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Q3339100 Inglês
Analyze the following paragraph for coherence and cohesion. Identify the main issues and suggest improvements:

"The rainforest is home to many species. Deforestation is a major problem. Animals lose their habitats. Conservation efforts are increasing. The government needs to take action." 
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Q3339099 Inglês
Judge the sentences below as TRUE or FALSE:

1.(__) Scanning is particularly useful when you have time to do a detailed review.
2.(__) Skimming is particularly useful when you need to quickly decide if a text is relevant to your research or interest.
3.(__) Scanning is a reading technique used to quickly gather the main ideas of a text.

The CORRECT sequence is:
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Q3339097 Inglês
Which language teaching method presents the deciphering, concert session and elaboration phases?
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Q3339095 Inglês
What is an example of a cohesive device?
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Q3338246 Inglês
In each of the following options, you will see one word in English, one word in Portuguese and their respective stress pattern. Which one is correct?
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Q3338245 Inglês
Match the second column according to the first, which refers to the function of the sentences in bold:

First column: function

1.A thing or person that is being discussed.
2.The constituent which refers to the same person or thing.
3.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates time.
4.An optional constituent in a sentence that indicates location

Second column: sentence

(__)Her dream, to publish a book, is something she thinks of since she was little.
(__)As the plane took off, he started to have a panic attack.
(__)She built a nice cottage in the rainforest for her and her children.
(__)Whoever crosses the line first will receive a gold medal.
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Q3338244 Inglês
Read the following sentences:

We were going to the supermarket and there was _____ free parking space.
I wish I could take credit for this accomplishment, but my wife is the real hero. All the recognition should go to her, I don't deserve _______.
The candy we bought tasted bad. _______ was worth the money.
______ would have guessed that.

The words that correctly fill in the blanks respectively are:
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Q3338243 Inglês
Read the dialogue:

Person A: I arrived late to work yesterday because of the traffic.
Person B: I understand. It is so difficult to be on time anywhere when the traffic is bad.
Person A: Once I move closer to work, this will not happen again. I need more quality of life.
Person B: You are totally right.

Based on the dialogue, how many subordinate clauses did we find in it?
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Q3338242 Inglês
The group of words flower / flour, daze /days and beat / beet are examples of:
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Q3338241 Inglês
Setting aside exceptions, which of the following alternatives presents a correct key spelling rule?
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Q3338240 Inglês
In the sentence "The school canceled the classes today and the kids are now on their umpteenth videogame play", what is correct about the word "umpteenth" in this context? 
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Q3338238 Inglês
Read the following paragraph from a movie review:

"(...) Its instant success even made it deserving of a few minutes of glory at the last edition of the Oscars, where Elizabeth Banks announced the award for Best Special Effects accompanied by a person in a bear costume. Just at the US box office, it has grossed twice its cost and accumulated more money than Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which exceeds its cost by almost $100 million."

LÓPEZ-SOLÓRZANO, B. From bears on drugs to giant black sharks: This is how B-movies have gone mainstream. El País, 2023. Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-04-07/from-bears-on-drugs-to-gi ant-black-sharks-this-is-how-b-movies-have-gone-mainstream.html. Acesso em 19 de julho de 2024.

In this text, there are two words in bold: where and its. These two words refer, respectively, to the following terms:
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Q3338237 Inglês
The alternative that presents the sequence in which all words have at least one silent letter is:
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Q3338236 Inglês
Read the following quote from "The Young American", by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1844):

"We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society: only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man".

Which false cognate did we find in the text?
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Q3338235 Inglês
Read the following sentences:

I.Toni Morrison is a writer whose books are internationally appreciated.
II.I was trying to find out the time which I would have to catch my train.
III.This is the ice cream shop whereby my husband and I had our first date.
IV.I can't remember the deadline. Where should we hand in the final paper for this course?
V.Whichever one of you disrespected the teacher will have to go to the principal's office.

Regarding the use of the relative words in bold, which sentences are correct? 
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Q3338234 Inglês
Which sentence presents a correct use of the phrasal verb with the word "take"?
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Q3338233 Inglês
Match the second column according to the first, which refers to the type of clause in bold:

First column: type

1.Noun clause
2.Adverb clause
3.Adjective clause

Second column: sentence

(__)What that person said stuck with me for a long time.
(__)I can't stand people who smoke.
(__)As long as you drink a lot of water, you will stay hydrated.
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Q3338232 Inglês
Read the sentences below and the functions of the word "as" in bold:

I.You can't be seen as a hero all the time. = to refer to the role or purpose of a person or thing.
II.As she finished her lunch break, the new clients arrived. = to talk about something that happens when something else takes place.
III.You shouldn't move in here, as this neighborhood is very far from the city center. = give a reason for a particular situation.
IV.You had the same idea as I did for this project. = to indicate simultaneous changes.
V.He is as nice as his younger brother. = to introduce an explanation.

Which alternatives are correct? 
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Q3338231 Inglês
The University of Cambridge provides the following definition for a certain syntactic construction: "Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of consecutive syntactic units". What is the name of this syntactic construction?
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Q3338230 Inglês
Choose the alternative that correctly fills in the blanks of the text:

"For the first time, according ___ a preliminary study by scientists ____ the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the arrival of an intense gust of solar wind ___ low Earth orbit (LEO) triggered the migration ___ half ___ all active satellites" (Doménech, 2024).

DOMÉNECH, F. Latest solar superstorm blinded the systems that prevent satellites from crashing in space. El País, 2024. Disponível em: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-07-27/latest-solar-supersto rm-blinded-the-systems-that-prevent-satellites-from-crashing-in-space.h tml. Acesso em 25 de julho de 2024
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Respostas
6661: B
6662: E
6663: C
6664: A
6665: E
6666: E
6667: E
6668: A
6669: A
6670: D
6671: A
6672: D
6673: D
6674: C
6675: E
6676: B
6677: D
6678: C
6679: B
6680: C