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Sobre voz ativa e passiva | passive and active voice em inglês
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Back To School But Not To Screens: States Ramp Up Cellphone Bans
Work has been easier for public high school teacher Brian Kerekes since last August, when he first experienced the impacts of a newly enacted Florida law to restrict students’ cellphone use during class. The longtime statistics instructor, who started a new school year on Monday, now spends less time circling the classroom policing students and more time educating them on how to gather and interpret data.
Before Florida passed the ban in May 2023 — becoming the first of at least eight U.S. states to prohibit or restrict cellphone use in schools — phones proved a constant disruption in Kerekes’ classroom at Tohopekaliga High School in the central Florida city of Kissimmee.
“Students were either using them to talk to someone in a different class or talk to someone on the other side of the room or just to zone out, get on TikTok or whatever,” Kerekes, who's been a teacher for 17 years, said in an interview.
Fellow teachers nationwide face the same challenge, which explains why more states and districts are moving to limit or outright ban cellphones in the classroom, and even during the school day altogether.
The rules will look different from state to state and district to district, but all stem from the same concerns.
Seventy-two percent of high school teachers cite cellphones as a major distraction in the classroom, according to a fall 2023 Pew Research Center study. Educators also worry that constant access to social media can adversely impact kids’ mental health.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy went so far as to issue a health advisory last year, warning that enough evidence exists to show social media can be unsafe for children and teens. “We are in the middle of a national youth mental health crisis,” he said, “and I am concerned that social media is an important driver of that crisis, one that we must urgently address.”
While social media can connect kids, make them feel less alone and offer an entertaining and creative outlet, it also exposes them to harmful content, Murthy pointed out in the advisory released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And, as educators such as Kerekes note, some students use their phones to bully fellow students online during the school day, and in the most extreme cases, to set up fights and film them.
The hope is that cellphone bans will reduce such incidents. Kerekes said he’s hearing they have.
Fonte: KATZ, Leslie. Back To School But Not To Screens: States Ramp Up Cellphone Bans. Forbes, 13 ago. 2024. Disponível em: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2024/08/13/back-to-school-but-not-to-screens-more-students-face-cellphone-bans/
Ao transpor a frase “Seventy-two percent of high school teachers cite cellphones as a major distraction in the classroom" para a voz passiva, a construção CORRETA é
Q3389975
Inglês
Mark the alternative in which the Passive Voice sentence corresponds to its Active Voice form, in accordance with standard grammar rules.
Q4162872
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adapted from: DEHAENE, Stanislas. How we learn: Why brains learn better than any machine… for now. New York: Viking Press, 2020.
Consider the statements below.
I - The use of present perfect simple in the clause No other animal has managed to change its ecological niche so radically (l. 08-09) implies that the author considers the event referred to finished and unrelated to the present.
II - The use of simple past in More recently, humanity discovered (l. 39) is a deviation from the standard norm, and the fragment would be made grammatically correct if its verb tense were the present perfect simple since the event it refers to is said to be recent.
III- The use of passive voice in the clause These parameters are carefully chosen (l. 24-25) means that the author does not know or prefers not to stress who or what makes the choice referred to.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
I - The use of present perfect simple in the clause No other animal has managed to change its ecological niche so radically (l. 08-09) implies that the author considers the event referred to finished and unrelated to the present.
II - The use of simple past in More recently, humanity discovered (l. 39) is a deviation from the standard norm, and the fragment would be made grammatically correct if its verb tense were the present perfect simple since the event it refers to is said to be recent.
III- The use of passive voice in the clause These parameters are carefully chosen (l. 24-25) means that the author does not know or prefers not to stress who or what makes the choice referred to.
Which ones are correct according to the text?
Q4162863
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Instrução: A questão está relacionada ao texto abaixo.
Adaptado de: ÁLVAREZ, J. Snow. In: Castillo-Speed, L. Latina – Women’s voices from the borderlands. New York: Touchstone, 1995.
Assinale com V (verdadeiro) ou F (falso) as
afirmações abaixo, acerca da estrutura do
texto.
( ) O trecho taught by the Sisters of Charity (l. 03) pode ser substituído por which was taught by the Sisters of Charity, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) O trecho I was put in a special seat (l. 10-11) pode ser substituído por Sister Zoe put me in a special sit, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) A expressão so that (l. 12) pode ser substituída por in order to, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) A oração I follow ed my breath to school (l. 37) faz referência ao fato de a respiração da menina gerar um vapor visível à sua frente, nas manhãs geladas de Nova Iorque.
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
( ) O trecho taught by the Sisters of Charity (l. 03) pode ser substituído por which was taught by the Sisters of Charity, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) O trecho I was put in a special seat (l. 10-11) pode ser substituído por Sister Zoe put me in a special sit, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) A expressão so that (l. 12) pode ser substituída por in order to, sem prejuízo da correção gramatical e do significado original do texto.
( ) A oração I follow ed my breath to school (l. 37) faz referência ao fato de a respiração da menina gerar um vapor visível à sua frente, nas manhãs geladas de Nova Iorque.
A sequência correta de preenchimento dos parênteses, de cima para baixo, é
Q3274968
Inglês
Read the following statements and choose the sentence that shows an example of passive voice.
Q4162958
Inglês
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Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.
Adaptado de: ADICHIE, C. N.
Cell One. In: The thing around your neck.
New York / Toronto: Harper Collins, 2009.
Considere as seguintes afirmações acerca do
texto.
I - A substituição do pronome he (l. 13) por they implicaria a modificação de duas outras palavras na frase que o contém.
II - O uso da voz passiva na oração the window had been opened from the inside (l. 26-27) indica que existe certeza quanto a quem executou a ação descrita.
III- As ocorrências do pronome it, nas linhas 51, 52 e 53, têm como referente o roubo das joias da mãe de Nnamabia.
Quais estão corretas?
I - A substituição do pronome he (l. 13) por they implicaria a modificação de duas outras palavras na frase que o contém.
II - O uso da voz passiva na oração the window had been opened from the inside (l. 26-27) indica que existe certeza quanto a quem executou a ação descrita.
III- As ocorrências do pronome it, nas linhas 51, 52 e 53, têm como referente o roubo das joias da mãe de Nnamabia.
Quais estão corretas?
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Q2064950
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A Neurologist’s Tips to Protect Your Memory
Adapted from: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/
In terms of voice of the verb, the clauses in the
sentence “Throughout his career, Dr. Restak has been asked
by dozens of patients how they can improve their memory.”
(lines 125-127) are, respectively, in the
Q2054667
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Don’t Look Up: four climate experts on the
polarising disaster film
Critics haven’t been kind to Adam
McKay’s eco-satire, but many climate experts are
lauding it. Here four give their views
Rarely has a film been as divisive as
Adam McKay’s climate satire Don’t Look Up.
Although it has been watched by millions, and is
already Netflix’s third most watched film ever, the
response from critics was largely negative. Many
found its story of scientists who discover an
asteroid heading for Earth a clumsy allegory for
the climate crisis, while others just found it
boring. But many in the climate movement
have praised the film, and audience reviews have
been generally positive.
We asked four climate experts to give
their views on the film. Warning: spoilers ahead.
Ketan Joshi: ‘The main character of
the climate crisis is absent’
[…]
Fiona Harvey: ‘The role of the technoloon, played by Mark Rylance, struck a chord’
[…]
After 17 years of reporting on the climate
crisis, I doubted at first that the film had much to
tell me about the frustrations of communicating a
hypothetical catastrophe. As the film’s scientists
first struggled to clothe their data in sober,
measured terms, then broke into swearing, armwaving shrieks about provable imminent
apocalypse, I nodded along. Yes, that’s what it
feels like, and no, no one listens, not until it is too
late.
Yet it was illuminating in unexpected ways
– something I’ve always struggled with is how
rational people can fail to grasp the scale of
climate breakdown, how we could leave it so late.
As the film shows, it’s partly because vested
interests keep it that way, but it’s also just
because we’re human. Believing in disaster
before it strikes is fundamentally not how we
work.
The role of the techno-loon, played by
Mark Rylance, struck another chord. Cop26 was
not a failure, though on the surface that was the
obvious conclusion – it was more nuanced than
that. Soon after the Cop26 circus left Glasgow,
the danger of painting the outcome in such blackand-white terms became apparent, as wellmeaning experts concluded – in all seriousness –
as talking didn’t work, our best hope would be for
billionaires to bypass the UN and geoengineer
the climate from space. Because obviously the
answer to a vast uncontrolled experiment on the
atmosphere is to conduct a vast uncontrolled
experiment on the atmosphere.
[…]
Nina Lakhani: ‘Jennifer Lawrence’s
character will resonate with many female
climate scientists’
[…]
How Kate Dibiasky, the postgraduate
student played by Jennifer Lawrence who
discovered the comet, is portrayed as an
unhinged hysterical woman, will resonate with
many female climate scientists and activists
whose crucial knowledge has been sidelined.
The scene where her parents declare that they’re
in favour of the jobs the comet will provide will
resonate with millions of people, including me,
trying to deal with relatives who have bought into
political lies.
[…]
Damian Carrington: ‘It highlights the
absurdity of staring disaster in the face, then
looking away’
I loved Don’t Look Up, both as an
entertainment and as a climate crisis parable. But
the movie has been panned by many critics, with
the main charge being that it is heavy-handed,
blunt and too obvious. But that is exactly the
point.
Scientists have been issuing blunt
warnings about obvious dangers of global
heating for years and have been ignored –
carbon emissions are still rising. The film
perfectly skewers the key ways in which they
have been ignored: for short-term political
expediency and short-term corporate profit.
In particular, the movie beautifully
portrays the incredulity of scientists that their
carefully constructed evidence can be dismissed
with bluster such as “we’ll sit tight and assess” by
leaders more concerned about today’s political
weather and a media more interested in the
minutiae of celebrities’ lives.
[…]
The point of the film is savagely
highlighting the absurdity of staring disaster in
the face, then looking away rather than acting. In
that respect, it is a triumph.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/08/dont-look-upfour-climate-experts-on-the-polarising-disaster-film. Access:
08/01/2022.
Consider the following excerpts taken from
the text and mark the option which presents a
verb form in the passive voice.
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Q2032728
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On May 13th, 1822, a group of 186 women sent Maria
Leopoldina the Letter from the Bahian Women to Her Royal
Highness Dona Leopoldina, congratulating her on her role in the
patriotic rulings of her husband, Prince Regent Dom Pedro. The
document acknowledged the contribution made by the then
princess and empress-to-be to ensuring her husband’s
permanence in Brazil, which they believed was a key factor in
gaining independence from Portugal. “Far more than just a letter,
it is a political manifesto,” notes historian Maria de Lourdes
Viana Lyra. “At that time, in Brazil, women were given a
subordinate role restricted to private household and family
affairs. Outside the domestic sphere, women were made invisible,
but that did not stop them from mobilizing politically to fight for
independence in a variety of ways,” she states.
In addition to isolated actions led by famous figures, there
were other many significant actions that are still largely unknown
to the general public, more specifically, those related to instances
of collective mobilization of women active in the public arena
during the fight for Brazilian independence. Historian Andréa
Slemian expands on the matter. “Throughout this process, many
women expressed themselves through letters, manifestos, and
other texts. Thus, the nascent press in Brazil played an important
role, not only by publishing these women’s ideas regarding
independence on editorial pages, for example, but also by serving
as a mouthpiece for views supporting women’s rights,” notes
Slemian.
Ana Paula Orlandi. Unafraid to fight.
Internet: :<www.revistapesquisa.fapesp.br> (adapted).
Considering the ideas and linguistic aspects of the text above, judge the follow item.
The passage “which they believed was a key factor” (first paragraph) could be correctly rewritten in the passive voice as which was believed to be a key factor, without this changing the meaning and coherence of the text.
The passage “which they believed was a key factor” (first paragraph) could be correctly rewritten in the passive voice as which was believed to be a key factor, without this changing the meaning and coherence of the text.
Q1994394
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Essential reading on, and beyond, Indigenous Peoples Day
our people are still being attacked by the many forms of colonization, (l. 29-30)
The sentence above exhibits the passive voice.
Another occurrence of the passive voice is underlined below:
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Q1860175
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/
2021/sep/27/
In “we can take much of the climate burden
from our children's shoulders” (lines 56-58), the
passive voice becomes: much of the climate burden
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Q1860172
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/
2021/sep/27/
In terms of voice, the verbs in the passages
“Our results highlight a severe threat to the
safety of young generations” (lines 40-42) and
“Climate change is already exacerbating many
injustices” (lines 68-69) are respectively in the
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Q2030415
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Americans May Add Five Times More Plastic to
the Oceans Than Thought
The United States is using more
plastic than ever, and waste exported for
recycling is often mishandled, according
to a new study.
The United States contribution
to coastal plastic pollution worldwide is
significantly larger than previously
thought, possibly by as much as five
times, according to a study published
Friday. The research, published in Science
Advances, is the sequel to a 2015 paper
by the same authors. Two factors
contributed to the sharp increase:
Americans are using more plastic than
ever and the current study included
pollution generated by United States
exports of plastic waste, while the earlier
one did not.
The United States, which does
not have sufficient infrastructure to
handle its recycling demands at home,
exports about half of its recyclable waste.
Of the total exported, about 88 percent
ends up in countries considered to have
inadequate waste management.
“When you consider how much
of our plastic waste isn’t actually
recyclable because it is low-value,
contaminated or difficult to process, it’s
not surprising that a lot of it ends up
polluting the environment,” said the
study’s lead author, Kara Lavender Law,
research professor of oceanography at
Sea Education Association, in a
statement.
The study estimates that in
2016, the United States contributed
between 1.1 and 2.2 million metric tons of
plastic waste to the oceans through a
combination of littering, dumping and
mismanaged exports. At a minimum,
that’s almost double the total estimated
waste in the team’s previous study. At the
high end, it would be a fivefold increase
over the earlier estimate.
Nicholas Mallos, a senior
director at the Ocean Conservancy and an
author of the study, said the upper
estimate would be equal to a pile of
plastic covering the area of the White
House Lawn and reaching as high as the
Empire State Building.
The ranges are wide partly
because “there’s no real standard for
being able to provide good quality data on
collection and disposal of waste in
general,” said Ted Siegler, a resource
economist at DSM Environmental
Solutions, a consulting firm, and an
author of the study. Mr. Siegler said the
researchers had evaluated waste-disposal
practices in countries around the world
and used their “best professional
judgment” to determine the lowest and
highest amounts of plastic waste likely to
escape into the environment. They settled
on a range of 25 percent to 75 percent.
Tony Walker, an associate
professor at the Dalhousie University
School for Resource and Environmental
Studies in Halifax, Nova Scotia, said that
analyzing waste data can amount to a
“data minefield” because there are no
data standards across municipalities.
Moreover, once plastic waste is shipped
overseas, he said, data is often not
recorded at all.
Nonetheless, Dr. Walker, who
was not involved in the study, said it
could offer a more accurate accounting of
plastic pollution than the previous study,
which likely underestimated the United
States’ contribution. “They’ve put their
best estimate, as accurate as they can be
with this data,” he said, and used ranges,
which underscores that the figures are
estimates.
Of the plastics that go into the
United States recycling system, about 9
percent of the country’s total plastic
waste, there is no guarantee that they’ll
be remade into new consumer goods. New
plastic is so inexpensive to manufacture
that only certain expensive, high-grade
plastics are profitable to recycle within the
United States, which is why roughly half
of the country’s plastic waste was shipped
abroad in 2016, the most recent year for
which data is available.
Since 2016, however, the
recycling landscape has changed. China
and many countries in Southeast Asia
have stopped accepting plastic waste
imports. And lower oil prices have further
reduced the market for recycled plastic.
“What the new study really underscores is
we have to get a handle on source
reduction at home,” Mr. Mallos said. “That
starts with eliminating unnecessary and
problematic single-use plastics.”
From: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/
In the sentence “Moreover, once plastic
waste is shipped overseas, he said, data is often not
recorded at all” (lines 75-77), the underlined verbs
are, respectively,
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Q1403980
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Backpacs” (title) - a large bag carried on the back.
“strap” (l. 2) - a strip of leather, cloth or other flexible material.
“lugging” (l. 5) - carrying something with great effort. “prof” (l. 8) - professor.
“sprains” (l. 18) - injuries.
“strains” (l. 18) - severe demands on physical strengh.
Based on the language aspects in the text, it is correct to say
that
Q1403633
Inglês
In the sentence “The influence from this
contact can be seen most clearly in the way that
English is full of what are known as loanwords.”
(lines 12-15), at least one of the verbs is in the
Q1403632
Inglês
In terms of voice, the underlined verbs in
the sentence “The term loanword, or borrowing, is
used to refer to an item of vocabulary from one
language which has been adopted into the
vocabulary of another.” (lines 15-19) are
respectively in the
Q1396170
Inglês
In terms of voice, the sentences “And I commit myself fully to my studies” and “Your lack of participation will be easily noted by the instructor” are respectively
Q1386884
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A fire gutted parts of Notre Dame Cathedral and altered the Paris skyline
Paris (CNN) A catastrophic fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, altering the city's skyline
and threatening a potent symbol of Catholicism at the start of Holy Week.
The fire burned for several hours, destroying the 850-year-old cathedral's iconic spire and roof before
firefighters contained the blaze early Tuesday morning.
A pair of bell towers immortalized in Victor Hugo's tale "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" survived, along
with the cathedral's elaborate stonework facade. Officials said invaluable artifacts were saved, including the
Crown of Thorns, believed to be a relic of the passion of Christ.
President Emmanuel Macron lamented the destruction of an awe-inspiring building that embodied the heart of
Paris for more than 800 years. But he pledged to rebuild, starting with the launch of an international fundraising
campaign.
"Notre Dame is our history, it's our literature, it's our imagery. It's
the place where we live our greatest moments, from wars to
pandemics to liberations," he said.
"This history is ours. And it burns. It burns and I know the sadness
so many of our fellow French feel."
The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the fire, the
cause of which is still unknown.
Hundreds of firefighters were deployed to the scene, snarled by rush hour traffic.
For much of the afternoon, flames and plumes of smoke billowed from the cathedral as firefighters in cranes
sprayed water onto the structure.
The cathedral was undergoing renovation work, the fire service said.
'Madness'
The fire, just days before Easter, was met with horror by Parisians and tourists.
As firefighters battled the blaze, Parisians gathered outside the church Monday night, raising their voices in
prayer.
"It's awful to see such a symbol disappearing in front of you. It's been there for so many years and in a few
minutes half of it disappeared ... crazy.
"Paris without Notre Dame, madness."
Source: www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/world/note-dame-cathedral-fire/index.html
“President Emmanuel Macron lamented the destruction of an awe-inspiring building” […] (Passive Voice)
Q1369375
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How alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk.
LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in
the body which can lead to permanent genetic damage in the DNA of
stem cells, increasing the risk of cancer developing, according to research
published on Wednesday.
Working with mice in a laboratory, British scientists used chromosome
analysis and DNA sequencing to examine the genetic damage caused by
acetaldehyde, a harmful chemical produced when the body processes
alcohol.
Their findings offered more detail about how alcohol increases the risk
of developing 7 types of cancer, including common forms such as breast
and bowel cancer. It also showed how the body seeks to defend against
the damage alcohol can do.“Some cancers develop due to DNA damage in stem cells. While some damage occurs by chance,
our findings suggest that drinking alcohol can increase the risk of this damage,” said Ketan Patel, a
professor at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, who co-led the study.
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies alcohol as
a Group 1 carcinogen, citing “convincing evidence” it causes cancer in humans.
In Wednesday’s study, published in the journal Nature, Patel’s team gave diluted alcohol to mice and
then analyzed the effect on the animals’ DNA. They found that acetaldehyde can break and damage
DNA within blood stem cells, permanently altering the DNA sequences within these cells.
This is important, Patel said, because when healthy stem cells become faulty, they can give rise to
cancerous cells.
Source: www.reuters.com/article/us-health-cancer-alcohol/how alcohol-damages-stem-celldna-and-increases-cancer-risk-idUSKB1ES1N2
“Patel`s team gave diluted alcohol to mice.” (Passive Voice)
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Q1280298
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TEXTO
The Future Of Work: 5 Important Ways Jobs
Will Change In The 4th Industrial Revolution
Fonte:
https://www.forbes.com/2019/07/15
In terms of voice of the verb, the sentences
“…everyone will be required to adapt their skills
throughout their working lives.” (lines 59-60) and
“This will make it easier for the next generation
workers…” (lines 41-42) are, respectively, in the
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