Questões de Concurso Sobre passado simples | simple past em inglês

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Q4155971 Inglês
Identify the sentence in which “used to” is correctly employed.
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Q4155951 Inglês
Choose the alternative in which all four words ending in -ed are pronounced with the final /t/ sound.  
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Q4149838 Inglês
Which alternative CORRECTLY represents the Direct Speech form of the following sentence: "The chef told the apprentice that the soup needed more salt."
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Q4137720 Inglês
Considere a declaração de um diretor hipotético a seguir:

"We will launch the new educational software tomorrow, but this platform still needs minor adjustments."

Caso essa declaração seja relatada em algum momento do futuro, mantendo-se a necessária correspondência e a exatidão das relações espaço-temporais do novo contexto de fala, a forma correta do enunciado em discurso indireto é: 
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Q4108003 Inglês
Choose the correct alternative: While I was studying, my brother ______ TV.
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Q4108001 Inglês
Choose the correct sentence in the Simple Past:
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Q4100903 Inglês
Analyze the following statements regarding the use and functions of English verb tenses:

I- In the sentence “I have been writing this report all morning,” the Present Perfect Continuous is used to emphasize the duration and the ongoing nature of the activity leading up to the present moment.
II- The Future Perfect (will have + past participle) is correctly employed to describe an action that will be completed at or before a specific point of time in the future.
III- The Past Simple and the Past Continuous can be used together in a single sentence to indicate that a longer background action was interrupted by a shorter, discrete event.
IV- The “State Verbs” (or stative verbs) like know, believe, and belong are frequently used in continuous forms to indicate a temporary state of mind.

Which of the statements above are CORRECT?
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Q4090063 Inglês

A new William Hope Hodgson blog

Welcome to Hodgsoniana, a new blog about the life and works of author William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918). The aim of this blog is to provide a home for articles and new research on Hodgson, details of Hodgson-related happenings, and just generally act as an up-to-date (hopefully) resource that’s open to anyone interested in this remarkable literary figure. At time of writing, there is a lack of other active websites covering this subject, which is why starting a blog seemed a worthwhile endeavour. At the very least, it gives me a place to post some Hodgson-related thoughts and findings I’ve been meaning to write up! My hope is that others may be moved to contribute also.

Before going any further, I want to recognise the work of the late Hodgson scholar Sam Gafford, and in particular his excellent Hodgson blog williamhopehodgson.wordpress.com. I first stumbled upon Sam’s blog back in 2016, and his work opened my eyes to the depths and complexities of Hodgson’s history and writings. I entered into brief correspondence with Sam at that time, and his enthusiasm and encouragement were key factors in starting me on the path of pursuing my own Hodgson studies.

Sam Gafford sadly passed away in 2019, leaving his site dormant. It remains a valuable treasure trove of information, and I will certainly aspire to follow Sam’s example in exploring and documenting all matters Hodgson.

2027 will see the 150th anniversary of William Hope Hodgson’s birth. There is still much to discuss regarding his work, and many areas of his life remain obscure and in need of further investigation. I hope this site can help in encouraging and chronicling such efforts.

 

Source: https://hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/a-new-william-hope-hodgson-blog/ access on 28 february 2026.

Read the following statements about the Hodgsoniana blog and mark the correct alternative.
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Q4090060 Inglês

A new William Hope Hodgson blog

Welcome to Hodgsoniana, a new blog about the life and works of author William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918). The aim of this blog is to provide a home for articles and new research on Hodgson, details of Hodgson-related happenings, and just generally act as an up-to-date (hopefully) resource that’s open to anyone interested in this remarkable literary figure. At time of writing, there is a lack of other active websites covering this subject, which is why starting a blog seemed a worthwhile endeavour. At the very least, it gives me a place to post some Hodgson-related thoughts and findings I’ve been meaning to write up! My hope is that others may be moved to contribute also.

Before going any further, I want to recognise the work of the late Hodgson scholar Sam Gafford, and in particular his excellent Hodgson blog williamhopehodgson.wordpress.com. I first stumbled upon Sam’s blog back in 2016, and his work opened my eyes to the depths and complexities of Hodgson’s history and writings. I entered into brief correspondence with Sam at that time, and his enthusiasm and encouragement were key factors in starting me on the path of pursuing my own Hodgson studies.

Sam Gafford sadly passed away in 2019, leaving his site dormant. It remains a valuable treasure trove of information, and I will certainly aspire to follow Sam’s example in exploring and documenting all matters Hodgson.

2027 will see the 150th anniversary of William Hope Hodgson’s birth. There is still much to discuss regarding his work, and many areas of his life remain obscure and in need of further investigation. I hope this site can help in encouraging and chronicling such efforts.

 

Source: https://hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/a-new-william-hope-hodgson-blog/ access on 28 february 2026.

Which of the following underline words is written in the simple past?
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Q4090056 Inglês

A new William Hope Hodgson blog

Welcome to Hodgsoniana, a new blog about the life and works of author William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918). The aim of this blog is to provide a home for articles and new research on Hodgson, details of Hodgson-related happenings, and just generally act as an up-to-date (hopefully) resource that’s open to anyone interested in this remarkable literary figure. At time of writing, there is a lack of other active websites covering this subject, which is why starting a blog seemed a worthwhile endeavour. At the very least, it gives me a place to post some Hodgson-related thoughts and findings I’ve been meaning to write up! My hope is that others may be moved to contribute also.

Before going any further, I want to recognise the work of the late Hodgson scholar Sam Gafford, and in particular his excellent Hodgson blog williamhopehodgson.wordpress.com. I first stumbled upon Sam’s blog back in 2016, and his work opened my eyes to the depths and complexities of Hodgson’s history and writings. I entered into brief correspondence with Sam at that time, and his enthusiasm and encouragement were key factors in starting me on the path of pursuing my own Hodgson studies.

Sam Gafford sadly passed away in 2019, leaving his site dormant. It remains a valuable treasure trove of information, and I will certainly aspire to follow Sam’s example in exploring and documenting all matters Hodgson.

2027 will see the 150th anniversary of William Hope Hodgson’s birth. There is still much to discuss regarding his work, and many areas of his life remain obscure and in need of further investigation. I hope this site can help in encouraging and chronicling such efforts.

 

Source: https://hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/a-new-william-hope-hodgson-blog/ access on 28 february 2026.

There is a complete lack of sentences about ongoing actions that were happening in the past (e.g. “I was writing” or “we were corresponding”) in the text. Which of the following alternatives best explains why?
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Q4080562 Inglês
Read the following excerpt from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865):
"Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had not got into it,) and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece, all round."
Which alternative below corresponds to a verb and a noun, respectively?
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Q4071981 Inglês
Para responder à questão, leia o texto abaixo.

The Ringmaster's Advice

        People say, "any publicity is good publicity" allthe time. It's become a modern truism. But people don't seem to give much thought to where it came from.

        While there is no proof that he used exactly those words, the quote is widely attributed to showman P.T. Barnum. I think it's safe to say that even if he never said "any publicity is good publicity," it describes his lived ethos.
    
        P.T. Barnum was the founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth." He advertised fake mermaids and a woman who claimed to be George Washington's 161-year-old nurse. Barnum's traveling shows featured midgets, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, and even "Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy."

        There's no record of him saying these exact words either, but he is also widely credited with the quote, "there's a sucker born every minute."

        P.T. Barnum did describe himself as the "Prince of Humbug," proudly owning his reputation for hoaxes and "harmless" deceptions.

        Barnum was an interesting character, but he's not a man we should be encouraging other men, especially young men, to emulate. Unfortunately, his ethos is more or less what social media has been teaching kids for the past ten years.

        And at the same time, everyone complains that everything is "fake and ghey."

        Well... if you follow the ringmaster's advice, don't be surprised when you end up living in a circus.

Fonte: https://m rjackdonovan.su bstack.com/p/the ringmasters advice
The text has no sentences in the past continuous. With this in mind, which of the alternatives CORRECTLY explains the reason?
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Q4050729 Inglês
Round Up: New William Hodgson Editions

    The British Library's Tales of the Weird series has arguably been leading the charge in the mainstream reissuing of classic and obscure weird works, issuing thoughtfully curated collections on a near-monthly basis since July 2018. At time of writing, there have been over 60 volumes released under this imprint, with many more lined up.
    Not only was a collection of William Hope Hodgson's short stories an early inclusion (The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson, April 2019), but Hodgson is unique in having had two of his novels issued in the same line The House on the Border/and (October 2023) and The Níght Land (May 2024), both with an introduction by Ann VanderMeer. Only a handful of novels have been published in the Tales of the Weird series (the vast majority oÍ volumes are short story collections), so it is remarkable that two of WHH's novels have been chosen for inclusion.
    Penguin books have recently gotten in on the action, launching their own Penguin Weird Fiction range in October last year. Five books were published simultaneously - Hodgson's The House on the Borderland again being included - all with cover art "inspired by 1970s Penguin genre paperbacks". This isn't the first time Borderland has been published by Penguin: it was included as part of their (seemingly inconsistently labelled) Red Classics / Gothic Classics series back in 2008. At any rate, it's great to see Hodgson back in print with such a high profile publishing house.

Fonte: https://hodgsoniana.wordpress.com/2025 /06/25 /round-up-newhodgson-editions/
Analyze the words ending in -ed in the phrases "as they launched in July 2018" and "thoughtfully curated collections" from the first paragraph. Which statement CORRECTLY explains how these words work in the sentence? 
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Q3924915 Inglês
Para descrever uma ação que ocorreu em um ponto específico e concluído no passado, como em 'I ______ to London in 2019', tanto o Simple Past ('went') quanto o Present Perfect ('have gone') são gramaticalmente corretos e intercambiáveis sem alteração de sentido.
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Q4203408 Inglês

Read the following excerpt of a book review:


Machado de Assis is one of Brazil’s most cherished writers. Born in 1839, he was the grandson of freed slaves. ________ was not abolished in Brazil until 1888, when Machado de Assis was already 49 years old, a fact I learned after being _____ surprised by the casual mention of slaves throughout this novel. In spite of his family’s poverty and lack of opportunity for education, Machado de Assis _____ through various bureaucratic positions until finally gaining prominence as a writer and poet. He taught himself French, English, German, and Greek, and eventually founded the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Nevertheless, he has never had a vast following among English-speaking readers, which is a shame.


Dom Casmurro is a simple tale about an aging man named Bento Santiago, who is one day moved to document the story of his life. His life is not all that extraordinary, to be honest. He falls in love with the girl next door, ______ with her and a close family friend to avoid being sent to the seminary, eventually marries and has a son, and then becomes jealous and suspicious. In his old age, where the novel begins, he has taken to living in a reproduction of his ________ home, suggesting a sort of Citizen Kane-type regret (rather, I guess Citizen Kane suggests a type of Dom Casmurrotype regret).


Source: https://cannonballread.com/2023/09/dom-casmurrokimmie/


Choose the option that best completes the gaps in the excerpt: 

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Q4202057 Inglês

Leia o texto para responder à questão.


    It has been common in second language teaching to stress the role of interference – that is, the interfering effects of the native language on the target (the second) language. It is of course not surprising that this process has been so singled out, for native language interference is surely the most immediately noticeable source of error among second language learners. The saliency of interference has been so strong that some have viewed second language learning as exclusively involving the overcoming of the effects of the native language. It is clear from learning theory that a person will use whatever previous experience he or she has had with language to facilitate the second language learning process. The native language is an obvious set of prior experiences. For example, a French native speaker might say in English, “I am in New York since January,” a perfectly logical transfer of the comparable French sentence “Je suis a New York depuis Janvier.” Because of the negative transfer of the French verb form to English, the French system has, in this case, interfered with the person’s production of a correct English form.


(Brown, D. 1994. Principles of Language

Learning and Teaching. Adaptado)

Não só o falante francês citado no texto sofre influência de sua língua materna no uso de tempos verbais em inglês. Também o falante de português comete frequentemente erros devido às diferentes formas como as duas línguas expressam suas noções de tempo. Há erro de interferência do português na frase da alternativa
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Q4096499 Inglês
Complete the sentence with the correct simple past form of the irregular verbs:

Yesterday at work, I ___ (send) an important email to my manager, ___ (speak) with two clients on the phone, ___ (find) a mistake in the report, ___ (make) the necessary corrections, and ___ (tell) my team about the changes.
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Q4096491 Inglês
Which verb has the /t/ sound in its -ed ending?
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Q4092464 Inglês
For question, choose the best option to fill in the blanks CORRECTLY.
“He told me that I wasn’t _____ for this role.”
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Q3707607 Inglês
96-year-old secretary secretly grew a $9M fortune


By Sarah Jackson


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(Available at: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-full-episode-1.4651457/96-yearold-secretary-secretly-grew-9m-fortune-then-donates-to-students-1.4651864 - text specially adapted for this test).
Mark the correct statement about the excerpt "How did you react when you learned Sylvia Bloom had a fortune of more than $8 million?" (l. 12-13).
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21: B
22: A
23: B
24: C
25: D
26: D
27: B
28: E
29: A
30: A
31: B
32: B
33: A
34: E
35: E
36: B
37: E
38: C
39: D
40: A