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Sobre plural dos substantivos | plural of nouns em inglês
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Based on the preceding text, judge the item that follow.
The passenger who sued the airline company because of an incident that happened during his flight is Colombian.
Instruction: answer questions 31 to 40 based on the following text. The highlights throughout the text are cited in the questions.
He donated blood and saved the lives of 2.4 million babies
01 Most people get a gold watch when they retire. James Harrison deserves so much more than
02 that. Known as the “Man With the Golden Arm,” Harrison has donated blood nearly every week
03 for 60 years, and after all those donations, the 81-year-old Australian man “retired” Friday.
04 According to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, he has helped save the lives of more than
05 2.4 million Australian babies because his blood has unique, disease-fighting antibodies.
06 Harrison’s antibodies have been used to develop an injection called Anti-D, which helps
07 fight against rhesus disease. This disease is a condition where a pregnant woman has rhesus-
08 negative blood (RhD negative) and the baby in her womb has rhesus-positive blood (RhD
09 positive), inherited from its father. If the mother has been sensitized to rhesus-positive blood,
10 usually during a previous pregnancy with a rhesus-positive baby, she may produce antibodies
11 that destroy the baby’s “foreign” blood cells. In the worst cases, it can result in brain damage,
12 or death, for the babies.
13 Harrison’s remarkable gift of giving started when he had major chest surgery when he was
14 just 14. Blood donations saved his life, so he pledged to become a blood donor. A few years
15 later, doctors discovered his blood contained the antibody which could be used to create Anti-D
16 injections, so he switched over to making blood plasma donations to help as many people as
17 possible. Doctors aren’t exactly sure why Harrison has this rare blood type, but they think it
18 might be from the transfusions he received when he was 14, after his surgery. He’s one of no
19 more than 50 people in Australia known to have the antibodies, according to the blood service.
20 “In Australia, up until about 1967, there were literally thousands of babies dying each year,
21 doctors didn’t know why, and it was awful.” Jemma Falkenmire, of the Australian Red Cross
22 Blood Service, told CNN. “Australia was one of the first countries to discover a blood donor with
23 this antibody, so it was quite revolutionary at the time.”
24 The blood service estimates Harrison saved more than two million lives, and for that, he is
25 considered a national hero in Australia. He’s won numerous awards for his generosity, including
26 the Medal of the Order of Australia, one of the country’s most prestigious honors. Now that
27 Harrison has given his last blood donation (in Australia you can’t donate blood past the age of
28 81), Falkenmire and others hope people with similar antibodies in their blood will step up and
29 donate.
(Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/11/health/james-harrison-blood-donor-retires-trnd/index.html – text especially adapted for this test).
The plural forms of countable nouns usually follow specific spelling rules. Which of the words below would follow the same rule as “babies”?
In terms of English grammar, identify the nouns in the plural form in this excerpt.
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The plural form of the compound noun in the sentence
“I’ve got one brother-in-law and two sisters-in-laws” is
correct.
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The plural forms of wolf, louse, tooth, and sheep are
wolves, lice, teeth, and sheep.
I. child > children
II. country > countries
III. sheep > sheep
IV. day > days
V. stereo > stereos
Which combination of words below follow the same rules, in the same order?
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Grammatical number distinguishes between singular and
plural forms of nouns, affecting both their morphology
and associated verbs. A nuanced understanding of
number agreement is essential for constructing
grammatically correct sentences, ensuring coherence and
precision in English communication.
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Nouns, as essential components of language, categorize
and name entities, encompassing both tangible and
abstract concepts. The proper understanding of noun
classifications—common, proper, concrete,
abstract—facilitates precise and effective communication,
as nouns serve as the foundation for constructing
meaningful sentences.
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Collective nouns, like “team” or “family,” present a
challenge in determining whether to treat them as
singular or plural. The context and intended emphasis
guide the decision, reflecting the collective unit's unity or
the individuality of its members. Mastery of collective
noun usage refines language precision and clarity.
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Irregular plural forms, such as “children” and “geese,”
deviate from standard rules for creating plurals in English.
Recognizing these irregularities is crucial for accurate
usage, as these unique forms contribute to the richness
and diversity of the language. Mastery of irregular plurals
enhances language proficiency and writing skills.
1. car > cars 2. witch > witches 3. city > cities
Which combination of words below follow the same rules, in the same order?
Mark the alternative that presents the plural of the nouns below:
wolf – person – potato - brother
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English as a Lingua Franca
A number of researchers have studied conversations in English as a Lingua Franca and have noted a number of somewhat surprising characteristics, including:
• Non-use of third person present simple tense -s (She look very sad).
• Interchangeable use of the relative pronouns who and which (a book who, a boy which).
• Omission of articles where they are mandatory in native-speaker English.
• Increasing of redundancy by adding “inexistent” prepositions (We have to study about…, The article treats of…).
• Pluralisation of nouns which are considered uncountable in native-speaker English (informations, staffs).
The evidence suggests that non-native speakers are not conforming to a native English standard. Indeed they seem to get along perfectly well despite the fact that they miss things out and put things in which they ‘should not do’. Not only this, but they are actually better at ‘accommodating’ - that is, negotiating shared meaning through helping each other in a more cooperative way - than, it is suggested, native speakers are when talking to second language speakers (Jenkins 2004). In other words, non-native speakers seem to be better at ELF communication than native speakers are.
(Jeremy Harmer, The practice of English language teaching. Adaptado)
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