Questões de Concurso Comentadas sobre passado simples | simple past em inglês

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Q1790100 Inglês
“We ________ every stores empty if they ________ early.”
The alternative that contains the correct answer to the sentence above is:
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Q1790096 Inglês
Read the short paragraph below and choose the alternative that completes the gap CORRECTLY.
Yesterday Paul and Sophia played tennis. They began at 09:30 and finished at 11 o’clock. So, at 10:30 they ______ tennis.
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Q1785439 Inglês
Read the text below and answer the question.

Employees on its Employee Experience

Big Blue is actively involving its employees in retooling its processes.

By: Andrew R. McIlvaine | March 1, 2018 • 4 min read

Topics: Uncategorized

Earlier this year I posted about how more employers are planning to use HR tech tools to boost their employee experience. Now, in the March/April issue of Harvard Business Review, IBM CHRO Diane Gherson explains in a Q&A how Big Blue is “co-creating the employee experience” with its employees, with the understanding that positive rates of employee engagement translate directly to the company’s bottom line.

“We’ve found that employee engagement explains two-thirds of our client experience scores,” she said. “And if we’re able to increase client satisfaction by five points on an account, we see an extra 20 percent in revenue, on average.”

Gherson and her team have done a lot of work in collaborating with employees to redesign and enhance HR processes, particularly learning and development and performance management. With the former, Gherson said IBM has taken a “Netflix” approach to learning and development, bringing in employees to help create an individually personalized learning platform with different channels, tailored by role, with “intelligent recommendations that are continually updated.” 

Employees are guided in their course selections by a live-chat advisor as well as ratings by coworkers who’ve taken the courses, said Gherson. HR also measures the offerings’ effectiveness via Net Promoter Scores, which she said are more accurate than a previously used five-point satisfaction scale.

As for improving the performance management process, Gherson said IBM disregarded what she said would be a typical approach – conduct some benchmarking, convene a group of experts, come up with a design and pilot it – in favor of working with employees “in a sort of extended hackathon.”

“We used design thinking and came up with something you might describe as a ‘concept car’— something for people to test drive and kick the tires on, instead of just dealing with concepts,” she said.

Gherson said she initially encountered some skepticism from employees after inviting them to participate in the process.

“Some people said ‘This is such a sham—you already know what you want to do,'” she said. “But then we explained that we really wanted to hear from them, and we got them into various discussion forums.”

Ultimately, about 100,000 IBMers participated in the redesign process, Gherson said. Employees even selected a name for the redesigned PM process: Checkpoint. Even now, the company continues to solicit input from employees on how the process can be improved, she said.

The employee response has been overwhelmingly positive, said Gherson. “Their overall message has been ‘This is what we wanted.’ It was cited as the top reason engagement improved.”

“People are getting much more feedback out of this system, in much richer ways,” she said. “And more important, they are not feeling like spectators in our transformation; they are active participants.”

Andrew R. McIlvaine is former senior editor with Human Resource Executive®.

https://hrexecutive.com/ibm-works-employees-employee-experience/ 
“We’ve found that employee engagement explains two-thirds of our client experience scores,” she said. “And if we’re able to increase client satisfaction by five points on an account, we see an extra 20 percent in revenue, on average.”
According to the sentence above is correct in relation to the verbs, EXCEPT:
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Q1776089 Inglês
Leia o texto para responder à questão.

    Daniel Ferreira, 24, is a guy who had to learn to overcome expectations from the day hewas born, without his arms, due to a treatment with thalidomy that his mother had to do during pregnancy. “Some relatives did not bet a chip on me; they saw me as a poor thing,” he says. It turns out that he did not put any brakes on any ambition, he did very well in life and,painting with his feet and mouth, he became a fine artist.
  About the International Day of People with Disabilities, celebrated last Wednesday (3), he says: “Unfortunately, we still need special days toremember minorities, such as blacks,homosexuals and the disabled. Brazil is not prepared in any way to meet the needs of people with disabilities. There is no accessibility. Neither public nor private schools have a structure. We still have a lot to fight for ”.
     The boy speaks properly on the subject, since he had to fight hard to be able to study in a regular public school, from the age of seven. The principal argued that the state institution was not supported to receive a student with a disability. His father, Francisco, was the one who had to build a special desk, without State aid, so that Daniel could write with his feet. 
(Fonte: Texto Adaptado. Disponível em:<https://www.vidamaislivre.com.br/2014/12/04/conhe
ca-daniel-ferreira-o-artista-que-pinta-com-os-pes-e-aboca/>.Acesso em: 15 dez. 2020).
Considerando o terceiro parágrafo do texto, assinale a alternativa que indica corretamente o tempo verbal predominante nas frases destacadas.
 “(...) since he had to fight hard to be ableto study in a regular public school, from the age of seven. The principal argued that the stateinstitution was not supported to receive a student with a disability. His father, Francisco, was  the one who had to build a special desk, without State aid, so that Daniel could write with his feet”.
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Q1738042 Inglês
Turn the following sentence into Reported Speech: The doctor said to the nurse: Where is our patient?
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Q1737611 Inglês
What is the past participle of begin?
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Q1724754 Inglês
Assinale a alternativa a qual o verbo "to like" está no simple past:
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Q1692955 Inglês
A alternativa que contém a conjugação correta do verbo to be no passado simples é:
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Q1682986 Inglês

CORONAVIRUS


Coronavirus is a newly discovered virus. It causes a disease called Covid-19. In some parts of the world, it has made lots ............ people sick. Corona is a Latin for crown, because ............. the microscope, these viruses look like a crown .............. spikes ending ............... little blobs.


A lot of symptoms are similar to the flu. You may have dry and itchy cough, fever, lots of sneezing and even hard to breathe. Most of people who has gotten sick with this coronavirus have had a mild case. It means you will not feel the disease. But, for people who are much older or who already have health problems are more likely to get sicker with coronavirus.


If anyone gets sick and feels like they may have coronavirus, they can immediately call their doctors and get help. If there is something we are not sure about the information, confused or worried about, don’t be afraid to ask someone we trust.


Here are some things you can do to protect yourself, family and friends from getting sick: 1) wash your hands often using soap and water. 2) Sneeze into your elbows. It is believed that coronavirus spread through little liquid from our lungs. If you sneeze into your elbows, you can prevent germs for going far into the air. 3) Avoid touching your face. Don’t pick your nose. Don’t touch your mouth. Don’t rub your eyes. They are the places where the virus enter our bodies. 


Remember that this kind of virus can affect anybody. It doesn’t matter where you come from or what country you are from. Don’t forget, there are a lot of helpers out there who are working to protect us from the virus. We can take a part by keeping our health and stay at home to stop the virus spread to others.

In the sentence “Most of people who has gotten sick with this coronavirus have had a mild case.”, the verbs in bold are being used in which tense?
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Q1679409 Inglês

What is the verb tense underlined in the sentence below?


"The teacher thought we had understood the book."

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Q1677695 Inglês
Quando transformamos um discurso direto (direct speech) que está no tempo verbal simple present para discurso indireto (indirect speech), o tempo verbal a ser utilizado deve ser o simple past, como no exemplo a seguir:
Mary said, I study every day. (simple presente) Mary said she studied every day. (simple past) Nesse contexto, quando o tempo verbal do discurso direto for simple future, ao transformarmos para discurso indireto, o tempo verbal a ser utilizado deve ser:
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Q1676673 Inglês
O verbo study, no passado, está correto conforme alternativa:
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Q1676488 Inglês

For the question use the poem below:


Eating Poetry

(Mark Strand)


Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.

There is no happiness like mine.

I have been eating poetry.


The librarian does not believe what she sees.

Her eyes are sad

and she walks with her hands in her dress.


The poems are gone.


The light is dim.

The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll,

their blond legs burn like brush.

The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand.

When I get on my knees and lick her hand,

she screams.

I am a new man.

I snarl at her and bark.

I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

“The poems are gone.” Gone is the Past Participle of the verb Go and of the verb Tear is:
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Q1791127 Inglês
“What did you ask Sarah?” “I asked if she wouldn’t please the left-side window.”
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Q1791124 Inglês
“You look so happy!” “You’re right! I just saw my grandmother, whom I haven’t for three years.”
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Q1757151 Inglês

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in parenthesis:


1.She ____ the text frequently.(to forget)

2.I_______a new bicycle two months ago. (to buy)


Respectively the order is:

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Q1756741 Inglês

For the question use the poem below:

Eating Poetry

(Mark Strand)

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees. Her eyes are sad
and she walks with her hands in her dress.

The poems are gone.
The light is dim.
The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll,
their blond legs burn like brush.
The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand.
When I get on my knees and lick her hand, she screams.

I am a new man.
I snarl at her and bark.
I romp with joy in the bookish dark.

Available at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52959/eating-poetry Accessed on December 30th, 2019.

“The poems are gone.” Gone is the Past Participle of the verb Go and of the verb Tear is:

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Q1735547 Inglês
Answers the question according to the text below.

TEXT VI

Why are animals important to human beings?

There are a number of reasons why animals are important to human beings. The main reason is that animals benefit us personally, socially and economically.

Since the time of our cavemen ancestors, there have been interactions between humans and animals. Animals can be our friends, companions, protectors, benefactors and comforters. Research studies indicate that people who own pets and have close bond with them have higher self-esteem. They are also generally happier and healthier. There are many reported cases in which pets protected their owners and family members. In the United States, a pet dog alerted its owners that their babysitter was abusive. A couple who hired a babysitter to take care of their baby noticed that their pet dog was aggressive to the babysitter. Upon investigation, they discovered that their child was abused by the babysitter.

Animals provide many other benefits to humans. Insulin, a hormone in our body which controls the amount of sugar absorbed by our blood, could not be artificially produced previously. It had to be derived from cows and pigs. Nowadays, even though animal insulin has largely been replaced by artificial human insulin, the former is still available on prescription. Trained guide dogs are available to serve as loyal companions and ‘pairs of eyes’ for the blind. In the past, hunters took along hunting dogs to track, sniff out and catch wild game. When night fell, the canines were the hunters’ companions and protectors. In rehabilitation centers, animals are used to help the sick recover. For instance, petting a pony helps to lift a sick child’s spirit.

Throughout history, animals have helped humans. We use animals to work for us. In the agricultural sector, oxen pull ploughs before seeds are planted in the soil. We use horses for transportation purposes. They pull carriages and covered wagons for us. Even though oxen and horses are rarely used for farming and travelling purposes respectively today, the horses are still being used for riding and racing. They are also used to participate in contests in order to win awards. Farmers depend on animals such as cattle, poultry, sheep, goats, among others, for their horses are rarely used for farming and travelling purposes respectively today, the horses are still being used for riding and racing. They sell the animals’ meat, milk and eggs to earn money. In the fishing industry, although the use of modern equipment and technology have replaced the use of animals to catch fish, fishermen in some parts of the world still use animals like dolphins, otters and cormorants for the purpose.

Another indirectly way in which animals help us is that they assist in the reproduction of a variety of fruit and vegetable crops, which are an important part of our healthy diet. Without animals to help disperse seeds and pollinate plants, many of them would have become extinct.

In conclusion, animals are important to human beings because they benefit us socially, personally as well as economically. Since they are of great benefit to us, we should treat them well.

https://english312.com/why-are-animals-important-to-human-beings.html 
“They discovered that their child was abused by the babysitter.” The highlighted sentence is in the:
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Q1721775 Inglês
Considering the following sentence, select the correct alternative to fulfill out the lines:
“The apartment __________ (To Belong) to Mary for 5 years before she _________ (To Sell) it.”
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Q1721773 Inglês
In view of the sentence: “We regret that we visited that city”, choose the most appropriate alternative that express regret about the past:
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Respostas
141: D
142: D
143: E
144: A
145: B
146: D
147: A
148: A
149: D
150: C
151: A
152: A
153: E
154: A
155: B
156: B
157: E
158: A
159: A
160: B