Modal verbs in English express notions such as obligation, possibility, permission, and ability, varying according to the communicative context. Consider the sentence: "Students ___ wear uniforms at this school; it is a mandatory rule." Choose the alternative that presents the modal that expresses obligation and appropriately fills the gap.

In English, the expression of hours varies according to the communicative context, employing structures such as "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past". The expression "quarter past seven in the evening" corresponds, in the 24-hour format, to:

Adjectives in English present specific forms in the comparative and superlative degrees, with construction rules linked to the number of syllables and to irregular cases. Regarding the comparative and superlative degrees in the English language, analyze the following statements.

I. Short adjectives of one syllable generally form the comparative with the addition of the suffix "-er" and the superlative with the suffix "-est", as in "tall − taller − tallest".

II. Adjectives of two or more syllables generally form the comparative with "more" and the superlative with "the most", as in "beautiful − more beautiful − the most beautiful".

III. The adjective "good" presents regular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees, with "gooder" for the comparative and "the goodest" for the superlative, following the pattern of one-syllable adjectives.

The correct statements are:

Conjunctions in English establish different relations between clauses, such as addition, contrast, cause, and consequence. Consider the sentence: "She studied hard for the exam, ___ she got a low grade." Choose the alternative that presents the conjunction that appropriately fills the gap, establishing a relation of contrast between the two clauses.

Time prepositions in English — "in", "on", and "at" — follow patterns of use linked to days, hours, and parts of the day. Consider the sentence: "The meeting is scheduled ___ Monday ___ ten o'clock ___ the morning." Choose the alternative that correctly fills the gaps with the appropriate prepositions.

False cognates are words with similar spelling or pronunciation in two languages, but with distinct meanings in current use. Regarding false cognates between English and Portuguese, mark T for the true statements and F for the false statements:

(__)The word "actually", in English, means "in fact" or "in truth", differing from the Portuguese word "atualmente".

(__)The word "pretend", in English, means "to feign" or "to simulate", differing from the Portuguese verb "pretender".

(__)The word "parents", in English, corresponds to relatives in general, including uncles and cousins, in equivalent use to the Portuguese term "parentes".

(__)The word "college", in English, corresponds to "colégio" in the sense of a secondary school of Basic Education, in equivalent use to the Portuguese term. 

After analysis, choose the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom: 

The passive voice in English is formed by the verb "to be" in the tense corresponding to the active voice, followed by the past participle of the main verb. Consider the active sentence: "The team will finish the project next week." Choose the alternative that presents the correct form of the sentence in the passive voice.

The use of articles in English involves distinctions between "the" (definite) and "a/an" (indefinite), as well as sound-based rules for the use of "a" and "an". Consider the sentence: "___ sun rises in the east, and watching it from a mountain top is ___ unique experience." Choose the alternative that correctly fills the gaps.

Irregular verbs in English present specific forms in the simple past and in the past participle, not following the regular pattern of the "-ed" ending. Considering this characteristic, choose the alternative that correctly presents the past participle of the verb "go", used in the structure of the present perfect tense.

Read the following notice, posted at the entrance of a public library: "Silence, please. Mobile phones must be switched off during your visit. Thank you for your cooperation." Based on reading strategies and on the recognition of specific information in the textual genre, choose the alternative that correctly identifies the main communicative purpose of the text.

The linguistic variation of the English Language encompasses differences in use linked to region, social context, and medium of communication, including digital environments where netspeak emerges. Regarding this topic, mark T for the true statements and F for the false statements:

(__) English, as a global language, constitutes a standardized international norm, adopted uniformly in all English-speaking countries, with equivalent everyday uses among the different speech communities.

(__) Netspeak integrates abbreviations, acronyms, and emoticons as resources of digital communication, configuring a register that coexists with other registers of the language in distinct contexts of use.

(__) The reflection on linguistic variation and on English as a global language, in school teaching, contributes to the recognition of the plurality of uses of the language in different social and cultural contexts.

(__) The variations of English spoken in different regions of the world configure deviations from a pure norm of British English and must be corrected in the teaching and learning process of the language.

After analysis, choose the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom:

Verb tenses in English express different temporal and aspectual relations, indicating when and how an action occurs. Consider the sentence: "By the time the teacher arrived, the students had already finished the activity." The verb tense used in the second clause expresses: