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Sobre presente simples | simple present em inglês
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"Each morning, she kick-starts her day with a hearty breakfast, a routine she cherishes as a moment of quiet reflection before plunging into the demanding world of work."
“A baker always _________ early in order to prepare bread and pastries for the day.”
For question, choose the best option to fill in blanks CORRECTLY and RESPECTIVELY.
I - I _________ in Teutônia.
II - I _________ in Gramado for 2 years, from 2020 to 2022.
III - I _________ in Teutônia for two years now.
Dutch government bans phones in schools The Dutch government has announced a ban ______01 mobile phones, tablets, and smartwatches in classrooms starting ______02 January 1, 2024.
The aim is to reduce distractions ______03 lessons and promote better concentration and studying opportunities for students. ______04, devices
_______________05 if they are specifically required for digital skills lessons, for medical reasons, or students with disabilities.
Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf ______06 that ______07 mobile phones are a significant part of ______08 lives, they are not suitable for the classroom, and scientific research ______09 this view.
The ban is the result of an agreement between the ministry, schools, and related organizations. Schools have the flexibility to implement the ban in their way, but if the desired outcomes ______10 achieved by the summer of 2024, legal rules ______11 enforced.
Source: https://www.newsinlevels.com/products/dutch government-bans-phones-in-schools-level-3/.
Consider the sentence in line 22 as follows:
1. “The web is an interactive place,”
2. “and it has been since its inception.”
Choose the correct explanation for the verb tenses used, considering the context presented in the text.
“Beginning next week, the Adjutant and I will be making1 a series of snap inspections of section barrack-rooms. […] Just ordinary soldierly cleanliness and tidiness is all I want.” (Kingsley Amis)
“And I thought then, Just living long enough wipes out the problems. Puts you in a select club. […] Everybody’s face will have suffered2, never just yours.” (Alice Munro)
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise3 to the heights you are no doubt capable of.” (Kazuo Ishiguro)
In the sentences above, the tenses of the verb forms in bold are, respectively,
“I have often thought1 what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.” (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
“She had had2 to change her limbs. She had had to get limbs that ordinary people have and walk, but every step she took, agonizing pain! This is what she was willing3 to go through, to get the prince. So, I thought she deserved more than death on the water.” (Alice Munro)
In terms of verb tenses, the verb forms in bold in these sentences are, respectively, in the
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quote respectively with the simple past of the verb TO HUM, the past perfect of the verb TO FORGET, and the simple past of the verb TO BE.
“On his desk, a huge old electric typewriter ______1 — he ______2 to turn it off. He was among the many word-processing holdouts in the literary world. The typescript ______ 3 right there, in a neatly squared-off pile, six hundred pages — long, but not vast.” (Ian McEwan)
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quotes respectively with the present perfect of the verb TO HAVE in the negative form, the present perfect of the verb TO WEAVE, and the simple past of the verb TO FORM in the interrogative form.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world ______1 the advantages that you’ve had.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“We ______2 a web, you and I, attached to this world but a separate world of our own invention.” (John Keats)
“Accursed creator! Why ______3 a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” (Mary Shelley)
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks in the following quote with the verb TO READ in the present continuous, the verb TO AGREE in the simple future, and the verb TO NEED in the simple present.
“I ______1 six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you _____2 , one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one ______ 3 ten others at the same time.” (Virginia Woolf)
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.” (William Shakespeare)
Considering the rules for the formation of the plural of nouns in the English language and considering the tense of verbs, it is correct to state that, in these verses, the plural of the nouns falls into the category of ______ 1and the verbs are in the ______. 2
Mark the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks of the following quote with the simple past of the verb TO TAKE and the present perfect of the verb TO MAKE respectively.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I ______1 the one less traveled by,
And that ______2 all the difference.” (Robert Frost)
“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”1 (Jane Austen)
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.”2 (Emily Dickinson)
“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”3 (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
The verb tenses in the three quotes above are, respectively,
Text for items from 16 to 20.
1 Nowadays, occupational therapists have access
to many technological features that aid patients in
overcoming their physical limitations.
4 While many traditional OT methods are still
highly effective, using technology can help with patient
engagement, especially in the case of young children.
7For example, a child whose treatment includes drawing
or coloring can use an iPad, instead of crayons, messy
markers and coloring books to practice these skills.
10 Elderly patients can use virtual assistants, like
Alexa or Siri, to control their environment without having
to get up or ask others for help. While teaching patients
13 how to use a virtual assistant may sound unconventional,
keep in mind the goal of occupational therapy is to help
someone become more independent, which is something
16 a virtual assistant does.
Internet: (with adaptations).
The modal verb in “can use an IPad” (line 8) indicates
