hailed from the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy, a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship. Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s, when the government placed an onerous tax on wheat and salt, which were necessities for southern farmers and fishermen. In the 1880s, disease ravaged both staple and cash crops; malaria and other epidemics also devastated southern Italy during this period. Additionally, a series of earthquakes and the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the early 1900s destroyed cities and killed tens of thousands of people.

Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy. Wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers in the industrialized US could be three times greater than wages for the same work in the depressed Italian economy. Even illiterate day laborers could find better paying jobs with better working conditions in cities like Boston. In the late nineteenth century, Italian immigrants were often referred to as "birds of passage"−young men who migrated alone, earning money to buy land and support their families at home and eventually returning to Italy. After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed and more Italian immigrants began to bring their families over and put down permanent roots in the region.

Patterns of Settlement

Boston's North End neighborhood became the locus of Italian settlement in eastern New England. Once the home of English colonists and revolutionaries like Paul Revere, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in the North End before the wave of Italian immigration in the late 1800s. By the early 20th century, the North End was densely filled with tenements, in which tens of thousands of Italians lived. Much of the appeal of the North End for immigrant groups was its proximity to work opportunities on the waterfront and in downtown Boston. By 1920, over 50 percent of Italian immigrants in Boston lived in the North End. Those who could afford more spacious dwellings moved across the harbor to East Boston, which by the mid-twentieth century became the city's largest Italian-American community. Others moved to nearby suburbs such as Somerville, Revere and Saugus, especially after World War II. But even as immigrants and their children moved to these areas, many Italian small businesses and restaurants remained in the North End, and it is still an important center of Italian culture in New England.

Workforce Participation

Most Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked menial, unskilled jobs upon their arrival in Boston, as day laborers, dockworkers, or fruit sellers. Others opened shops and small businesses, and some skilled workers (like tailors) found higher-paying jobs. In neighborhoods like the North End and East Boston, immigrants operated Italian restaurants that attracted a growing clientele from across the city. For the earlier "birds of passage," though, assimilating into the wider American culture was not a priority; for more permanent Italian settlers, cultural obstacles such as the language barrier and lower levels of education made upward mobility difficult. Within a few generations, however, Italian Americans in Boston became better educated and were able to move into middle-class and professional occupations, including some of the highest echelons of business and politics.


https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/ethnic-groups/italians/ 
In "After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed," the adverbial connector however signals contrast and textual progression. From a discourse perspective, such connectors perform a metatextual role, guiding reader interpretation. Which sentence below uses however in the same cohesive function?
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Q3794565
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IGEDUC Órgão: Prefeitura de São José do Seridó - RN Prova: IGEDUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de São José do Seridó - RN - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3794565 Inglês
O texto seguinte servirá de base para responder às questão.


Italians


The peak period of Italian immigration to the United States occurred between 1880 and 1921, when approximately 4.2 million Italians came to America. The vast majority of these immigrants, about 80 percent, hailed from the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy, a region in the midst of great tumult and hardship. Having only been officially unified in 1860, political tension between the government in the north and the rural peasants in the south increased in the 1870s, when the government placed an onerous tax on wheat and salt, which were necessities for southern farmers and fishermen. In the 1880s, disease ravaged both staple and cash crops; malaria and other epidemics also devastated southern Italy during this period. Additionally, a series of earthquakes and the eruptions of Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius in the early 1900s destroyed cities and killed tens of thousands of people.

Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy. Wages for both skilled and unskilled laborers in the industrialized US could be three times greater than wages for the same work in the depressed Italian economy. Even illiterate day laborers could find better paying jobs with better working conditions in cities like Boston. In the late nineteenth century, Italian immigrants were often referred to as "birds of passage"−young men who migrated alone, earning money to buy land and support their families at home and eventually returning to Italy. After World War I, however, immigration patterns changed and more Italian immigrants began to bring their families over and put down permanent roots in the region.

Patterns of Settlement

Boston's North End neighborhood became the locus of Italian settlement in eastern New England. Once the home of English colonists and revolutionaries like Paul Revere, Irish and Jewish immigrants settled in the North End before the wave of Italian immigration in the late 1800s. By the early 20th century, the North End was densely filled with tenements, in which tens of thousands of Italians lived. Much of the appeal of the North End for immigrant groups was its proximity to work opportunities on the waterfront and in downtown Boston. By 1920, over 50 percent of Italian immigrants in Boston lived in the North End. Those who could afford more spacious dwellings moved across the harbor to East Boston, which by the mid-twentieth century became the city's largest Italian-American community. Others moved to nearby suburbs such as Somerville, Revere and Saugus, especially after World War II. But even as immigrants and their children moved to these areas, many Italian small businesses and restaurants remained in the North End, and it is still an important center of Italian culture in New England.

Workforce Participation

Most Italian immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked menial, unskilled jobs upon their arrival in Boston, as day laborers, dockworkers, or fruit sellers. Others opened shops and small businesses, and some skilled workers (like tailors) found higher-paying jobs. In neighborhoods like the North End and East Boston, immigrants operated Italian restaurants that attracted a growing clientele from across the city. For the earlier "birds of passage," though, assimilating into the wider American culture was not a priority; for more permanent Italian settlers, cultural obstacles such as the language barrier and lower levels of education made upward mobility difficult. Within a few generations, however, Italian Americans in Boston became better educated and were able to move into middle-class and professional occupations, including some of the highest echelons of business and politics.


https://globalboston.bc.edu/index.php/home/ethnic-groups/italians/ 
In "Conditions in the United States during this era appeared to be very favorable to many in southern Italy," the adverb very intensifies the adjective favorable. From a syntactic and pragmatic perspective, adverbs of degree like very operate as scalar modifiers that influence meaning without altering propositional truth. Which of the following sentences mirrors the same grammatical and semantic function of "very" in this context?
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Q3791950
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: FRONTE Órgão: Prefeitura de Santa Bárbara - MG Prova: FRONTE - 2025 - Prefeitura de Santa Bárbara - MG - PEB - Língua Inglesa - Edital nº 4 |
Q3791950 Inglês
Connectors are used to link ideas. In the sentence below, which word best fits the gap to express contrast? "He studied very hard for the test; __________, he didn't get a good grade."
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Q3790627
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: FUNATEC Órgão: Prefeitura de Piracuruca - PI Prova: FUNATEC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Piracuruca - PI - Professor de Língua inglesa |
Q3790627 Inglês
Considere o enunciado:
The policy will significantly reshape how teachers evaluate multimodal assignments.
O advérbio significantly tem escopo sobre: 
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Q3790092
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IGEDUC Órgão: Prefeitura de Craíbas - AL Prova: IGEDUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Craíbas - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3790092 Inglês
An Adverb Phrase (AdvP) consists of an adverb acting as the head, potentially accompanied by pre-modifiers and post-modifiers that qualify or intensify its meaning within the clause. Select the option where the underlined section constitutes a complete Adverb Phrase functioning as a pre-modifier of an adjective.
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Q3790086
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Análise sintática | Syntax Parsing ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IGEDUC Órgão: Prefeitura de Craíbas - AL Prova: IGEDUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Craíbas - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3790086 Inglês
Adverbials can be placed in different positions within clause, but specific negative or restrictive adverbs trigger mandatory subject-auxiliary inversion when placed at the beginning of a sentence for emphatic purposes. Analyze the following statements regarding the syntax of adverbials:

I. "Seldom have I seen such a remarkable display of talent" is a grammatically correct example of inversion triggered by a negative adverb.
II. "Hardly had he arrived when the phone rang" demonstrates the correct use of inversion with a time-relationship adverbial.
III. "Little she knows about the surprise" is the correct emphatic form of the sentence "She knows little about the surprise".

It is correct what is stated
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Q3788900
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Instituto IBED Órgão: Prefeitura de Cristalândia do Piauí - PI Prova: Instituto IBED - 2025 - Prefeitura de Cristalândia do Piauí - PI - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3788900 Inglês
Brazil

Brazil is a leader in entrepreneurship*, with an estimated one in eight adults being “entrepreneurs.” Much of the business that occurs in Brazil is done by single businesspeople either selling their homemade goods or providing their services. Foreign entrepreneurship is a bit of a rarity in Brazil. It is simple for a local businessperson to open a business by, in most cases, circumventing the typical red tape* associated with starting a business. The regulatory boards are so poorly managed and so open to bribes* that local entrepreneurs can easily sneak by without following proper procedure. For foreign businesspeople it is much more difficult. Foreigners draw attention to themselves (by merely being foreigners) and therefore fall prey to greater scrutiny. It is imperative for the foreign businessperson to hire a good “despachante” or broker to handle their interactions with government officials.

(http://www.internationalentrepreneurship.com/americas/brazil
Acesso em: 16.02.2024. Adaptado)
In the sentence “Foreign entrepreneurship is a bit of a rarity in Brazil,” the use of the expression “a bit of a” serves to soften the meaning of “rarity,” implying that foreign entrepreneurship is uncommon, though not entirely absent.
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Q3788874
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Os advérbios (grau, a finalidade, contraste ...) | Adverbs (degree, purpose, contrast...) , Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Instituto IBED Órgão: Prefeitura de Cristalândia do Piauí - PI Prova: Instituto IBED - 2025 - Prefeitura de Cristalândia do Piauí - PI - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3788874 Inglês
Text: (Excerpt about sugar consumption and health implications)

        Sugar has never been considered a health food, but lately, the science against it keeps growing stronger. New evidence shows going overboard on the sweet stuff can lead to high cholesterol and blood pressure […] not to mention excess weight gain.

        Problem is most people are eating more sugar now than they ever have. The average person consumes about 20 teaspoons of added sugar a day — 300 calories worth! — which is four times more than the amount recommended by most health experts, including the American Heart Association. Annually, all those teaspoons add up to 170 pounds of sugar.

        So why are we so addicted to sugar? First off, it is literally addicting. When you eat something sweet, you get a surge of dopamine, the chemical in your brain that brings you pleasure. Added sugar is also tough to dodge. Sweetener hides in foods that don’t even taste sugary, like breads, sauces and condiments. What’s more, it’s so hard to decipher the difference between added sugars and the kinds found naturally in whole foods. Eating naturally occurring sugars — like fructose in fruit and lactose in dairy — is generally considered healthy because they contain nutrients with metabolic benefits, such as fiber and antioxidants. Added sugars (sweeteners put into food for flavor) have no such perks. […]

HEALTH. How to Eliminate Added Sugar From Your Diet in 1 Month. 2020. Disponível em:https://www.health.com/nutrition/sugar-detox. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022. Fragmento.
The phrase “not to mention excess weight gain” introduces a contrastive element that minimizes the previous health risks related to sugar, functioning rhetorically to downplay its consequences.
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Q3783740
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Fênix Órgão: Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC Prova: Portal Fênix - 2025 - Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Não Habilitado |
Q3783740 Inglês
No enunciado "She quickly solved the problem", a palavra destacada apresenta a seguinte classe gramatical e tradução para o português:
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Q3783682
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Tradução | Translation ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Fênix Órgão: Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC Prova: Portal Fênix - 2025 - Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Habilitado |
Q3783682 Inglês
No trecho "I will call you later", observa-se o seguinte uso e tradução para o português:
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Q3783680
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Tradução | Translation ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Fênix Órgão: Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC Prova: Portal Fênix - 2025 - Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Habilitado |
Q3783680 Inglês
No enunciado "She quickly solved the problem", a palavra destacada apresenta a seguinte classe gramatical e tradução para o português:
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Q3773734
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IBAM Órgão: Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL Prova: IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773734 Inglês

“ESP draws on various disciplines, including education, linguistics, and communication, and emphasizes the importance of sociocultural competence—understanding how to use language appropriately within specific social and cultural contexts. Key methodologies in ESP include corpus linguistics, which utilizes large collections of texts to identify essential vocabulary and grammatical patterns relevant to specialized fields. Additionally, genre analysis helps learners recognize the structural elements of texts within their discourse communities, thereby aiding their ability to produce contextually appropriate written and spoken communication.


As globalization continues to increase the demand for specialized English training, ESP is evolving to address the unique linguistic needs of diverse professional environments, making it an increasingly popular and valuable area of study.”


Adapted from: https://www.ebsco.com/researchstarters/language- and-linguistics 



In the fragment of the text “Additionally, genre analysis helps learners recognize the structural elements of texts”, the adverb ADDITIONALLY could be replaced, with no change in meaning, by:

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Q3773725
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IBAM Órgão: Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL Prova: IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773725 Inglês

Read the text below and answer question


Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked

October 17th, 2025

By Moses Kollie Garzeawu

Monrovia, Liberia, Africa


Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools.


Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said school testing would help address the growing problem of drug abuse.


The announcement sparked a mixed response. Some thought it would help tackle the scourge of drugs, while others saw it as an invasion of privacy, or feared it would cost too much.


Last year, President Joseph Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a national emergency and a recent EU-backed report estimated that one in five young Liberians take drugs.


However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students and added that such a decision needed to be based on concrete evidence and properly thought through.


Assistant minister in charge of students Sona Toure-Sesay told the BBC that this kind of plan required proper research. "Let's assume we are made aware of the proposed initiatives by the LDEA, it will require us to conduct research and review case studies from other countries where this has been successful," she said.  


Toure-Sesay also noted that testing could affect students. "What happens to students who test positive? What are the social services in place for them? Some of them might be bullied even after returning, and it may affect their overall educational performances."


She added that a multi-sectoral committee on drug and substance abuse had been set up, headed by the Health Ministry. Along with strengthening health clubs in schools, she said that this would help to reduce the prevalence of drugs among students.


President Boakai dismissed the leadership of the LDEA in August this year, and recently appointed Biago, a former senior police officer, as interim head of the agency.



Taken from:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mxz3x1lr7o  

Consider the following statement.


Joseph Boakai has been the President of Liberia since January 22nd, 2024.


Choose the only sentence in which “since” has been correctly used:  

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Q3773722
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: IBAM Órgão: Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL Prova: IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773722 Inglês

Read the text below and answer question


Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked

October 17th, 2025

By Moses Kollie Garzeawu

Monrovia, Liberia, Africa


Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools.


Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said school testing would help address the growing problem of drug abuse.


The announcement sparked a mixed response. Some thought it would help tackle the scourge of drugs, while others saw it as an invasion of privacy, or feared it would cost too much.


Last year, President Joseph Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a national emergency and a recent EU-backed report estimated that one in five young Liberians take drugs.


However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students and added that such a decision needed to be based on concrete evidence and properly thought through.


Assistant minister in charge of students Sona Toure-Sesay told the BBC that this kind of plan required proper research. "Let's assume we are made aware of the proposed initiatives by the LDEA, it will require us to conduct research and review case studies from other countries where this has been successful," she said.  


Toure-Sesay also noted that testing could affect students. "What happens to students who test positive? What are the social services in place for them? Some of them might be bullied even after returning, and it may affect their overall educational performances."


She added that a multi-sectoral committee on drug and substance abuse had been set up, headed by the Health Ministry. Along with strengthening health clubs in schools, she said that this would help to reduce the prevalence of drugs among students.


President Boakai dismissed the leadership of the LDEA in August this year, and recently appointed Biago, a former senior police officer, as interim head of the agency.



Taken from:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mxz3x1lr7o  

Consider the following statement taken from the text.


“However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students” (paragraph 5).


This sentence could be rewritten, with no change in meaning, as:  

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Q3768704
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Verbos | Verbs ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: FEPESE Órgão: Prefeitura de Cunha Porã - SC Prova: FEPESE - 2025 - Prefeitura de Cunha Porã - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3768704 Inglês
Text

Arjun had always felt most comfortable behind the scenes, quietly working as a stagehand at the town’s community theater. One day, when the lead actor suddenly fell ill hours before the premiere of the much-anticipated play, panic gripped the cast and crew. The director, in desperation, turned to Arjun and asked him to step in.

Although reluctant, Arjun agreed. He spent every spare moment backstage absorbing the script and mimicking the lead actor’s delivery. When the curtains finally rose, Arjun’s heart pounded as he stepped into the spotlight. His voice trembled at first, but as the story unfolded, something remarkable happened. He connected with the character and felt a surge of confidence.

By the end of the play, Arjun had not only delivered a stellar performance but also received a standing ovation. For years, he had believed that his place was behind the scenes. But that night, Arjun realized that true potential is often discovered in moments of adversity. The experience left him wondering how many hidden talents lie dormant simply because of fear or hesitation.


Adapted from:readlearnexcel.com 
Analyze the sentences according to structure and grammar use, form the narrative passage.

1. The words in bold, in the following sentence: By the end of the play, Arjun had not only delivered a stellar performance but also received a standing ovation, are being used as a correlative conjunction.
2. The underlined words in: had always felt (paragraph 1) and spent (paragraph 2) are verbs in the present perfect tense and simple past tense, respectively.
3. The underlined words in the narrative adversity and simply (last paragraph), are examples of a noun and an adverb.
4. In the sentence: The director, in desperation, turned to Arjun and asked him to step in, the pronoun in bold refers to the director.

Select the alternative that indicates all the correct sentences.
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Q3758795
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Palavras conectivas | Connective words ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: Ápice Consultoria Órgão: Prefeitura de Boqueirão - PB Prova: Ápice Consultoria - 2025 - Prefeitura de Boqueirão - PB - Professor de Educação Básica II - Inglês |
Q3758795 Inglês
Leia o texto abaixo para responder da questão.

New Study: This Regional Accent Is Considered the Most Trustworthy in the U.S.—And the Results Will Really Surprise You!

By Jennifer Geddes

A person’s cadence counts for a lot.

Everyone knows first impressions are important— and we don’t just make them based on sight. Beyond a chic outfit and well-coiffed hair, how a person sounds can also be a big factor when forming an initial opinion. In fact, a recent analysis of more than a dozen American accents conducted by BetUS Casino found that some folks’ speech actually conveys more honesty and reliability than others’.

At this point, you’re probably praying your own voice sounds dependable, not shifty or shady, right? Try to relax, and then read on to learn (nay, hear!) where the most trustworthy accents are located.

How was the study conducted?

As with many studies today, internet data helped determine which parts of the country sound the most steadfast and true. BetUS Casino crafted the report, which is current as of Aug. 15, 2025, by focusing on how people feel about 14 different regional accents.

How did the company determine those feelings?

First, researchers looked at internet search terms like “friendly (accent)” or “professional (accent).” Then, to complete the rankings, they compiled data on the rate of financial crimes per 10,000 people, plus the number of lawyers and primary-care doctors in each area.

Why doctors and lawyers, you may ask? Well, these are professions that rely on trust—after all, you might have to put your life in their hands! The more of these professionals in an area, the more trustworthy the accent. Once the study authors had the information in hand, they weighted the data and ranked the regions on a scale of 1–100.

Which regional accent is considered the most trustworthy?

Now hear this: The regional accent that’s considered to be the most trustworthy hails from Boston!

Yup, the fine citizens of Beantown scored 56.1, which was enough to take top honors for sounding highly dependable. Boston ranks so strongly thanks to more than 23,300 searches related to how kind and upstanding the accent sounds. The Massachusetts capital and largest city in New England also sports a low level of financial crime and is home to tens of thousands of lawyers and doctors.

Boston shines in other ways too, underlining the trust factor essential to its distinctive accent. For example, one recent WalletHub report list Boston as the third most caring city in the nation, while another names Massachusetts as the best U.S. state to live in. And the Bay State has excellent health care, with the highest childhood vaccination rates, lowest infant mortality and fewest premature avoidable deaths.

Want to sound just like a Bostonian? Start by dropping some of your R’s, as in “pahk the cah” and “wicked smaht.” Or listen to Ben Affleck turn on the telltale accent in his Dunkin’ commercials. Other famous Bostonians with perfect inflection include Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg and Amy Poehler.

In: https://www.rd.com/article/happiest-cities-america-2025/ 
Na sentença “Try to relax, and then read on to learn (nay, hear!) where the most trustworthy accents are located,” a locução “and then” expressa qual das relações abaixo?
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Q3757720
Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Sinônimos | Synonyms ,
Ano: 2025 Banca: FGV Órgão: CPRM Prova: FGV - 2025 - CPRM - Analista em Geociências - Letras |
Q3757720 Inglês
READ TEXT I AND ANSWER THE  QUESTION:

TEXT I

Products and dynamics of lava-snow explosions: The 16 March 2017 explosion at Mount Etna, Italy

Abstract

Volcanic hazards associated with lava flows advancing on snow cover are often underrated, although sudden explosions related to different processes of lava-snow/ice contact can occur rapidly and are only preceded by small, easily underrated precursors. On 16 March 2017, during a mildly effusive and explosive eruption at Mount Etna, Italy, a slowly advancing lava lobe interacted with the snow cover to produce a sudden, brief sequence of explosions. White vapor, brown ash, and coarse material were suddenly ejected, and the products struck a group of people, injuring some of them. The proximal deposit formed a continuous mantle of ash, lapilli, and decimeter-sized bombs, while the ballistic material travelled up to 200 m from the lava edge. The deposit was estimated to have a mass of 7.1 ± 0.8 × 104 kg, which corresponds to a volume of 32.0 ± 3.6 m3 of lava being removed by the explosion. Data related to the texture and morphology of the ejected clasts were used to constrain a model of lava-snow interaction. The results suggest that the mechanism causing the explosions was the progressive build-up of pressure due to vapor accumulation under the lava flow, while no evidence was found for the occurrence of fuel-coolant interaction processes. Although these low-intensity explosions are not particularly frequent, the data set collected provides, for the first time, quantitative information about the processes involved and the associated hazard and suggests that mitigation measures should be established to prevent potentially dramatic accidents at worldwide volcanoes frequented by tourists and with fairly easy access, such as Etna.

Source: GSA Bulletin (2024) 136 (5-6): 2325–2342. Available at https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article/136/5- 6/2325/628546/Products-and-dynamics-of-lava-snow-explosions-The
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Inglês Advérbios e conjunções | Adverbs and conjunctions , Verbos | Verbs ,
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Smatphones are banned in Brazilian Schools


Brazil’s president has signed a law to limit smartphone use in schools, starting in February. This rule will apply to elementary and high schools across the country. Phones will only be allowed in emergencies, for educational activities, or for students with disabilities. The goal is to help students focus better and reduce distractions caused by phones.


Officials explained that children are using the internet at younger ages, which makes it harder for parents to monitor them. Limiting smartphones at school can help students concentrate on studying. A recent survey found that nearly two-thirds of Brazilians support banning smartphones in schools, and over threequarters believe these devices are harmful for kids.


Some families and students agree with the move, saying it will encourage more interaction and help classmates focus better. However, others believe it won’t solve all school issues, like bullying and harassment.


As of 2023, about two-thirds of Brazilian schools already limit smartphone use, while 28% ban them completely. Some states, such as Rio de Janeiro and Goias, have passed local laws restricting phones in schools, but enforcement has been challenging. In Sao Paulo, discussions are ongoing about banning phones in both public and private schools.


Globally, concerns ______________ smartphone use ______________ children have led to similar measures. Countries ______________ China, France, and parts of the U.S. have introduced restrictions to reduce distractions and protect children’s mental health. A report ______________ UNESCO found that one in four countries has already limited smartphone use in schools.


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Study these sentences from the text.
1. The words in bold, paragraphs 2 and 4, nearly and completely are examples of adverbs.
2. The underlined words in Limiting smartphones at school can help students concentrate on studying, are gerund forms.
3. “… but enforcement has been challenging.” The underlined words are being used in the present continuous tense.
4. “The goal is to help students focus better…”, the word in bold is the comparative form of the adjective bad.
Choose the alternative which contains the correct affirmatives.
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81: A
82: D
83: B
84: A
85: B
86: A
87: D
88: C
89: C
90: E
91: B
92: A
93: B
94: D
95: B
96: D
97: B
98: C
99: B
100: C
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