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( ) The underlined word in “… it helps to know more about hot air balloons themselves.“ is a relative pronoun.
( ) The preposition in the following sentence “…keeping the balloon floating above the ground.” means that the balloon is floating over the ground.
( ) The words ‘actually’, ‘push’, and ‘major’ mean in Portuguese: ‘atualmente’, puxar’ and ‘maior’.
( ) The negative form of “A hot air balloon has three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.” is “A hot balloon doesn’t have three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.”
( ) The tense used in the question “Have you ever wondered what keeps a hot air balloon flying?”, is an example of Past Perfect.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
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Read the following text and answer question.
Introduction to global food loss and food waste
Food losses and food waste are quickly becoming a top global issue, because while there are millions of families with children starving, others are living in abundance, with many others carelessly throwing food away. Many of us have wasted food in one way or the other, but the real food losses and waste matter is ______ than just consumer food waste.
From farming fields and storage places, through transportation, processing, market places, down to
consumption places such as homes, schools, restaurants and workplaces, more than half of all food
produced globally go to waste. This is a tragedy!
In developing countries, it takes a lot of man-power to produce food. In more advanced countries, machines and technology are used, but the drain on energy, destruction of vegetative lands, the use of chemicals and ______ impact on the environment are phenomenal. Putting all that together, it is clear that a major problem has emerged and we are all in a position to help in one way or the other.
(Adapted from: https://goo.gl/ySEn3F. Access: 01/23/2018)
A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause; there is an example of a reflexive pronoun in the third paragraph.
The term “Whatever” (line 9) functions as a pronoun.
In the second paragraph, the words “How”, “Why” and “When” function as question words and that is their main and only use in the English language.
The relative pronoun “that” (line 2) could be correctly replaced by which, without a change in meaning.
The term “who” (line 8) is a relative pronoun, as well as whom, which is the object form of who.
Choose the correct sequence to complete the following paragraph.
Aldous Huxley, _____ I met only once, is arriving tomorrow. His most famous book, _____ contains interesting ideas, is called Brave New World. Mr. Huxley warns us against the consequences of technology, ______ may destroy us if we do not take the necessary precautions.
Text for the item.
According to the text, judge the item.
The term “their” (line 18) is an example of subject pronoun.
Text for the item.
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According to the text, judge the item.
In the sentence “The Taliban were strict Muslims who
demanded that all people follow Islamic Sharia
law.” (line 11), “who” is a relative pronoun and can be
substituted by that or which.
Text for the item.
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According to the text, judge the item.
In the sentence “He asked ‘Who is Malala?’ and said he
would kill them all if they didn't tell him.” (line 28), “He”
and “they” are examples of subject pronouns and work
as the subject of the verb, while “them” and “him” are
object pronouns.
According to the text, judge the item
The relative pronoun “who” (line 5) can be correctly replaced with that.
Regarding the vocabulary of the text, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E).
In line 14, the word “both” is used as a pronoun for the
antecedent “double business bound” (line 12).
“In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’.”; ” All of Mexico’s comic titles together.
The words in bold are respectively:
Manga account_______. nearly fifty percent of all the books and magazines published in Japan each year. And few magazines of any kind in the world can match this number: Shonen Jump, the leading comic title, has a circulation of 6.5 million copies week!
“Ever since comics first appeared, there have been(1) people who(2) have criticized(3) them(4).”
Pay attention to the underlined words and decide if they are true ( T ) or false ( F ).
( ) the word who(2) is a relative pronoun.
( ) there have been(1) is the present perfect tense of there to be.
( ) the word them(4) is an example of personal pronoun.
( ) the underlined words have criticized(3) is being used in the simple past tense.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
Consider on the text, judge the item.
The relative pronoun “which” (line 6 and line 14) can be
substituted by that. The same way that “that” (line 16)
can be substituted by which.
Consider on the text, judge the item.
In the sentence “what lies above and below it, what is
permanently attached to it” (lines 9 and 10) both
occurrences of the pronoun “it” are related to the same
noun.
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