Complete in the gap with the best preposition.

“He was not too fond ___________________dancing.”

Complete in the gap with the best preposition.

“Americans suffer ______________ an ignorance that is not only colossal, but sacred.” (James Baldwin)

My brother and I ____________________ attempting to produce all of our own food for 2015, and we would have already failed if we did not have this dark, moist, cool place to __________________ vegetables in peak condition.

The costs would ________________ been higher if the analysis had ______________ courses failed or dropped among the excess credits.

Describe your grading scale as if I _________________ a new ninth-grade student in your class. In other words, what does she ________________ to do to get an A, a B, or just pass?

“My library's first attempt _________________ online discussions involved creating a discussion board through our school's learning-management system; students could post comments about the books nominated __________________ the Abraham Lincoln Award.”

“Is our solution cheaper ____________________ the cost of getting new freshwater and the cost of getting rid of the waste water?”

“She ________________ definitely want to leave a phone number where she can be ________________ overnight.”

“I _____________ his apology that it would not _______________come if I had not gone first.”

“Today's students live in a world that ______________ been transformed by technology, and they are often _______________ to as ‘digital natives’ because their exposure to digital resources begins at birth.”

Find the sentence with a wrong use of a noun.

In the following context, how can you replace the verb “enroll” in the options below? “The interviews presented in this article are a portion of a data set from a larger study in which I surveyed 177 students enrolled in a first-year college writing course at a rural, midsize Midwestern state university, asking about their uses of digital tools for nonacademic reading and writing purposes.”

Read the following fragment and give a comprehension to the phrasal verb “cheer up”: “She was very disappointed, but faced up bravely to the situation. In fact, when Chris, Sara, Michael and I visited her in hospital, so, that was she who cheered us up and made us laugh! I think that year we were making up for the limitations of the one before.” (Life, love and laughter. Horne, Molly. Braunton)

Read the following fragment, and then, choose the alternative with the right synonyms according to the given context: “I carried him to tire myself, the way some people rush into activity when their plans fail. If I sometimes recognized this, I blamed my Aunt Lilian who had brought me up to give too much importance to careers and causes and things of the mind, simply because she had never known, herself, any of the pleasures of the body, and had, as a result, made me feel guilty now.” (A woman of my age. Bawden, Nina.)

21^st Century

All the creatures,

On the beaches,

Making waves in a motion picture.

Wont you keep this,

In between us,

Search and seizure, wake up Venus.

The dollar bill will,

Mentally ill bill,

Mum and dad take your 'don't be sad' pill

[…]

Disponível em: <http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/redhotchilipeppers/21stcentury.html>. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2017.

As partes destacadas têm seus símbolos fonéticos representados, respectivamente, em:

There are many different kinds of English as a Second Language (ESL) course books that are designed for students of all levels and ages. Therefore, the process of choosing the right course book for use in the classroom, especially at the college level, is a daunting task. […]

Disponível em: <http://iteslj.org/Articles/Chou-CourseBooks.html>. Acesso em: 15 fev. 2017.

No fragmento, o termo destacado é uma conjunção que indica

Without proper grammar, written or spoken words usually lose their exact meaning and much of their value as well. […] However, the task becomes much tough to teach in an ESL setting.

One common way is to focus _____ the different forms and rules and helping students to learn the subject with help of rote memorization.

Disponível em: <http://eslarticle.com/>. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2017.

Qual preposição completa corretamente o texto?

Brazil judge rules Uber drivers are employees, deserve benefits

A Brazilian judge ruled that a driver using the Uber ride-hailing app is an employee of the San Francisco-based company and is entitled to workers' benefits, adding to the global debate over labor rights for drivers on the platform.

Uber said on Tuesday it would appeal the decision by Judge Marcio Toledo Gonçalves, who issued the ruling late Monday in a labor court in Minas Gerais state. […]

Disponível em: <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-techobrazil-labor>. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2017.

As duas orações destacadas no fragmento são exemplos de

My hometown

[…] I was born in Seattle, Washington USA. Seattle ____________________ in the Northwest corner of the USA. Recently, Seattle _________________ the focus of much international attention. Many films ___________________ there, probably the most famous of which is Sleepless in Seattle starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Seattle is also known as the birthplace of "Grunge" music; both Pearl Jam and Nirvana are from Seattle. For older people like me, _________________ that Jimmi Hendrix was born in Seattle! NBA fans know Seattle for the "Seattle Supersonics", a team that _________________ basketball in Seattle for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, Seattle is also famous for its bad weather. I can remember weeks and weeks of grey, wet weather when I ____________________ .

Seattle has also become one of the fastest-growing business areas in the United States. Two of the most important names in the booming business scene in Seattle are Microsoft and Boeing. Microsoft _______________ […] by the world-famous Bill Gates […].

Disponível em: <http://esl.about.com/od/teachinggrammar/a/Lesson-Plan-Integrating-Passive-Voice.html>. Acesso em: 18 fev. 2017.

Qual a alternativa apresenta os preenchimentos corretos das lacunas no texto?

For many expatriates, finding new friends can ease the often overwhelming task of adjusting to a new life abroad. But with huge variances in local culture and language capabilities, some places can definitely feel more welcoming than others. […]

Disponível em: <http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20172015-living-in-the-worlds-nost-welcoming-countries>. Acesso em: 16 fev. 2017.

No fragmento, os termos em destaque têm, respectivamente, as funções de