Questões de Concurso Comentadas sobre orações condicionais | conditional clauses em inglês

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Q4012192 Inglês
A test item mixes “If you heat ice, it melts”, “If it rains tomorrow, we will stay inside”, and “If I were you, I would talk to her”. The CORRECT mapping of these forms is?
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Q3994704 Inglês
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THE DIGITAL FRONTIER OF FIDELITY

The Nuances of Micro-cheating: Social Practice or Digital Paranoia ?  


In the contemporary landscape of interpersonal relationships, the ubiquity of social media has recalibrated the traditional parameters of faithfulness. The emergence of the term "micro-cheating" serves as a testament to this shift, encompassing a spectrum of subtle, digitally-mediated behaviors that, while devoid of physical consummation, suggest an emotional or erotic redirection. Such actions— ranging from the seemingly innocuous "double-tap" on an expartner’s archived photograph to the deliberate concealment of encrypted message threads—occupy a contentious "grey area" that challenges the binary definition of infidelity.  

From a socio-psychological perspective, micro-cheating is often interpreted not as an isolated act of betrayal, but as a symptom of the "validation economy." The digital architecture of modern platforms encourages a constant pursuit of external approval, where a notification can function as a dopamine-inducing ego boost. Consequently, the ambiguity of intent becomes the focal point of the debate: is the digital interaction a legitimate exercise of social autonomy or a covert erosion of the primary partnership’s exclusivity? Proponents of the concept argue that the "secrecy criterion" is the ultimate litmus test—if an interaction is intentionally shielded from a partner’s view, the threshold of trust has likely been breached.  

Conversely, skeptics caution against the pathologization of digital sociability. They argue that the expansion of the "cheating" umbrella to include minor online interactions fosters a climate of hyper-vigilance and domestic surveillance, potentially undermining the very foundation of trust it seeks to protect. By labeling these behaviors as "micro-infidelities," we risk imposing a panoptic gaze on our partners, where every "friend request" is scrutinized for subversive intent.

For the language educator, this phenomenon provides a rich semiotic field for classroom reflection. Aligning with the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), the study of such themes transcends mere grammatical decoding. It invites students to engage in "multiliteracies," analyzing how meaning is negotiated across digital platforms and how language (visual, verbal, and symbolic) shapes social ethics. In this sense, the English language is not merely a system of signs to be mastered, but a tool for critical agency in a globalized, hyper-connected world. 


"If an interaction is intentionally shielded from a partner’s view, the threshold of trust has likely been breached." This sentence structure focuses on: 
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Q3989973 Inglês

Read the text to answer question.


The Tipping Point.


Last week at my neighborhood coffee shop, the barista flipped that dreaded tablet toward me. Three tip options glared back: 18%. 22%. 25%. For a $3.50 latte I was picking up. That took thirty seconds to make. I’ve hit my breaking point with tipping culture.


Growing up, tipping was simple: 15–20% for sitdown restaurants, maybe your hairdresser. Now it’s an expected tax on every transaction. The frozen yogurt shop where I serve myself wants 20%. Self-checkout kiosks are asking for tips. This is insane.


When I traveled Europe last summer, I paid exactly what was on the menu. No guilt, no calculations, no awkward pressure. Servers were paid living wages and the service was excellent.


Meanwhile, I’m expected to subsidize corporate America’s refusal to pay fair wages while their CEOs pocket millions in bonuses.


It’s 2025, and American tipping culture has spiraled out of control. It’s hurting workers, stressing customers, and letting profitable businesses guilt-trip their own customers into covering payroll. When I worked retail years ago, my employer paid my full wage. I didn’t expect customers to subsidize my paycheck because my boss decided to pocket the difference. Yet somehow in 2025, we’ve normalized corporations outsourcing their payroll responsibility to guilt-ridden customers. 72% of U.S. adults say tipping is expected in more places today than it was five years ago. But even as Americans say they’re being asked to tip more often, only about a third say it’s extremely or very easy to know whether (34%) or how much (33%) to tip for various services.


[...] The confusion is real and it’s intentional. Companies benefit from our uncertainty because confused customers tend to over-tip rather than risk social judgment.


Murdock, Jeff. Why Is Tipping Culture Out of Control in 2025? Medium. 16 Jun. 2025. Disponível em:<https://medium.com/@frat1309/why-is-tipping-cultureout-of-control-in-2025-im-done-subsidizing-corporategreed-76ba74887b82>

The sentence “If companies paid fair wages, customers wouldn’t feel pressured to tip.” is an example of:
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Q3988642 Inglês
“In policy roundtables, numerous educators have articulated that they wish institutional investment in sustained AI training ______ more systematic, less episodic, and insulated from shifting political agendas.” (Excerpt adapted from: Harvard Graduate School of Education [2023]. “Preparing Teachers for an AI-Driven Future”) The verb form that correctly expresses present regret concerning an unreal state is:
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Q3973911 Inglês
Read the excerpts written by John Robert Schmitz, from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, taken from his article entitled “To ELF or not to ELF? (English as a Lingua Franca): That is the question for Applied Linguistics in a globalized world”:


The realization that there are today more nonnative speakers than native speakers of English in the world with institutionalized and nativized varieties as well as their own specific communicative, cultural and pragmatic competencies has led to the rethinking of present-day practices in teaching, teacher preparation, and the writing of textbooks. Jenkins' publications (2000, 2003) dealing with the phonology of English and material for teaching English as an international language along with her book English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) (2007) call for the disengagement of the language from Anglo-American native speaker norms. This line of research presents serious questions for Applied Linguistics (AL) and English Language Teaching (ELT) that will, if implemented, entail major changes in that endeavor. The winds of change may indeed be beneficial for some and a threat to others. I argue in this paper for an open mindset with respect to the issues and to the new state of affairs in this globalized world today. [...] The appearance of Lingua Franca English has contributed to rethinking the role of language assessment and testing (ELDER; DAVIES, 2006) along with reasoned debate (TAYLOR, 2006) with Jenkins (2006a, 2006b). In addition, the field of Second Language Acquisition has also been questioned (FIRTH, 1990, 1996), FIRTH; WAGNER, [1997] 2007) with regard to its dependence on native speaker standards as the measuring rod that determines successful learning. Finally, House (2003, p. 575) calls for continuing research on ELF in Europe and elsewhere, but concludes that it is "(...) not, for the present time, a threat to multilingualism".


Source: Schmitz, J. R. (2012). “To ELF or not to ELF?” (English as a Lingua Franca): that’s the question for Applied Linguistics in a globalized world. Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 12(2), 249–284. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-63982012000200003
In one of the excerpts, the author states:

“This line of research presents serious questions for Applied Linguistics (AL) and English Language Teaching (ELT) that will, if implemented, entail major changes in that endeavor.”

The verb forms used in the segment “will, if implemented, entail” indicate that: 
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Q3928040 Inglês
The question is about Use of language and Grammar.

Read the sentence and choose the best option:


If people spend less time on their phones before bed, they ______ sleep better at night.

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Q3928037 Inglês
The question is about Use of language and Grammar.
Carla usually goes to bed very late. If she doesn’t change this habit, she ______ feel tired during the day.
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Q3928036 Inglês
The question is about Use of language and Grammar.
If you manage your time better, you ______ feel less stressed. 
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Q3927658 Inglês
People need to think more about their daily habits. If they don’t change the way they live, there ______ more environmental problems in the future.
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Q3927643 Inglês
If people ______ public transportation more, pollution will decrease. 
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Q3923404 Inglês
Choose the alternative that correctly completes the conditional idea.

If it rains later, we ________ at home.
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Q3917962 Inglês
An English teacher was reviewing conditional structures with her 3rd-year high school students when she presented the sentence: "If I had studied medicine, I would be working in a hospital now." She asked students to identify what type of situation this structure describes, noting that the verb form in the conditional clause refers to an unreal past event while the result clause expresses a present consequence that differs from reality. This conditional structure expresses:
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Q3905336 Inglês
The use of conditionals in English allows speakers to talk about real, possible, or imaginary situations. The Third Conditional, specifically, is used to express regrets or hypothetical situations in the past. Select the correct alternative regarding its structure and meaning.
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Q3904797 Inglês
Choose the right choice to complete the two sentences with the appropriate verb conjugations:

1 – What would you ____________ if you _____________ the accident on the street?
2 – She _________ just left, but he_________ yesterday. 
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Q3872359 Inglês
Complete the sentences.

1. If I ___ more time, I would help you.
2. She would travel if she ___ more money.
3. If they ___ harder, they would pass.
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Q3870853 Inglês
In English grammar, zero, first, and second conditional structures differ in their semantic value and in the relationship between verb tense and degree of hypotheticality. Based on modality and on the prototypical use of verbal tenses in conditional structures, choose the correct alternative:
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Q3869502 Inglês

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence.


If I ___ you, I would accept the offer. 

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Q3865171 Inglês
Em "If I had known, I would have acted differently", identifica-se um período hipotético do tipo: 
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Q3862006 Inglês
Complete the sentence correctly, according to standard rules of conditional sentences in English: ‘‘If the translator ______ more attention to the target audience, the ambiguity in the final text would have been avoided’’. 
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Q3857879 Inglês
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle. A Scandal in Bohemia (Part II)


“Wedlock suits you,” he remarked. “I think, Watson, that you have put on seven and a half pounds since I saw you.” “Seven!” I answered.

“Indeed, I should have thought a little more. Just a trifle more, I fancy, Watson. And in practice again, I observe. You did not tell me that you intended to go into harness.”

“Then, how do you know?”

“I see it, I deduce it. How do I know that you have been getting yourself very wet lately, and that you have a most clumsy and careless servant girl?”

“My dear Holmes,” said I, “this is too much. You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago. It is true that I had a country walk on Thursday and came home in a dreadful mess, but as I have changed my clothes I can’t imagine how you deduce it. As to Mary Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice, but there, again, I fail to see how you work it out.”

He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together.

“It is simplicity itself,” said he; “my eyes tell me that on the inside of your left shoe, just where the firelight strikes it, the leather is scored by six almost parallel cuts. Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it. Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey. As to your practice, if a gentleman walks into my rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black mark of nitrate of silver upon his right forefinger, and a bulge on the right side of his top hat to show where he has secreted his stethoscope, I must be dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce him to be an active member of the medical profession.

From: https://sherlock-holm.es/stories/pdf/a4/1-sided/advs.pdf. Accessed on 12/15/2025.
Regarding the sentence “You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago.”, it is correct to state that: 
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1: A
2: B
3: B
4: D
5: D
6: D
7: A
8: C
9: C
10: A
11: D
12: A
13: B
14: E
15: B
16: E
17: C
18: D
19: A
20: E