Questões de Concurso Sobre verbos | verbs em inglês

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Q3801333 Inglês
Os verbos modais em inglês, como 'should' e 'must', possuem a particularidade de não flexionarem em pessoa ou número, acompanhados sempre por um verbo principal na forma base, desprovido da partícula 'to', exceto em contextos de 'reported speech' ou em construções passivas em que o 'to' preceda o 'be'. Essa ausência de flexão os distingue dos verbos auxiliares regulares e confere-lhes um papel semântico específico de modalidade, que transcende a mera indicação temporal, afetando o grau de certeza, permissão ou obrigação da ação verbal.
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Q3795585 Inglês
Choose the correct option:
I - Bob stopped eating at two.
II - They regret telling you they were going to enter that competition!
III - Jason wants to visit a museum on Friday.
IV - Mary stopped to eat at six. 
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Q3795580 Inglês
Choose the correct opition.
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Q3794578 Inglês
In modern English, phrasal verbs such as bring up, turn down, and carry on exemplify the blending of verbs with adverbial or prepositional particles that alter the base verb's meaning. The semantic relationship between the verb and the particle often produces idiomatic constructions that cannot be interpreted literally. Considering the syntactic behavior of these structures, which option below correctly identifies a true phrasal verb rather than a prepositional verb?
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Q3793165 Inglês
Which verb tense is correctly used to describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present moment?
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Q3791947 Inglês
Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence below, respecting the rules of the Simple Past tense: "Last night, I __________ my keys, so I had to call a locksmith."
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Q3790622 Inglês
Ao analisar a frase By next semester, the school will have been implementing the new curriculum for two years, o professor deve reconhecer que o tempo verbal expressa: 
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Q3790621 Inglês
Em um texto regulatório, a sentença Teachers must report any incident within 24 hours expressa: 
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Q3790082 Inglês
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition or adverb) and often exhibit semantic opacity, posing challenges for learners regarding separability and transitivity. Regarding the syntactic rules of phrasal verbs, mark T for true and F for false:

(__) "Look up" (meaning to search for information) is a transitive separable phrasal verb, allowing the object to be placed between the verb and the particle (e.g., "Look the word up").
(__) "Run into" (meaning to meet by chance) is a transitive inseparable phrasal verb, meaning the object must follow the particle (e.g., "I ran into him", not "I ran him into").
(__) "Wake up" is exclusively intransitive and can never take a direct object in any context.
(__) If the object of a separable phrasal verb is a pronoun (e.g., it, them), it must be placed between the verb and the particle (e.g., "Turn it on", not "Turn on it").

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom:
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Q3788903 Inglês
Brazil

Brazil is a leader in entrepreneurship*, with an estimated one in eight adults being “entrepreneurs.” Much of the business that occurs in Brazil is done by single businesspeople either selling their homemade goods or providing their services. Foreign entrepreneurship is a bit of a rarity in Brazil. It is simple for a local businessperson to open a business by, in most cases, circumventing the typical red tape* associated with starting a business. The regulatory boards are so poorly managed and so open to bribes* that local entrepreneurs can easily sneak by without following proper procedure. For foreign businesspeople it is much more difficult. Foreigners draw attention to themselves (by merely being foreigners) and therefore fall prey to greater scrutiny. It is imperative for the foreign businessperson to hire a good “despachante” or broker to handle their interactions with government officials.

(http://www.internationalentrepreneurship.com/americas/brazil
Acesso em: 16.02.2024. Adaptado)
The sentence “It is simple for a local businessperson to open a business by, in most cases, circumventing the typical red tape…” is grammatically correct and demonstrates a proper use of prepositions and punctuation.
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Q3788901 Inglês
Brazil

Brazil is a leader in entrepreneurship*, with an estimated one in eight adults being “entrepreneurs.” Much of the business that occurs in Brazil is done by single businesspeople either selling their homemade goods or providing their services. Foreign entrepreneurship is a bit of a rarity in Brazil. It is simple for a local businessperson to open a business by, in most cases, circumventing the typical red tape* associated with starting a business. The regulatory boards are so poorly managed and so open to bribes* that local entrepreneurs can easily sneak by without following proper procedure. For foreign businesspeople it is much more difficult. Foreigners draw attention to themselves (by merely being foreigners) and therefore fall prey to greater scrutiny. It is imperative for the foreign businessperson to hire a good “despachante” or broker to handle their interactions with government officials.

(http://www.internationalentrepreneurship.com/americas/brazil
Acesso em: 16.02.2024. Adaptado)
The verb form in the clause “Foreigners draw attention to themselves” is incorrect because it should agree with “Foreigners” as a plural noun, and therefore should be “draws.”
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Q3788892 Inglês
In the sentence “You will help keep me on solid ground”, the use of the auxiliary verb “will” correctly indicates that the speaker is referring to a voluntary or predicted action that is expected to occur in the future, thereby conforming to the structure and semantic intention of the Future Simple tense, which typically follows the pattern subject + will + base form of the verb.
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Q3788881 Inglês
Text: (Excerpt about sugar consumption and health implications)

        Sugar has never been considered a health food, but lately, the science against it keeps growing stronger. New evidence shows going overboard on the sweet stuff can lead to high cholesterol and blood pressure […] not to mention excess weight gain.

        Problem is most people are eating more sugar now than they ever have. The average person consumes about 20 teaspoons of added sugar a day — 300 calories worth! — which is four times more than the amount recommended by most health experts, including the American Heart Association. Annually, all those teaspoons add up to 170 pounds of sugar.

        So why are we so addicted to sugar? First off, it is literally addicting. When you eat something sweet, you get a surge of dopamine, the chemical in your brain that brings you pleasure. Added sugar is also tough to dodge. Sweetener hides in foods that don’t even taste sugary, like breads, sauces and condiments. What’s more, it’s so hard to decipher the difference between added sugars and the kinds found naturally in whole foods. Eating naturally occurring sugars — like fructose in fruit and lactose in dairy — is generally considered healthy because they contain nutrients with metabolic benefits, such as fiber and antioxidants. Added sugars (sweeteners put into food for flavor) have no such perks. […]

HEALTH. How to Eliminate Added Sugar From Your Diet in 1 Month. 2020. Disponível em:https://www.health.com/nutrition/sugar-detox. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022. Fragmento.
The use of informal expressions like “sweet stuff” indicates a scientific and technical approach tailored to a specialist audience in the field of nutrition and dietetics.
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Q3788880 Inglês
Text: (Excerpt about sugar consumption and health implications)

        Sugar has never been considered a health food, but lately, the science against it keeps growing stronger. New evidence shows going overboard on the sweet stuff can lead to high cholesterol and blood pressure […] not to mention excess weight gain.

        Problem is most people are eating more sugar now than they ever have. The average person consumes about 20 teaspoons of added sugar a day — 300 calories worth! — which is four times more than the amount recommended by most health experts, including the American Heart Association. Annually, all those teaspoons add up to 170 pounds of sugar.

        So why are we so addicted to sugar? First off, it is literally addicting. When you eat something sweet, you get a surge of dopamine, the chemical in your brain that brings you pleasure. Added sugar is also tough to dodge. Sweetener hides in foods that don’t even taste sugary, like breads, sauces and condiments. What’s more, it’s so hard to decipher the difference between added sugars and the kinds found naturally in whole foods. Eating naturally occurring sugars — like fructose in fruit and lactose in dairy — is generally considered healthy because they contain nutrients with metabolic benefits, such as fiber and antioxidants. Added sugars (sweeteners put into food for flavor) have no such perks. […]

HEALTH. How to Eliminate Added Sugar From Your Diet in 1 Month. 2020. Disponível em:https://www.health.com/nutrition/sugar-detox. Acesso em: 17 fev. 2022. Fragmento.
Interpreting the verb choice in the clause “sugar is also tough to dodge”, one can infer a metaphorical construction that equates sugar to a pervasive and elusive threat in modern diets. 
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Q3787307 Inglês
The Century-Long Search for the Loch* Ness Monster 


(Available at: www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251002-the-century-long-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster – 
text specially adapted for this test). 
*Loch: in Scotland, a lake or inlet of the sea or ocean. 
(Available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-portuguese/loch)   
*Eel: a snake-like water creature. 
(Available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-portuguese/eel)
Based on the excerpt below, taken from the text, analyze the following statements:

“In 2019, a team from New Zealand analyzed the DNA present in the water and found no trace of any giant reptile or mysterious creature”.

I. The verbs “analyzed” and “found” are both in the simple past tense, expressing completed actions.
II. The word “any” emphasizes the absence of something.
III. The sentence refers to an investigation that started in the past and is still in progress.

Which ones are correct?
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Q3787165 Inglês
O Simple Present é utilizado para descrever rotinas, fatos e verdades universais. De acordo com as regras gramaticais para a terceira pessoa do singular (He/She/It), assinale a alternativa que completa corretamente a frase a seguir:

"My brother _______ soccer every Saturday morning." 

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Q3785478 Inglês
Space power: The dream of beaming solar energy from orbit



(Available at: www.bbc.com/future/article/20251029-the-beam-dream-should-we-build-solar-farms-in-space – 
text specially adapted for this test). 
Analyse the following statements, according to the grammatical structures and their meanings in the text:

I. The clause “have made it more feasible” (l. 27-28) expresses an action that began in the past and continues to have effects in the present.
II. In the sentence “It would require enormous satellite structures” (l. 21), the verb form “would require” indicates a hypothetical situation rather than a real one.
III. In the sentence “making it work is no small task” (l. 21), the structure “making it work” functions as the subject of the sentence.
IV. The structure “it was dismissed as too costly” (l. 26) refers to a past passive construction in the simple past.

Which ones are correct? 
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Q3785475 Inglês
Space power: The dream of beaming solar energy from orbit



(Available at: www.bbc.com/future/article/20251029-the-beam-dream-should-we-build-solar-farms-in-space – 
text specially adapted for this test). 
Analyse the following statements about some grammatical structures in the text:

I. The verb form “could finally make” (l. 02) expresses a future possibility.
II. The sentence “The light had been collected from the Sun” (l. 07) is in the passive voice.
III. The clause “whether such huge orbital structures would even be legal” (l. 34) expresses a condition.

Which ones are correct? 
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Q3784580 Inglês
Auxiliary verbs are essential for forming questions and negatives in English. Analyze the statements about the auxiliary "do/does":
I."Do" is used with pronouns I, You, We, and They in the Simple Present questions.
II."Does" is used with pronouns He, She, and It in the Simple Present questions.
III.In affirmative sentences in the Simple Present, "do" and "does" are always required before the main verb (e.g., "I do play").

The correct statement(s) is/are:
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Q3784576 Inglês
Subject-verb agreement means the subject and verb must match in number. Which sentence shows the correct agreement for the third person singular in the Simple Present?
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Respostas
421: E
422: A
423: D
424: D
425: D
426: C
427: D
428: C
429: C
430: C
431: E
432: C
433: E
434: C
435: C
436: C
437: E
438: C
439: B
440: B