Questõessobre Pronomes | Pronouns
In terms of pronominal reference,
Marque a alternativa que melhor completa as frases com os pronomes respectivamente
corretos.
I – I cut ____________ with a pair of scissors.
II – Did you talk to __________ yesterday?
III – Susan falls in love with Paul. She really likes____________.
IV – Is this ___________?
V – We bought new things at the mall last night. By the way, _________ shoes are the same color.
Marque a alternativa cujas respostas melhor completa as frases abaixo.
I – ….. are their names? They’re Melissa and Andrew.
II – ….. is my bag? On the table.
III – ….. is it difficult? It is so easy.
IV – …… did you do that? Because I wanted it.
V – ….. was your last vacation? It was on January.
Analisando-se aspectos linguísticos e estruturais do texto, constata-se que
The true potential of technology to change behavior
Technology could successfully change behaviours where decades of campaigns and legislation have failed. With the quantified self already walking among us and the internet of things within easy reach, digital technology is creating unprecedented opportunities to encourage, enable and empower more sustainable behaviours.
If we are to unlock the power of technology we must be more ambitious than simply digitising analogue strategies or creating another communications channel.
The true potential of technology lies in its ability to do things that nothing else can do. In behaviour change terms, the potential to succeed where decades of education programmes, awareness campaigns and product innovation have failed; to make a difference where government policy and legislation has had limited impact.
Using behavioural insights, it is possible to highlight the bottlenecks, drop out points and achilles heels of traditional behaviour change efforts — the reasons why we have failed in the past — and apply the unique possibilities of technology to these specific challenges.
Overcoming our limitations
Luckily, the history of the human race is almost defined by its ability to invent stuff that bolsters its feeble capabilities. That stuff is, of course, what we generically refer to as 'technology'. And in the same way that the internal combustion engine and the light bulb allow us to overcome our relatively feeble powers of motion and perception, so digital technology can be directed to overcoming our relatively feeble powers of reasoning, selfcontrol, motivation, self-awareness and agency—the factors that make behaviour change so difficult.
Herein lies the true potential of technology: not in the laboratory or the workshop, but in an understanding of the behavioural dynamics that define the human condition, both generally and within the context of a specific user-group, market segment or community.
Fonte: JOHNSON, Steven. Recognising the true potential of technology to change behaviour. Disponível em:<https://www.theguardian.com/sustainablebusiness/behavioural-insights/true-potential-technology-change-behaviour>
Read the following passage, paying attention to the words numbered 1-5
Gene Wilder’s passing away, the eternal Willy Wonka
Gene Wilder, (1) who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors with his
delightfully neurotic performances in three films directed by Mel Brooks; his eccentric star turn in the
family classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”; and (2) his winning chemistry with Richard
Pryor in the box-office smash “Stir Crazy,” died early Monday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. He
was 83. With his haunted blue eyes and an empathy born of his own history of psychic distress, he aspired
to touch audiences much as Charlie Chaplin had. The Chaplin film “City Lights,” he said, had “made the
biggest impression on me as an actor; (3) it was funny, then sad, then both at the same time”.Mr. Wilder was an accomplished stage actor as well as a screenwriter, a novelist and the director of
four movies in (4) which he starred. (He directed, he once said, “in order to protect what I wrote, which I
wrote in order to act.”) But he was best known for playing roles on the big screen that might have been
ripped from the pages of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He made his movie
debut in 1967 in Arthur Penn’s celebrated crime drama, “Bonnie and Clyde,” in which he was memorably
hysterical as an undertaker kidnapped by the notorious Depression-era bank robbers played by Faye
Dunaway and Warren Beatty. He was even more hysterical, and even more memorable, a year later in “The
Producers,” the first film by Mr. Brooks, (5) who later turned it into a Broadway hit.Available at: <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/movies/gene-wilder-dead.html?_r=0>. Accessed on: 20 ago. 2016
As far as textual cohesion is concerned, analyze the following statements about the text above.
I – The pronoun “who” (in 1) refers forward to “America’s foremost comic actors”.
II – The pronoun “his” (in 2) refers back to the subject “Richard Pryor”.
III – The pronoun “it” (in 3) refers back to either “Chaplin” or “actor”, resulting in
ambiguity.
IV – The pronoun “which” (in 4) refers back to “Mr. Wilder”.
V – The pronoun “who” (in 5) can be replaced by “which”, without any problem.
After analyzing items I-V, check the CORRECT option.
Read the following passage, paying attention to the words numbered 1-5
Gene Wilder’s passing away, the eternal Willy Wonka
Only statement I is correct.
Read the following excerpt from a newspaper, ignoring the gaps numbered (1-5). After that,
choose the CORRECT alternative.
Published in 1981, Todd Strasser’s The Wave recounts a true incident that took place in a history
class at a Palo Alto, California, high school in 1969. The teacher of the class, Ron Jones, (1)__________ is
fictionally renamed Ben Ross in the book, actually formulated the experiment described in the narrative in
an effort to help his students understand how the Holocaust could have happened without the mass
condemnation of the German people. What begins as a simple class project quickly takes on a life of its
own, (2) __________, as students conform mindlessly to the experimental system, and others are pressured
ruthlessly to join in.
Group dynamics and peer influence bordering on coercion create a sinister atmosphere of fear and
mistrust, The Wave spontaneously takes on the characteristics of a cult. The event disrupts an entire school
(3) __________ raises a plethora of dark questions concerning responsibility, freedom, and group
dynamics. Ron Jones calls it “one of the most frightening events ever experienced in the classroom.” As a
novelization of a teleplay by Johnny Dawkins, based on a short story by Ron Jones, Strasser’s book (4)
__________ not have attracted an abundance of criticism as a literary entity in itself, (5) __________ The
Wave clearly holds an important place in the canon of young adult literature. (…)
Available at: <http://www.enotes.com/topics/the-wave/critical-essays>. Accessed on: 20 set. 2016
Choose the CORRECT alternative..
According to the meaning of the text, the underlined words are consecutively:
Complete as perguntas abaixo com o pronome interrogativo adequado:
I. _____ was this house built? In 1980.
II. ______ hit you? Martha’s brother hit me.
III. __________ do you study English? Twice a week.
IV. __________ sisters do you have? Two. Their names are Paola and Marianne.
V. __________ is your school? Only 2 Km.
Assinale a alternativa com a seqüência correta de respostas:
Os termos destacados no trecho “But a century ago, the USA welcomed immigrants, most of them people from
Europe who were migrating in mass, looking for a better life in the USA.” (linhas 2-4) classificam-se,
respectivamente, em:
THE STORY OF ELLIS ISLAND
Mass migrations have marked the history of the human race ever since people began to dream of a better life
Disponível em: <https://linguapress.com/advanced/ellis-island.htm>. Acesso em: 7 out. 2019. Adaptado.
Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:
All the statements below, with the exception of one, make use of "that" as a relative pronoun or a conjunction.
Select THE EXCEPTION.
Observe the excerpt from Text 01 that follows.
Mark the correct alternative about the use of
“where”.
Excerpt 02: “One death was reported in São
Paulo state, where a young man was run over by
a SUV at an intersection during a demonstration,
state police said.”
Sobre o uso da língua, no Texto I, é correto afirmar que
I. o termo “our” (l.2) é um pronome possessivo e refere-se
aos leitores.
II. “which” (l.3) é um pronome relativo, na função de sujeito, e
refere-se a “daily activities”.
III. os termos “useless” e “unwanted” (l.5) são formados por
afixação.
IV. os modais “can” (l.5) e “may” (l.12) expressam a mesma
ideia: possibilidade.
V. os marcadores discursivos “or” (l.3), “and” (l.5) e “but” (l.12)
expressam, respectivamente, proporcionalidade, adição e
condição.
A alternativa em que todas as afirmativas são verdadeiras é a:
Em relação aos aspectos linguísticos do texto, é correto afirmar que
“your” (lines 2 and 3) are possessive pronouns
also called “possessive determiners”.
“your” (lines 2 and 3) are possessive pronouns also called “possessive determiners”.
Em relação aos recursos lingüísticos utilizados no texto, assinale a afirmativa correta.
Leia atentamente o texto abaixo para responder à questão.
O pronome “it”, destacado na linha 45, refere-se
Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:
EVANS, Stephen. Disponível em: <www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/05/110518_witn_electric_cars_page.shtml>. Acesso em: 2 jun. 2011.
Considering language use in the text, it’s correct to say:
MIRCHANDANI, Rajesh. Polar bears will be protected in Alaska. Disponível em:<<www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/11/100929_with_polarbears_page.shtml>. Acesso em: 2 dez. 2010.
“the kind of people who already buy Blackberry phones.” (l. 8)
The pronoun “who”, in this sentence, can be correctly replaced
by
“the kind of people who already buy Blackberry phones.” (l. 8)
The pronoun “who”, in this sentence, can be correctly replaced by
GREGORY, Mark. BlackBerry announces iPad rival. Disponível em:<www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2010/09/100929_with_blackberry_page.shtml>. Acesso em: 2 dez. 2010.