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Ano: 2025
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Unesc
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Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC
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Unesc - 2025 - Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC - Professor de Língua Inglesa |
Q3153132
Inglês
Morphology is the study of the structure and formation of
words in the English language. Analyze the following
statements about word formation and morphology, and
select the correct alternative.
Ano: 2025
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Unesc
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Prefeitura de Maracajá - SC
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Q3153130
Inglês
The English vocabulary consists of words with different
meanings and contextual uses. Regarding this topic,
mark T for the true statements and F for the false ones.
(__)True cognates are words that have similar spelling and meaning in English and Portuguese, such as information.
(__)In English, bored and boring can be used interchangeably to describe people and situations.
(__)In English, actually means "currently" and is synonymous with currently.
(__)The term false friends refers to words that look similar in English and Portuguese but have different meanings, such as pretend and "pretender."
The correct sequence is:
(__)True cognates are words that have similar spelling and meaning in English and Portuguese, such as information.
(__)In English, bored and boring can be used interchangeably to describe people and situations.
(__)In English, actually means "currently" and is synonymous with currently.
(__)The term false friends refers to words that look similar in English and Portuguese but have different meanings, such as pretend and "pretender."
The correct sequence is:
Ano: 2025
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Ensino Fundamental |
Q3147580
Inglês
Texto associado
Gabriele Tinti’s Hungry Ghosts is a cycle of 51 poems
written in collaboration with the photographer Roger Ballen,
whose photographic negatives are reproduced in the book.
The images are mostly terrifying, in keeping with the
otherworldly inclination of the poems. This bilingual edition
includes Tinti’s original Italian poems with English translations
by David Graham, interspersed with Greek lines taken from
inscriptions found on archaeological objects and from ancient
Greek texts.
The book is inspired by the Petavatthu, a Theravada
Buddhist scripture that includes stories about the realm of the
“hungry ghosts,” a category of supernatural beings ubiquitous in
East and South Asian religions, with section headings such as
“Abandoned Ghosts,” “Protectors,” “Guardians,” and “Hungry
Ghosts.” T he poems are quite short and try to emulate the
obscure, esoteric quality of scriptural language, though they
struggle, at times, under the weight of too many venerable
references drawn from both Buddhist and Greek traditions.
Internet:<poetryfoundation.org> (adapted).
About the linguistic and lexical features of the preceding text, judge the following item.
The word “otherworldly” (second sentence of the first paragraph) is a synonym for abstract.
Ano: 2025
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
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InoversaSul
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Q3147573
Inglês
Texto associado
“The High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone was a singer,
pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Mostly known as a
jazz singer, her music blended gospel, blues, folk, pop, and
classical styles. No popular singer was more closely associated
with the Civil Rights Movement than Simone.
Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on
February 21st, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother, Mary
Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher and housekeeper, and her
father, John Divine Waymon, worked as an entertainer, barber,
and dry-cleaner. The family’s home was filled with music and
Simone’s mother encouraged her musical pursuits but she did not
approve of nonreligious music like blues and jazz. Simone took
up the piano before her feet could reach the pedals, and by the
age of six, she was playing during church services.
In 2008, Rolling Stone named Simone to its list of the
100 Greatest Singers of All Time, and, in 2018, Simone was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Internet:<womenshistory.org> (adapted).
Based on the previous text, judge the following item.
Replacing the excerpt “civil rights activist” (first sentence) with activist for the civil rights would violate natural collocation in English.
Ano: 2025
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
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Q3147569
Inglês
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Internet:<phdcomics.com>
Regarding the language usage in the preceding comic strip, judge the following item.
The word “hope”, in the comic strip, is used both as an adjective and as a verb.
Ano: 2025
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Ensino Fundamental |
Q3147568
Inglês
Texto associado
Internet:<phdcomics.com>
Regarding the language usage in the preceding comic strip, judge the following item.
The adverb “entirely” (second panel) could be successfully replaced with completely, maintaining the same meaning.
Ano: 2025
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Ensino Fundamental |
Q3147567
Inglês
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Global issues, global education, and transcultural learning
all take two conditions of a globalizing world as their point of
departure: (1) all social, cultural, economic, and ecological issues
are increasingly interconnected and there is no such thing as an
isolated, merely local issue; (2) globalization and hybridization
affect all cultures and cultural phenomena. There are no pure,
homogeneous, unchanging elements of culture, and this affects
the life of all individuals and social groups. Global learning takes
on a transcultural perspective and aims to enable learners to
effectively acquire a foreign or second language while
empowering them with the knowledge, skills and commitment
required by world citizens to solve global problems. Here, local
problems, challenges, and solutions are always seen as
inextricably intertwined with global issues.
Michael Meyer, Laurenz Volkmann, and Nancy Grimm.
Teaching English. Narr: Tübigen, 2022. p. 163 (adapted).
Based on the ideas presented in the previous text, judge the item that follow.
The authors have a negative perspective on globalization because it makes global problems also local problems.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
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CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Ensino Fundamental |
Q3147562
Inglês
Texto associado
Girls play outside in nature less than boys do, even at the
age of two, according to the first national survey of play among
preschool-age children in Britain. While researchers expect to see
older children socialised to particular gender roles, they were
shocked to see similar patterns of behaviour starting to emerge at
such a young age. They fear it could have long-term implications
for girls’ health, as girls are less physically active as they get
older and are more likely than boys to have difficulties with their
mental health.
The study also found that preschool-age children from a
minority ethnic background play less outdoors than their white
counterparts, and children in urban areas play less outdoors than
those in rural areas. “The results highlight inequalities in play
even in the youngest age group, which may exacerbate existing
inequalities in health,” the report concluded.
The research surveyed more than 1,100 parents and carers
of children aged two, three and four. They found that preschool
children spent approximately four hours a day at play, of which
one hour and 45 minutes was spent playing outdoors, mainly in
back gardens at home. Away from home, children played in
playgrounds and green spaces, with the most adventurous play
usually associated with indoor play centres.
“The popularity of these play centers is growing,” the
report said. “This may be driven by indoor play centres providing
adventurous play experiences that overcome some of the barriers
to outdoor adventurous play such as traffic, weather and safety
concerns.”
Sally Weale. Girls play outside less than boys even at two years old, UK survey reveals.
In: The Guardian. Internet:<theguardian.com> (adapted).
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
From the research mentioned, it is possible to conclude that young age playing habits may have consequences in adult life in terms of physical and mental health.
Ano: 2025
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
InoversaSul
Prova:
CESPE / CEBRASPE - 2025 - InoversaSul - Professor de Inglês - Ensino Fundamental |
Q3147559
Inglês
Texto associado
Girls play outside in nature less than boys do, even at the
age of two, according to the first national survey of play among
preschool-age children in Britain. While researchers expect to see
older children socialised to particular gender roles, they were
shocked to see similar patterns of behaviour starting to emerge at
such a young age. They fear it could have long-term implications
for girls’ health, as girls are less physically active as they get
older and are more likely than boys to have difficulties with their
mental health.
The study also found that preschool-age children from a
minority ethnic background play less outdoors than their white
counterparts, and children in urban areas play less outdoors than
those in rural areas. “The results highlight inequalities in play
even in the youngest age group, which may exacerbate existing
inequalities in health,” the report concluded.
The research surveyed more than 1,100 parents and carers
of children aged two, three and four. They found that preschool
children spent approximately four hours a day at play, of which
one hour and 45 minutes was spent playing outdoors, mainly in
back gardens at home. Away from home, children played in
playgrounds and green spaces, with the most adventurous play
usually associated with indoor play centres.
“The popularity of these play centers is growing,” the
report said. “This may be driven by indoor play centres providing
adventurous play experiences that overcome some of the barriers
to outdoor adventurous play such as traffic, weather and safety
concerns.”
Sally Weale. Girls play outside less than boys even at two years old, UK survey reveals.
In: The Guardian. Internet:<theguardian.com> (adapted).
According to the preceding text, judge the following item.
In the text, the words “survey” (first sentence of the text), “study” (first sentence of the second paragraph), and “research” (first sentence of the third paragraph) were used to refer to the same thing.
Ano: 2025
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CESPE / CEBRASPE
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InoversaSul
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Q3147558
Inglês
Texto associado
We do not know how art began any more than we know
how language started. If we take art to mean such activities as
building temples and houses, making pictures and sculptures, or
weaving patterns, there is no people in all the world without art.
If, on the other hand, we mean by art some kind of beautiful
luxury, something to enjoy in museums and exhibitions or
something special to use as a precious decoration in the best
parlour, we must realize that this use of the word is a very recent
development. We can best understand this difference if we think
of architecture. There is scarcely any building in the world which
was not erected for a particular purpose. Those who use these
buildings as places of worship or entertainment, or as dwellings,
judge them first and foremost by standards of utility. But apart
from this, they may like or dislike the design or the proportions
of the structure, and appreciate the efforts of the good architect to
make it not only practical but right. In the past the attitude to
paintings and statues was often similar. They were not thought of
as mere works of art but as objects which had a definite function.
Similarly, we are not likely to understand the art of the
past if we are quite ignorant of the aims it had to serve. The
further we go back in history, the more definite but also the more
strange are the aims which art was supposed to serve. The same
applies if we leave towns and cities and go to the peasants or,
better still, if we travel to the peoples whose ways of life still
resemble the conditions in which our remote ancestors lived.
Among them there is no difference between building and
image-making as far as usefulness is concerned. Their huts are
there to shelter them from rain, wind and sunshine and the spirits
which produce them; images are made to protect them against
other powers which are, to them, as real as the forces of nature.
Pictures and statues, in other words, are used to work magic.
E. H. Gombrich. The story of art.
New York, Phaidon, 2024. 16th ed. p. 9-10 (adapted).
Based on the previous text, its ideas and its linguistic aspects, judge the following item.
In the fragment “which had a definite function” (last sentence of the first paragraph), the word “definite” could be replaced with clear without harming the coherence of the text.
Ano: 2025
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Avança SP
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Prefeitura de Morungaba - SP
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Q3143784
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text to answer question
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Bertrand Russell (“Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel”, pp. 178-179)
Which of the following is a synonym for "subversive" as used in the passage?
Ano: 2025
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Avança SP
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Prefeitura de Morungaba - SP
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Q3143783
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text to answer question
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Bertrand Russell (“Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel”, pp. 178-179)
Which word is an antonym of "merciless" in the passage?
Ano: 2025
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Avança SP
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Prefeitura de Morungaba - SP
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Q3143782
Inglês
Texto associado
Read the text to answer question
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth – more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible; thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Bertrand Russell (“Why Men Fight: A Method of Abolishing the International Duel”, pp. 178-179)
Regarding the words careless, lawless, and merciless in the text, what does the suffix '-less' mean?
Ano: 2025
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OBJETIVA
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Prefeitura de Galvão - SC
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Q3139904
Inglês
Texto associado
Who votes for the Academy Awards?
After the glitzy red-carpet arrivals, the feel-good
montages, and the host’s opening roast, the Oscars
ceremony switches to its raison d’être: revealing the
previous year’s highest achievers in cinema. One after
another, the presenters list the nominees, open a lavish
envelope, and reveal the winner in each category. The
champions breathlessly accept their awards and, over and
over, effusively thank their mothers, God, and the
academy... What is this obscure body? The academy—that
is, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—is the
organization that votes for the Oscar winners.
The academy is an exclusive Hollywood institution
that has its own governing body, 17 separate branches, and
a thorough rule book on membership eligibility and voting
processes. Since 2016, when the board announced that it
would diversify its membership, the academy has grown to
about 8,000 members. It doesn’t publicize the names of all
those members, but each spring it releases a list of the
individuals it has invited to join its ranks.
The rest of the academy members are not listed,
but we can guess who a few are by looking at some of the
requirements to join the institution. To qualify, an individual
must work in the film industry. This means that neither
individuals who work exclusively in television nor members
of the press may join. Oscar nominees are often considered
for membership automatically, while other candidates must
be sponsored by two active members of the branch they
wish to join. Each branch also has its own specific
requirements.
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Adaptation.
“Roast”, underlined in the text, is being used figuratively. With that in mind, which item also displays figurative use of words?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Máxima
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Grama - MG
Prova:
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Q4208658
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto a seguir.
For decades, it seemed that the purpose of our education system was to
encourage competition. Schools would award prizes to the most talented
student and proudly display their names on bulletin boards. Nowadays, in
many institutions, the key word has become "inclusion": no one should be left
behind. Resources are channeled into helping the east capable; everyone's
work (good or bad) is on the walls; and prize tables are heavily loaded with
awards to make sure everyone is awarded a prize for something. Which
approach is right?
Attempts to make education more inclusive are frequently criticized. Many
point out that once students leave the protective environment of the
classroom, they will face the challenges of the working world: what use will
false reassurance be then? The purpose of school must be to reveal to
people their limitations, so that they can find a vocation that suits them.
In the past, allowing the talented to rise to the top through competition would
certainly have been important. In most factories, it was useful to separate the
potential managers from the unskilled workforce, and companies relied on
finding talented individuals to win business before their competitors did. An
ethos of competition also helped countries to compete effectively with other
nations as they scrambled for territory, raced to accumulate armaments or
even traveled into space ahead of rivals.
But in the 21st century, are we really preparing young people for a world of
competition? The academic James F. Moore argues that the days when
businesses competed with each other are ending. Moore believes we should
talk of "business ecosystems" nowadays. International corporations operate
in global networks of suppliers and partners. Sometimes; even rival
corporations work together. For example: companies often have to
collaborate to define common industry standards.
What's more, hierarchies are disappearing within organizations. Modern
companies have a wider range of business functions (public relations, IT,
research and development), and so skills. Knowledge and decision-making
are spread throughout the organization. In a modern marketing department
alone, there are teams for collecting and analyzing a wealth of customer data,
designing brands, advertising, etc. Each individual contributes vital skills and
must receive equal training. Low-skilled work, by comparison, is increasingly
being performed by automated labor; that is, robots.
But it isn't just in businesses that cooperation is becoming the norm. In the
past, individuals, colleges, governments, and companies didn't have to
collaborate. Now', 'collective impact" is becoming the gold standard. For
example, an anti-obesity project called "Shape Up Somerville" managed to
significantly bring down the average BMI (body mass index) in the town in
just three years, by involving schools, colleges, local businesses, charities,
government, and local citizens in a program of collective action. Led by
academics, and funded by four agencies. The work involved designing
school lunch menus, improving walkways, introducing gym membership
packages, and running campaigns amongst the public.
Competition can still be useful. It's stimulating and can help us learn about
ourselves. But it should not become a dominant feature of education
systems. Those who do not receive investment will find it increasingly hard to
fit into the modern world. It really is learning to take part that counts.
Fonte: (Texto retirado do livro Accelerate 2 p. 56.)
Dentre as palavras presentes no texto analisado, aquela que NÃO é
cognato é:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Máxima
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Grama - MG
Prova:
Máxima - 2024 - Prefeitura de Santo Antônio do Grama - MG - Professor de Inglês |
Q4208657
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto a seguir.
For decades, it seemed that the purpose of our education system was to
encourage competition. Schools would award prizes to the most talented
student and proudly display their names on bulletin boards. Nowadays, in
many institutions, the key word has become "inclusion": no one should be left
behind. Resources are channeled into helping the east capable; everyone's
work (good or bad) is on the walls; and prize tables are heavily loaded with
awards to make sure everyone is awarded a prize for something. Which
approach is right?
Attempts to make education more inclusive are frequently criticized. Many
point out that once students leave the protective environment of the
classroom, they will face the challenges of the working world: what use will
false reassurance be then? The purpose of school must be to reveal to
people their limitations, so that they can find a vocation that suits them.
In the past, allowing the talented to rise to the top through competition would
certainly have been important. In most factories, it was useful to separate the
potential managers from the unskilled workforce, and companies relied on
finding talented individuals to win business before their competitors did. An
ethos of competition also helped countries to compete effectively with other
nations as they scrambled for territory, raced to accumulate armaments or
even traveled into space ahead of rivals.
But in the 21st century, are we really preparing young people for a world of
competition? The academic James F. Moore argues that the days when
businesses competed with each other are ending. Moore believes we should
talk of "business ecosystems" nowadays. International corporations operate
in global networks of suppliers and partners. Sometimes; even rival
corporations work together. For example: companies often have to
collaborate to define common industry standards.
What's more, hierarchies are disappearing within organizations. Modern
companies have a wider range of business functions (public relations, IT,
research and development), and so skills. Knowledge and decision-making
are spread throughout the organization. In a modern marketing department
alone, there are teams for collecting and analyzing a wealth of customer data,
designing brands, advertising, etc. Each individual contributes vital skills and
must receive equal training. Low-skilled work, by comparison, is increasingly
being performed by automated labor; that is, robots.
But it isn't just in businesses that cooperation is becoming the norm. In the
past, individuals, colleges, governments, and companies didn't have to
collaborate. Now', 'collective impact" is becoming the gold standard. For
example, an anti-obesity project called "Shape Up Somerville" managed to
significantly bring down the average BMI (body mass index) in the town in
just three years, by involving schools, colleges, local businesses, charities,
government, and local citizens in a program of collective action. Led by
academics, and funded by four agencies. The work involved designing
school lunch menus, improving walkways, introducing gym membership
packages, and running campaigns amongst the public.
Competition can still be useful. It's stimulating and can help us learn about
ourselves. But it should not become a dominant feature of education
systems. Those who do not receive investment will find it increasingly hard to
fit into the modern world. It really is learning to take part that counts.
Fonte: (Texto retirado do livro Accelerate 2 p. 56.)
A palavra "argues" pode ser substituída por diferentes termos sem perder
o sentido, EXCETO por:
"The academic James F. Moore argues that the days when businesses competed with each other are ending."
"The academic James F. Moore argues that the days when businesses competed with each other are ending."
Q4197170
Inglês
Texto associado
Leia o texto para responder à questão.
Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil
shipments and erode energy security in import-dependent
countries like China, South Korea and Japan, with many of the
world’s biggest terminals vulnerable to flooding, researchers
said on Tuesday.
Melting ice and swelling seas caused by rising
temperatures could “unleash unstoppable multi-metre sea
level rise which will not only sink key oil ports and disrupt
global oil trade but also swamp coastal refineries and
petrochemical facilities”, the China Water Risk (CWR) think
tank warned in a report.
A 2021 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change estimated that on current trends, average sea levels
could rise by more than a metre by the end of the century,
adding that a two-metre rise could not be ruled out.
(www.reuters.com/business/energy/. Adaptado)
No trecho do terceiro parágrafo – … a two-metre rise
could not be ruled out… – a expressão em negrito pode
ser substituída, sem alteração de sentido, por
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Instituto JK
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA
Prova:
Instituto JK - 2024 - Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA - Professor Anos Finais - Inglês |
Q3991307
Inglês
What are the two ways of saying 9:15 am correctly?
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Instituto JK
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA
Prova:
Instituto JK - 2024 - Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA - Professor Anos Finais - Inglês |
Q3991302
Inglês
Choose the option which displays the right order and right spelling of the ordinal numbers:
Ano: 2024
Banca:
Instituto JK
Órgão:
Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA
Prova:
Instituto JK - 2024 - Prefeitura de Afonso Cunha - MA - Professor Anos Finais - Inglês |
Q3991299
Inglês
According to the context, what does “swatting up on your French” mean?
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