Permission.

Possibility

Obligation.

Probability.

Suggestion.

Summer Olympics in 2008 was a total disaster.

China became the most powerful country.

The 2008 Summer Olympics was a success.

The ceremony in 2008 was simple and safe.

The event was scaled down from the last one.

the 2022 opening ceremony was smaller than 2008's.

in 2008, China hosted the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

the ceremony was bigger than 2008's with a great audience.

athletes and coaches are free to go anywhere during the event.

there isn't any measure to minimize COVID-19 infections.

Your car is faster than mine.

He sings because he likes it.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

I showed that she was wrong.

My dog makes me happy.

Having a native-speaker level of proficiency in the language, especially in speaking.

Having all the proficiency certificates of English, such as the Cambridge Certificate of English, TOEFL and IELTS to prove that he or she is qualified to teach.

Ability to recognize instantly what his or her students know and don’t know in terms of language, their strong points and weaknesses.

Having a youthful and attractive physical appearance and following strictly the school dress code.

Making crystal clear to students that as a teacher you alone assume complete and supreme responsibility for the teaching/learning process.

Conversation skills are structured in a gradual progression and are organized around question-and-answer exchanges between teachers and students in small intensive classes.

Structural patterns are taught with the use of repetitive drills.

Little attention is paid to the context of texts, which are treated as exercises in grammatical analysis.

New teaching points are taught through modelling and practice.

Teaching materials consist basically of tapes, language labs, and visual aids.

Linguistic and psychological theories provide the foundations for this approach.

Only vocabulary and sentences of a very ordinary and commonplace nature are taught.

There is a prevalence of surface forms and of the rote practice of scientifically produced language patterns.

Concrete vocabulary is taught through demonstration, objects, and pictures, while abstract vocabulary is taught by association of ideas.

Pronunciation plays an absolutely negligible role in the teaching/learning process.

The author points out that greater attention should be given to the behavior, expectations and well-being of students and teachers.

In line 1, “chances”, if replaced by “opportunities” would be incorrect.

The author points out that greater attention should be given to students’ behavior, expectations and well-being.

In lines 11 and 12, the phrase “disengaging curricula” would be correct if the determiner “a” were added, as in “a disengaging curricula”.

In line 12, the pronoun “their” could be correctly substituted by “its”.

The adjective “able” (line 4) could be replaced by “physically fit”, without change in meaning, as in “fails to attract physically fit young entrants”.

In line 5, the pronoun “those” refers to “young entrants”.

In line 15, the verb “participate” could be written in the noun form, “participation”, and the phrase would remain grammatically correct.

The author suggests that to gain better educational outcomes, one should support teachers and school leaders.

The author suggests that to gain better educational outcomes, one should support students.

The author suggests that learning can be enhanced by the effective use and equitable distribution of resources.

The author suggests that students from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to benefit more from funding programs.

In lines 6 and 7, the words “equitably” and “effectively” could be correctly written without “ly”, as in “to use resources more equitable and effective”.

The word “despite” in (line 8) could not be correctly replaced by “in spite of”.

In line 11, the word “Even” could be correctly substituted by “although”.

In line 1, the phrase “over the last few decades” would be incorrect if “last” were substituted by “past”.

The word “cohort” (line 6) refers to an individual.

The author suggests that tertiary education has expanded, however, the most advantaged is left out.

The author suggests that with the expansion in tertiary education, the OECD average has been met by Brazil.

The author suggests that participation in education has grown, nonetheless, it is far from reaching OECD levels, and there are still significant disparities.

The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was facing setbacks.

In line 3, the verb phrase “had stalled and gone into” would remain correct if “had” were omitted.

In line 4, the determiner “the” in “the economic recession”(lines 4 and 5) is optional.

In line 5, the phrase “has hit hardest those least able” would remain correct if the preposition “on” were inserted, as in “has hit hardest on those least able”.

The author asserts that before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, education in Brazil was spiraling.

The verb phrase “generations that will be born” (lines 3 and 4), would be incorrect if the verb “be” were omitted.

In lines 1 and 2, the words “weak” and “strong” could be correctly written in the plural form, as in “weaks” and “strongs”.

The verb phrase “What is worth it in life” (line 4) would remain correct if the pronoun “it” were omitted.

The phrase “in the end” (line 5) could be written as “at the end” without change in meaning.

The phrase “you will be able to reap what you sowed” (line 6) could be correctly shortened as “you will have what to reap”.

In lines 1 and 2, the phrase “He sowed all day and night” would maintain the same meaning if the determiner “the” were added, as in “He sowed all the day and all the night”.

The past simple of the verb “sow” (line 1) could be written as “soed”.

The phrase “much had he harvested” (lines 3 and 4) would be incorrect if the pronoun “he” were omitted.

In line 1, the verb “came out” could be written as “came away” and maintain the same meaning.

In the verb phrase “night caught him” (line 2) the verb “had” could be correctly added, as in “night had caught”.

In line 1, the preposition “away” could be correctly substituted by “of”, and the phrase would maintain the same meaning.

In line 6, the verb “support” represents a false cognate with regards to “suportar” in the Portuguese language of Brazil.

In line 3, the phrase “whom she married” would remain grammatically correct if the preposition “with” were added, as in “whom she married with”.

The expression “By the time” (line 3) could be substituted by “When”, and the phrase would maintain the same meaning.

The relative pronoun “whom” (line 3) could be changed to “who”, and the phrase would remain grammatically correct.

In line 1, the verb phrase “Peixoto was born in 1889” would be correct if “was” were subtracted.

The phrase “During her childhood” (line 3) could be correctly written as “On her childhood”.

The verb “writing” (line 7) would not be correct if used in the infinitive form, as in “she began to write…”.

In lines 5 and 6, the verbs “read, write and perform” could be used in the gerund form, as in “learned reading, writing and performing basic…”.

The verb “divided” (line 4) could be replaced by “classified”.

The expression “tight up against” (line 7) points to the idea that places on the right side of the river bank are far away from the the north-western hills.

From the text, one can infer that only enslaved people were allowed to worship at the church of Rosario.

The pronoun “It” (line 5) refers to the historic center of the town of Goiás.

The phrase “climbing towards the hill”, (lines 14 and 15) means that to get to Chapeu do Padre, one must go mountaineering.

In lines 15 and 16, the phrase “are also to be found” means that the historic residential quarter and a characteristic market place will be established.

In line 1, the phrase “the state capital until 1937” would be incorrect if “until” were replaced by “up to”.

The word “superseded” (line 2) could be properly replaced by “was supplanted”.

The preposition in the phrase “to the southeast” (line 3) could be correctly substituted by “from”, as in “from the southeast”.

The phrase “The town’s historic centre” (line 3) would remain correct if “’s” were subtracted from “town”, as in “The town historic centre”.

In line 6, the adjective “small” could be replaced by “little”.

The preposition “in” (line 10) may be correctly substituted by “during”.

To emphasize the possessive, the phrase “the Portuguese possessions” (lines 5 and 6) could be correctly written as “the Portuguese’ possessions”.

In line 9, the word “interior” could be properly substituted by “on the inside of”.

The word “flourished” (line 10) could be substituted by “furnished”, without change in meaning.

The phrasal verb “related to” (line 7) if written as “related with”, would be grammatically correct.

In line 1, the verb “testifies to” could be correctly replaced by “is testimony of”.

The phrase “It was the first officially recognized urban core (lines 2 and 3) would be correct if the pronoun “it” were omitted.

The word “borough” (line 4) refers to a “plantation”.

In line 5, the relative clause “Tordesillas that defined could be correctly written as “Tordesillas, which defined”.

In the phrase “The origins of the town of Goiás are, (lines 6 and 7), the verb “are” could be correctly changed to “is”.