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Comentadas sobre verbos | verbs em inglês
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Ano: 2025
Banca:
AMEOSC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Bandeirante - SC
Prova:
AMEOSC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Bandeirante - SC - Professor de Inglês - PSS |
Q3784574
Inglês
Verb tenses indicate when an action happens. Mark T
(True) or F (False) for the descriptions of tenses:
(__)The Simple Present is used for routines and habits (e.g., "I walk to school every day").
(__)The Present Continuous is used for actions happening right now (e.g., "I am eating now").
(__)The Simple Past is used for actions that will happen in the future.
(__)The Future with "Will" is often used for spontaneous decisions or predictions.
Mark the alternative that shows the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
(__)The Simple Present is used for routines and habits (e.g., "I walk to school every day").
(__)The Present Continuous is used for actions happening right now (e.g., "I am eating now").
(__)The Simple Past is used for actions that will happen in the future.
(__)The Future with "Will" is often used for spontaneous decisions or predictions.
Mark the alternative that shows the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Fênix
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC
Prova:
Portal Fênix - 2025 - Prefeitura de Faxinal dos Guedes - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Não Habilitado |
Q3783744
Inglês
Na frase "She understood the instructions clearly", o vocábulo
destacado apresenta a classe e tradução seguintes:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FEPESE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Joaçaba - SC
Prova:
FEPESE - 2025 - Prefeitura de Joaçaba - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa - Edital nº 2 |
Q3783585
Inglês
Os fundamentos da língua inglesa baseiam-se em
quatro pilares essenciais: a gramática, o vocabulário, a
fonética e a fonologia. A gramática estabelece as regras
para a organização das palavras e a formação de frases,
permitindo que a comunicação seja clara e eficaz.
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a estrutura básica correta de uma frase afirmativa em inglês no tempo presente simples:
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a estrutura básica correta de uma frase afirmativa em inglês no tempo presente simples:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Instituto Fênix
Órgão:
Prefeitura de São Domingos - SC
Prova:
Instituto Fênix - 2025 - Prefeitura de São Domingos - SC - Professor de Língua Estrangeira - Inglês |
Q3778307
Inglês
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Are Some Sugars ‘Less Bad’ Than Others?
Q: I’m trying to limit sugar, but I love sweets. Are “natural” sweeteners like honey and agave syrup healthier alternatives to table sugar?
You probably know that the sugars in fruits, vegetables and other plants are far better for you than the added sugars often found in processed foods like sodas, candy bars and many baked goods.
But in that category of added sugars, there’s an array of sweeteners that are often seen as more “natural” or healthier than others. Honey, maple syrup and agave nectar, for instance, are commonly touted as “better for you” swaps for regular sugar, such as in many health-focused baking recipes and on social media.
Is that right? We asked three nutrition experts to help us sort it out.
Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/well/eat/health-
effects-honey-maple-syrup-agave.html
Which option correctly rewrites the sentence “We asked
three nutrition experts to help us sort it out” in the present
perfect?
Ano: 2025
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Itá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Itá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3774230
Inglês
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle
(preposition or adverb) that creates a new meaning. Mark
T, (True), or F, (False) for the definitions of the phrasal
verbs in bold.
(__)"To look for" means to try to find something or someone (search).
(__)"To give up" means to stop doing something or to surrender.
(__)"To get up" means to leave a bus or a train.
(__)"To turn on" means to start a machine or light by pressing a switch.
Select the alternative that presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
(__)"To look for" means to try to find something or someone (search).
(__)"To give up" means to stop doing something or to surrender.
(__)"To get up" means to leave a bus or a train.
(__)"To turn on" means to start a machine or light by pressing a switch.
Select the alternative that presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
AMAUC
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Itá - SC
Prova:
AMAUC - 2025 - Prefeitura de Itá - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3774228
Inglês
Verb tenses and moods allow speakers to locate actions
in time and express attitudes. Analyze the statements
about the use of verb tenses in English.
I.The Present Perfect tense describes an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past or has a connection to the present.
II.The Simple Past tense is used for actions that were completed at a definite time in the past.
III.The Present Continuous tense is used to describe permanent states and facts that are always true.
Choose the alternative that indicates the correct statement(s).
I.The Present Perfect tense describes an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past or has a connection to the present.
II.The Simple Past tense is used for actions that were completed at a definite time in the past.
III.The Present Continuous tense is used to describe permanent states and facts that are always true.
Choose the alternative that indicates the correct statement(s).
Ano: 2025
Banca:
IBAM
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL
Prova:
IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773732
Inglês
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Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked
October 17th, 2025
By Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Monrovia, Liberia, Africa
Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools.
Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said school testing would help address the growing problem of drug abuse.
The announcement sparked a mixed response. Some thought it would help tackle the scourge of drugs, while others saw it as an invasion of privacy, or feared it would cost too much.
Last year, President Joseph Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a national emergency and a recent EU-backed report estimated that one in five young Liberians take drugs.
However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students and added that such a decision needed to be based on concrete evidence and properly thought through.
Assistant minister in charge of students Sona Toure-Sesay told the BBC that this kind of plan required proper research. "Let's assume we are made aware of the proposed initiatives by the LDEA, it will require us to conduct research and review case studies from other countries where this has been successful," she said.
Toure-Sesay also noted that testing could affect students. "What happens to students who test positive? What are the social services in place for them? Some of them might be bullied even after returning, and it may affect their overall educational performances."
She added that a multi-sectoral committee on drug and substance abuse had been set up, headed by the Health Ministry. Along with strengthening health clubs in schools, she said that this would help to reduce the prevalence of drugs among students.
President Boakai dismissed the leadership of the LDEA in August this year, and recently appointed Biago, a former senior police officer, as interim head of the agency.
Taken from:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mxz3x1lr7o
Choose the sentence in which the phrasal verb
LOOK FORWARD TO has been used correctly:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
IBAM
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL
Prova:
IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773729
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below and answer question
Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked
October 17th, 2025
By Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Monrovia, Liberia, Africa
Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools.
Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said school testing would help address the growing problem of drug abuse.
The announcement sparked a mixed response. Some thought it would help tackle the scourge of drugs, while others saw it as an invasion of privacy, or feared it would cost too much.
Last year, President Joseph Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a national emergency and a recent EU-backed report estimated that one in five young Liberians take drugs.
However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students and added that such a decision needed to be based on concrete evidence and properly thought through.
Assistant minister in charge of students Sona Toure-Sesay told the BBC that this kind of plan required proper research. "Let's assume we are made aware of the proposed initiatives by the LDEA, it will require us to conduct research and review case studies from other countries where this has been successful," she said.
Toure-Sesay also noted that testing could affect students. "What happens to students who test positive? What are the social services in place for them? Some of them might be bullied even after returning, and it may affect their overall educational performances."
She added that a multi-sectoral committee on drug and substance abuse had been set up, headed by the Health Ministry. Along with strengthening health clubs in schools, she said that this would help to reduce the prevalence of drugs among students.
President Boakai dismissed the leadership of the LDEA in August this year, and recently appointed Biago, a former senior police officer, as interim head of the agency.
Taken from:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mxz3x1lr7o
The English teachers have told the students how to behave in the class.
Choose the sentence in which the modal verb has been used correctly:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
IBAM
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL
Prova:
IBAM - 2025 - Prefeitura de Arapiraca - AL - Professor de Inglês |
Q3773723
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text below and answer question
Plan to test Liberian schoolchildren for drugs blocked
October 17th, 2025
By Moses Kollie Garzeawu
Monrovia, Liberia, Africa
Liberia's Education Ministry has blocked controversial plans to introduce mandatory drug testing in all of the country's schools.
Speaking to local media, the interim head of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA), Fitzgerald Biago, said school testing would help address the growing problem of drug abuse.
The announcement sparked a mixed response. Some thought it would help tackle the scourge of drugs, while others saw it as an invasion of privacy, or feared it would cost too much.
Last year, President Joseph Boakai declared drug and substance abuse a national emergency and a recent EU-backed report estimated that one in five young Liberians take drugs.
However, the Education Ministry said it was not aware of any plans to test students and added that such a decision needed to be based on concrete evidence and properly thought through.
Assistant minister in charge of students Sona Toure-Sesay told the BBC that this kind of plan required proper research. "Let's assume we are made aware of the proposed initiatives by the LDEA, it will require us to conduct research and review case studies from other countries where this has been successful," she said.
Toure-Sesay also noted that testing could affect students. "What happens to students who test positive? What are the social services in place for them? Some of them might be bullied even after returning, and it may affect their overall educational performances."
She added that a multi-sectoral committee on drug and substance abuse had been set up, headed by the Health Ministry. Along with strengthening health clubs in schools, she said that this would help to reduce the prevalence of drugs among students.
President Boakai dismissed the leadership of the LDEA in August this year, and recently appointed Biago, a former senior police officer, as interim head of the agency.
Taken from:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mxz3x1lr7o
In the fragment of paragraph 7 “Some of them
might be bullied even after returning, and it may
affect their overall educational performances”, the
modal verb MIGHT expresses a(n):
Ano: 2025
Banca:
IDESG
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Alto Rio Novo - ES
Prova:
IDESG - 2025 - Prefeitura de Alto Rio Novo - ES - PEB-II - Professor de Língua Estrangeira Moderna - Inglês |
Q3771576
Inglês
Choose the option that best reports the statement below, adjusting tense, pronouns, time references and
the relative clause.
Direct speech: The chair said to the board, “We can’t approve the draft that the consultant, whose portfolio I admire, emailed yesterday unless she sends us the missing data now.”
Direct speech: The chair said to the board, “We can’t approve the draft that the consultant, whose portfolio I admire, emailed yesterday unless she sends us the missing data now.”
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Unesc
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Morro da Fumaça - SC
Prova:
Unesc - 2025 - Prefeitura de Morro da Fumaça - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3771449
Inglês
Qual tempo verbal é usado em inglês para descrever
ações habituais, rotinas ou fatos universais?
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FEPESE
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Cunha Porã - SC
Prova:
FEPESE - 2025 - Prefeitura de Cunha Porã - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3768704
Inglês
Texto associado
Text
Arjun had always felt most comfortable behind the
scenes, quietly working as a stagehand at the town’s
community theater. One day, when the lead actor
suddenly fell ill hours before the premiere of the
much-anticipated play, panic gripped the cast and
crew. The director, in desperation, turned to Arjun and
asked him to step in.
Although reluctant, Arjun agreed. He spent every
spare moment backstage absorbing the script and
mimicking the lead actor’s delivery. When the curtains
finally rose, Arjun’s heart pounded as he stepped into
the spotlight. His voice trembled at first, but as the
story unfolded, something remarkable happened.
He connected with the character and felt a surge of
confidence.
By the end of the play, Arjun had not only delivered
a stellar performance but also received a standing
ovation. For years, he had believed that his place
was behind the scenes. But that night, Arjun realized
that true potential is often discovered in moments
of adversity. The experience left him wondering how
many hidden talents lie dormant simply because of
fear or hesitation.
Adapted from:readlearnexcel.com
Analyze the sentences according to structure and
grammar use, form the narrative passage.
1. The words in bold, in the following sentence: By the end of the play, Arjun had not only delivered a stellar performance but also received a standing ovation, are being used as a correlative conjunction.
2. The underlined words in: had always felt (paragraph 1) and spent (paragraph 2) are verbs in the present perfect tense and simple past tense, respectively.
3. The underlined words in the narrative adversity and simply (last paragraph), are examples of a noun and an adverb.
4. In the sentence: The director, in desperation, turned to Arjun and asked him to step in, the pronoun in bold refers to the director.
Select the alternative that indicates all the correct sentences.
1. The words in bold, in the following sentence: By the end of the play, Arjun had not only delivered a stellar performance but also received a standing ovation, are being used as a correlative conjunction.
2. The underlined words in: had always felt (paragraph 1) and spent (paragraph 2) are verbs in the present perfect tense and simple past tense, respectively.
3. The underlined words in the narrative adversity and simply (last paragraph), are examples of a noun and an adverb.
4. In the sentence: The director, in desperation, turned to Arjun and asked him to step in, the pronoun in bold refers to the director.
Select the alternative that indicates all the correct sentences.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Avança SP
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Araçariguama - SP
Prova:
Avança SP - 2025 - Prefeitura de Araçariguama - SP - PEB II - Língua Estrangeira (Inglês) |
Q3764987
Inglês
Which of the following sentences contains an
incorrect negation?
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Instituto Access
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC
Prova:
Instituto Access - 2025 - Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3764860
Inglês
Change the following sentence into Reported Speech: 'I
will finish the report tomorrow,' said John. Judge the
following statements as True (T) or False (F).
(__)John said that he would finish the report the following day.
(__)John said that he will finish the report tomorrow.
(__)John told that he would finish the report the next day.
(__)John said that he would finish the report tomorrow.
Mark the alternative that shows the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
(__)John said that he would finish the report the following day.
(__)John said that he will finish the report tomorrow.
(__)John told that he would finish the report the next day.
(__)John said that he would finish the report tomorrow.
Mark the alternative that shows the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Instituto Access
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC
Prova:
Instituto Access - 2025 - Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3764857
Inglês
Select the alternative that adheres to the rules of
standard English subject-verb agreement.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Instituto Access
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC
Prova:
Instituto Access - 2025 - Prefeitura de Navegantes - SC - Professor de Inglês |
Q3764844
Inglês
Consider the following verb phrases taken from an
academic argumentative text:
has long been
witnessed in the clause "the late 20th century witnessed ..."
suggests and empowers
Based on these forms and their uses in English, analyze the assertions below:
I.Has long been represents the Present Perfect Simple, indicating a state that started in the past and continues to the present.
II.Witnessed (in "the late 20th century witnessed ...") is in the Simple Past, referring to a definite time in the past.
III.Suggests and empowers are in the Simple Present, used here to express facts or theoretical truths within the author's argument.
Mark the option that presents only the correct statements.
has long been
witnessed in the clause "the late 20th century witnessed ..."
suggests and empowers
Based on these forms and their uses in English, analyze the assertions below:
I.Has long been represents the Present Perfect Simple, indicating a state that started in the past and continues to the present.
II.Witnessed (in "the late 20th century witnessed ...") is in the Simple Past, referring to a definite time in the past.
III.Suggests and empowers are in the Simple Present, used here to express facts or theoretical truths within the author's argument.
Mark the option that presents only the correct statements.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
Ápice Consultoria
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Boqueirão - PB
Prova:
Ápice Consultoria - 2025 - Prefeitura de Boqueirão - PB - Professor de Educação Básica II - Inglês |
Q3758792
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto abaixo para responder da questão.
New Study: This Regional Accent Is Considered
the Most Trustworthy in the U.S.—And the
Results Will Really Surprise You!
By Jennifer Geddes
A person’s cadence counts for a lot.
Everyone knows first impressions are important—
and we don’t just make them based on sight. Beyond
a chic outfit and well-coiffed hair, how a person
sounds can also be a big factor when forming an
initial opinion. In fact, a recent analysis of more than a
dozen American accents conducted by BetUS Casino
found that some folks’ speech actually conveys more
honesty and reliability than others’.
At this point, you’re probably praying your own voice
sounds dependable, not shifty or shady, right? Try to
relax, and then read on to learn (nay, hear!) where
the most trustworthy accents are located.
How was the study conducted?
As with many studies today, internet data helped
determine which parts of the country sound the most
steadfast and true. BetUS Casino crafted the report,
which is current as of Aug. 15, 2025, by focusing on
how people feel about 14 different regional accents.
How did the company determine those feelings?
First, researchers looked at internet search terms like
“friendly (accent)” or “professional (accent).” Then,
to complete the rankings, they compiled data on the
rate of financial crimes per 10,000 people, plus the
number of lawyers and primary-care doctors in each
area.
Why doctors and lawyers, you may ask? Well, these
are professions that rely on trust—after all, you might
have to put your life in their hands! The more of these
professionals in an area, the more trustworthy the
accent. Once the study authors had the information
in hand, they weighted the data and ranked the
regions on a scale of 1–100.
Which regional accent is considered the most
trustworthy?
Now hear this: The regional accent that’s considered
to be the most trustworthy hails from Boston!
Yup, the fine citizens of Beantown scored 56.1, which
was enough to take top honors for sounding highly
dependable. Boston ranks so strongly thanks to
more than 23,300 searches related to how kind and
upstanding the accent sounds. The Massachusetts
capital and largest city in New England also sports
a low level of financial crime and is home to tens of
thousands of lawyers and doctors.
Boston shines in other ways too, underlining the trust
factor essential to its distinctive accent. For example,
one recent WalletHub report list Boston as the third
most caring city in the nation, while another names
Massachusetts as the best U.S. state to live in. And
the Bay State has excellent health care, with the
highest childhood vaccination rates, lowest infant
mortality and fewest premature avoidable deaths.
Want to sound just like a Bostonian? Start by
dropping some of your R’s, as in “pahk the cah” and
“wicked smaht.” Or listen to Ben Affleck turn on the
telltale accent in his Dunkin’ commercials. Other
famous Bostonians with perfect inflection include
Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg and Amy Poehler.
In: https://www.rd.com/article/happiest-cities-america-2025/
Considere o seguinte trecho do texto:
“Once the study authors had the information in hand, they weighted the data and ranked the regions on a scale of 1–100.”
Com base nesse trecho, analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O tempo verbal predominante é o past perfect, usado para indicar que uma ação foi concluída antes de outra no passado.
II. Os verbos “weighted” e “ranked” estão no past simple, e seus objetos diretos são, respectivamente, the data e the regions.
III. O verbo “had” funciona como verbo auxiliar na formação do past perfect, e o objeto direto da ação é the study authors.
IV. Não há objeto indireto explícito em nenhuma das orações do trecho citado.
Assinale a alternativa correta:
“Once the study authors had the information in hand, they weighted the data and ranked the regions on a scale of 1–100.”
Com base nesse trecho, analise as afirmativas a seguir:
I. O tempo verbal predominante é o past perfect, usado para indicar que uma ação foi concluída antes de outra no passado.
II. Os verbos “weighted” e “ranked” estão no past simple, e seus objetos diretos são, respectivamente, the data e the regions.
III. O verbo “had” funciona como verbo auxiliar na formação do past perfect, e o objeto direto da ação é the study authors.
IV. Não há objeto indireto explícito em nenhuma das orações do trecho citado.
Assinale a alternativa correta:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
FACET Concursos
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Monteiro - PB
Prova:
FACET Concursos - 2025 - Prefeitura de Monteiro - PB - Professor de Educação Fundamental 2 - Língua Inglesa |
Q3758293
Inglês
English perfect encodes current relevance,
whereas the progressive profiles
temporariness/process; aspect choices interact with
genre and stance (cf. Comrie; Biber). Pick the best
option.
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Creative Group
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Buritizal - SP
Prova:
Creative Group - 2024 - Prefeitura de Buritizal - SP - Professor de Inglês |
Q3754549
Inglês
Texto associado
'A part of me was crying for freedom': The people
embracing their stutter
By Krupa Padhy, BBC
Eighty million people around the world have a natural
stammer. Krupa Padhy speaks to those who've decided
to embrace it – and discovers surprising benefits.
It was the summer of 2011 and Joshua St Pierre was
working in Edmonton, Canada. He was mid-conversation when he realised the other person wasn't listening.
It was a moment that changed his life.
St Pierre has a stammer, and until then, had always focused on trying to speak as fluently as he could, to make
it more comfortable for others to listen to him. But now,
he began to wonder if it was fair for him to be the one
doing all the work – and what a more balanced effort
might feel like.
"I I I, like most people, spent most of my l lifetime desperately trying to come up to a standard of nooormalcy,"
says St Pierre, who has asked that his quotes in this article include the words he stammers on. "I was doing a
whole lot to try and make other people feel comfortable
when it really actually wasn't much about communication itself."
An estimated 80 million people around the world speak
with a stammer (also known as a stutter in many countries), meaning, they know what they wish to say, but
have difficulty saying the words. Their speech is disrupted by repetitions, pauses or stops. There is still no
clear explanation of what exactly causes stammering,
but research suggests that the region of the brain responsible for planning and executing our speech functions
differently in those with a stammer.
Many children – between 60-80% – who have a stutter
will recover spontaneously. But contrary to popular belief, there isn't a permanent fix to overcoming a stammer. Whilst treatment and support are available (such as
speech language therapy), a high number of people with stammers may relapse after completing therapy. It can
be a life-long effort to suppress a stammer, something
US President Joe Biden has spoken about openly.
As St Pierre notes, however, the physical impact is only
one aspect of the condition. Another is social and may
be more about how stammering is perceived in the mind
of the listener. Studies suggest, for example, that people
who stammer openly may be considered anxious, nervous or embarrassing, purely because of that speech pattern. In a paper inspired by his conversation in Edmonton, St Pierre, who is now a researcher in critical disability studies at the University of Alberta, Canada, argues that this social perception of stammering as "broken speech" is not really about the stammer itself. It's
about the listener's "cultural norms of efficiency, pace,
and self-mastery", and their expectations of what successful communication should be like: succinct and fluent.
"It's not the fact that having d d d dysfluent speech that
causes the breakdown,” argues St Pierre. "It's the way
in which these forms of speech aren't able to be taken
up within the world and heard urm as speech. That's a
really cruel thing, and that's a political thing."
St Pierre and others, including some speech therapists,
are suggesting an alternative view of stammering: not as
a deficiency, but as a way of speaking that is no better
or worse than any others.
In fact, stammering openly can have many benefits,
says Courtney Byrd, a professor of speech, language
and hearing sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, US. She and her team have been working on a model
of treatment that encourages people to stammer with
confidence, even if others around them see it as a deficiency.
"We encourage stuttering openly for effective communication, because when you are avoiding it, you are essentially stifling your own intellect," says Byrd. "I'm
going to say [to people who stutter]: you can be the most
effective communicator and still openly stutter. And I'm
going to show you the path to that. And I also want you
to know that no matter where you live, you are going to
encounter highly educated people who are completely
ignorant about stuttering, and because they are ignorant
they are going to treat you ignorantly. They are going to
say things that will hurt, and they'll say things to you out
of trying to help you."
Speaking to people with a stammer from different countries and cultures, it is striking how similar some of their
experiences are – both in terms of the pain they suffered
through due to the prejudices of those around them, but
also, the relief of no longer hiding it.
Jia Bin was born in a small village in Sichuan province
in southwest China. Her parents were poor, and she felt
she was adding to their burden when she began to stammer as a child.
"It came to a point where I hated myself," she says.
"There were two forces in me – one was to communicate, the other was not to speak. I feel like I compromised a lot of my authenticity."
Bin chose to leave China, and move to the US, partly
because she feared her stutter would never be fully accepted at home. "I was holding down a job, I was married, I gave birth to my daughter before coming to
America at 32. I completed what society wants a normal
Chinese girl to do, but I was so miserable. There was a
part of me crying for freedom. I'd never seen a successful person who stutters in China."
Bin now runs a stammer support group on the Chinese
social media platform WeChat, and is studying for a
PhD in communicative sciences and disorders at Michigan State University. She no longer hides her stutter,
and finds this freeing, but her family still struggles to
accept it. Upon a recent trip to China, she decided to
stammer openly for the first time at a family gathering.
Older relatives gossiped and the children laughed at her.
"If you were able to hide it for 30 years, why don't you
continue to hide it for another 30 years?" asked her
mother.
Classifying stammering as a disability is a divisive subject, because as St Pierre puts it, "the power of ableism
is so strong" – meaning, some people with a stammer
may not wish to identify as disabled.
Former Ernst and Young partner Iain Wilkie spent 40
years of his life feeling ashamed of his stammer. He first
started stammering at the age of seven and was bullied
for it by other children. But in 2022, he gave a TED talk
in London in which he described stuttering as a gift: "I'd
like to start by telling you that I stutter and I'm ok with
that," he began. "It took me 35 years to be ok with that.
And I hope it's ok with you."
Wilkie, who heads the charity 50 Million Voices, which
offers support to people with a stammer in the workplace, believes those who stammer are a huge pool of
under-used talent.
"It's rubbish to think people who stutter can't communicate well," he says. On the contrary, he is convinced that
people who stammer are very good with words. "There's
great presence, we give each other time, it's like a slow
down and we just wait for those words to arrive," says Wilkie, referring to meetings with colleagues who stammer. "This is the team that listens best. When the stuttered word arrives, it comes with a power and weight."
Ronan Miller has studied the relationship between stammering and language-learning for his PhD at the University of Valencia, in Spain. It's something he has firsthand experience of. As a young adult, he moved from
Britain to Spain, to leave behind the stress he had experienced when stammering in English. Now, even though
he stammers more in Spanish than in English, he finds
freedom in speaking another language.
Miller also finds that people who stammer have a different relationship with language than fluent speakers.
"Many of us are used to being quite nimble linguistically as a way of navigating a fluency-centric world, for
example by varying syntax or using synonyms to reduce
the impact of stammering," he says. "However, I think
that for this to happen the needs of students who stammer need to be understood and recognised in the classroom."
As one research paper notes, people with a stammer still
face social rejection from childhood through adulthood,
with studies documenting wide-ranging discrimination
including worse job prospects and lower earnings. As St
Pierre points out in his paper on how cultural norms
shape ideas of "broken speech", we as a society also
have an important part to play in normalising voices that
don't sound like our own, for example, by focusing on
the speaker's message and intention, not how fluent they
are. There is much more to language than just words.
St Pierre has found his own liberation in not just accepting but enjoying his way of communicating. "I now
speak thinking about my own pleasure that I find in
speaking as opposed to the the displeasure that my l l
listeners are going to receive," he says. "So so that's way
more important."
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news)
Which sentence below correctly demonstrates the
use of the present perfect tense, indicating an action
that started in the past and has relevance to the present?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Creative Group
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Buritizal - SP
Prova:
Creative Group - 2024 - Prefeitura de Buritizal - SP - Professor de Inglês |
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Inglês
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'A part of me was crying for freedom': The people
embracing their stutter
By Krupa Padhy, BBC
Eighty million people around the world have a natural
stammer. Krupa Padhy speaks to those who've decided
to embrace it – and discovers surprising benefits.
It was the summer of 2011 and Joshua St Pierre was
working in Edmonton, Canada. He was mid-conversation when he realised the other person wasn't listening.
It was a moment that changed his life.
St Pierre has a stammer, and until then, had always focused on trying to speak as fluently as he could, to make
it more comfortable for others to listen to him. But now,
he began to wonder if it was fair for him to be the one
doing all the work – and what a more balanced effort
might feel like.
"I I I, like most people, spent most of my l lifetime desperately trying to come up to a standard of nooormalcy,"
says St Pierre, who has asked that his quotes in this article include the words he stammers on. "I was doing a
whole lot to try and make other people feel comfortable
when it really actually wasn't much about communication itself."
An estimated 80 million people around the world speak
with a stammer (also known as a stutter in many countries), meaning, they know what they wish to say, but
have difficulty saying the words. Their speech is disrupted by repetitions, pauses or stops. There is still no
clear explanation of what exactly causes stammering,
but research suggests that the region of the brain responsible for planning and executing our speech functions
differently in those with a stammer.
Many children – between 60-80% – who have a stutter
will recover spontaneously. But contrary to popular belief, there isn't a permanent fix to overcoming a stammer. Whilst treatment and support are available (such as
speech language therapy), a high number of people with stammers may relapse after completing therapy. It can
be a life-long effort to suppress a stammer, something
US President Joe Biden has spoken about openly.
As St Pierre notes, however, the physical impact is only
one aspect of the condition. Another is social and may
be more about how stammering is perceived in the mind
of the listener. Studies suggest, for example, that people
who stammer openly may be considered anxious, nervous or embarrassing, purely because of that speech pattern. In a paper inspired by his conversation in Edmonton, St Pierre, who is now a researcher in critical disability studies at the University of Alberta, Canada, argues that this social perception of stammering as "broken speech" is not really about the stammer itself. It's
about the listener's "cultural norms of efficiency, pace,
and self-mastery", and their expectations of what successful communication should be like: succinct and fluent.
"It's not the fact that having d d d dysfluent speech that
causes the breakdown,” argues St Pierre. "It's the way
in which these forms of speech aren't able to be taken
up within the world and heard urm as speech. That's a
really cruel thing, and that's a political thing."
St Pierre and others, including some speech therapists,
are suggesting an alternative view of stammering: not as
a deficiency, but as a way of speaking that is no better
or worse than any others.
In fact, stammering openly can have many benefits,
says Courtney Byrd, a professor of speech, language
and hearing sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, US. She and her team have been working on a model
of treatment that encourages people to stammer with
confidence, even if others around them see it as a deficiency.
"We encourage stuttering openly for effective communication, because when you are avoiding it, you are essentially stifling your own intellect," says Byrd. "I'm
going to say [to people who stutter]: you can be the most
effective communicator and still openly stutter. And I'm
going to show you the path to that. And I also want you
to know that no matter where you live, you are going to
encounter highly educated people who are completely
ignorant about stuttering, and because they are ignorant
they are going to treat you ignorantly. They are going to
say things that will hurt, and they'll say things to you out
of trying to help you."
Speaking to people with a stammer from different countries and cultures, it is striking how similar some of their
experiences are – both in terms of the pain they suffered
through due to the prejudices of those around them, but
also, the relief of no longer hiding it.
Jia Bin was born in a small village in Sichuan province
in southwest China. Her parents were poor, and she felt
she was adding to their burden when she began to stammer as a child.
"It came to a point where I hated myself," she says.
"There were two forces in me – one was to communicate, the other was not to speak. I feel like I compromised a lot of my authenticity."
Bin chose to leave China, and move to the US, partly
because she feared her stutter would never be fully accepted at home. "I was holding down a job, I was married, I gave birth to my daughter before coming to
America at 32. I completed what society wants a normal
Chinese girl to do, but I was so miserable. There was a
part of me crying for freedom. I'd never seen a successful person who stutters in China."
Bin now runs a stammer support group on the Chinese
social media platform WeChat, and is studying for a
PhD in communicative sciences and disorders at Michigan State University. She no longer hides her stutter,
and finds this freeing, but her family still struggles to
accept it. Upon a recent trip to China, she decided to
stammer openly for the first time at a family gathering.
Older relatives gossiped and the children laughed at her.
"If you were able to hide it for 30 years, why don't you
continue to hide it for another 30 years?" asked her
mother.
Classifying stammering as a disability is a divisive subject, because as St Pierre puts it, "the power of ableism
is so strong" – meaning, some people with a stammer
may not wish to identify as disabled.
Former Ernst and Young partner Iain Wilkie spent 40
years of his life feeling ashamed of his stammer. He first
started stammering at the age of seven and was bullied
for it by other children. But in 2022, he gave a TED talk
in London in which he described stuttering as a gift: "I'd
like to start by telling you that I stutter and I'm ok with
that," he began. "It took me 35 years to be ok with that.
And I hope it's ok with you."
Wilkie, who heads the charity 50 Million Voices, which
offers support to people with a stammer in the workplace, believes those who stammer are a huge pool of
under-used talent.
"It's rubbish to think people who stutter can't communicate well," he says. On the contrary, he is convinced that
people who stammer are very good with words. "There's
great presence, we give each other time, it's like a slow
down and we just wait for those words to arrive," says Wilkie, referring to meetings with colleagues who stammer. "This is the team that listens best. When the stuttered word arrives, it comes with a power and weight."
Ronan Miller has studied the relationship between stammering and language-learning for his PhD at the University of Valencia, in Spain. It's something he has firsthand experience of. As a young adult, he moved from
Britain to Spain, to leave behind the stress he had experienced when stammering in English. Now, even though
he stammers more in Spanish than in English, he finds
freedom in speaking another language.
Miller also finds that people who stammer have a different relationship with language than fluent speakers.
"Many of us are used to being quite nimble linguistically as a way of navigating a fluency-centric world, for
example by varying syntax or using synonyms to reduce
the impact of stammering," he says. "However, I think
that for this to happen the needs of students who stammer need to be understood and recognised in the classroom."
As one research paper notes, people with a stammer still
face social rejection from childhood through adulthood,
with studies documenting wide-ranging discrimination
including worse job prospects and lower earnings. As St
Pierre points out in his paper on how cultural norms
shape ideas of "broken speech", we as a society also
have an important part to play in normalising voices that
don't sound like our own, for example, by focusing on
the speaker's message and intention, not how fluent they
are. There is much more to language than just words.
St Pierre has found his own liberation in not just accepting but enjoying his way of communicating. "I now
speak thinking about my own pleasure that I find in
speaking as opposed to the the displeasure that my l l
listeners are going to receive," he says. "So so that's way
more important."
(Adapted from https://www.bbc.com/news)
Which modal verb is used in the following sentence
from the text, and what is its function?
"Many children – between 60-80% – who have a stutter will recover spontaneously."
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