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Harry had the best morning he’d had in a long time. Harry was careful to walk a little way apart from the Dursleys so that Dudley and Piers, [as] they were starting to get bored with the animals by lunchtime, wouldn‘t fall back on Dudley and Piers‘ favorite hobby of hitting Harry. Harry and the Dursleys ate in the zoo restaurant, and when Dudley had a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory didn‘t have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought Dudley another knickerbocker glory and Harry was allowed to finish the first. Harry felt, afterward, that he should have known the joy was all too good to last. After lunch Harry and the Durlseys went to the reptile house. The reptile house was cool and dark, with lit windows all along the walls. Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were crawling and slithering over bits of wood and stone. Dudley and Piers wanted to see huge, poisonous cobras and thick, man-crushing pythons. Dudley quickly found the largest snake in the place. It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon‘s car and crushed the car into a trash can – but at the moment the largest snake in the place didn‘t look in the mood. In fact, the largest snake in the place was fast asleep.
Disponível em: https://www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/Pronouns.pdf/. Acesso em 9 set. 2025. Adaptado.
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Gabarito: E
Fundamento decisivo: A decisão estava na retomada pronominal imediata: he’d = Harry; his = Dudley; he = Harry; its = the largest snake in the place. Isso confirma o gabarito E.
- Localize o antecedente na mesma oração ou na oração imediatamente anterior antes de considerar termos mais distantes.
- Teste a compatibilidade semântica do pronome: “his” pede um possuidor compatível com a ação narrada; “its” pede um referente singular não humano.
- Em construções como “X felt that he...”, verifique primeiro se o “he” mantém o sujeito já estabelecido pela frase.
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