PART II – Answer question according to the instructions. Choose the best alternative in order to complete the sentences. There is only one possibility.
The sun _______ rises in the west.
Look at the clock. Complete the sentence below with the correct hour and choose the CORRECT answer. (Hour)
I get up at six fifteen. I have breakfast and I go to work at ________.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs themselves or a noun. To understand and to have a more complete understanding of what the speaker meant we need to complete with one of the adverbs. Which one would be the only one to fit better? Take into account the word order as well. The sun ________ shines ________.
How cities can better prevent fires
August 29, 2018
America’s deadliest building fire for more than a decade struck Oakland, California, on December 2nd 2016, killing 36 people attending a dance party in a warehouse that had become a cluttered artist collective. The disaster highlights an open secret: many cities lack resources to inspect for fire risk all the structures that they should. Even though the Oakland building had no fire sprinklers and at least ten people lived there illegally, no inspector had visited in about 30 years. How might cities make better use of the inspectors they do have?
A handful of American cities have begun to seek help from a new type of analytics software. By crunching diverse data collected by government bodies and utilities, the software works out which buildings are most likely to catch fire and should therefore be inspected first. Plenty of factors play a role. Older, wooden buildings, unsurprisingly, pose more risk, as do those close to past fires and leaks of gas or oil. Poverty also pushes up fire risk, especially if lots of children, who may be attracted to mischief, live nearby. More telling are unpaid taxes, foreclosure proceedings and recorded complaints of mould, rats, crumbling plaster, accumulating rubbish, and domestic fights, all of which hint at property neglect. A building’s fire risk also increases the further it is from its owner’s residence.
Predictive software designed at Harvard that Portland, Oregon, will soon begin using will do that. Perhaps more importantly, the city’s fire chief noticed that buildings marked as being the biggest risks are clustered in areas lacking good schools, public transport, health care and food options. Healthier, happier people start fewer fires, he concluded. He now lobbies officials to reduce Portland’s pockets of deteriorated areas.
(The Economist. www.economist.com/the-economist-explains /2018/08/29/how-cities-can-better-prevent-fires. Adaptado)
No trecho do primeiro parágrafo “Even though the Oakland building had no fire sprinklers”, a expressão em destaque equivale, em português, a
The linker BUT in "but not everyone can afford them" expresses, in this context, the idea of:
In which sentence the adverb used does not correspond to the idea given? Choose the INCORRECT answer.
Complete the sentence with the CORRECT answer. He drives _________.
“It requires little effort to hit a long way but isn't so hot that it hurts you from short range."
The underlined item can be expressed as an adverb according to the option:
Newton… talked about the observations he made when he saw that falling apple.
Based on the text, judge the following items.
“rarely” (line 20) means seldom.
Check the correct answers to fill in the blanks.
They’ll call me if ________ goes wrong.
Decide whether the statements below, which concern the ideas of text II and the vocabulary used in it, are right (C) or wrong (E).
The word “unsparingly" (l.13) can be correctly replaced by unmercifully, without this changing the meaning of the text.
Os advérbios têm a mesma função em inglês e em português, ou seja, modificam um verbo, um adjetivo outro advérbio ou uma frase completa.
Com base nessas informações analise as sequências apresentadas a seguir.
- Actively, quickly, easily, independently, carefully, poorly.
- Above, below, here, there, near, far (from).
- Today, yesterday, now, early, late, last next, soon, ago.
- Temporarily, shortly, indefinitely, permanently, forever.
- Very, almost, extremely, greatly, partially, strongly, totally.
- Possibly, perhaps, maybe, almost, certainly, definitely.
Assinale a alternativa cuja correspondência entre os exemplos (acima) e os tipos ( abaixo) de advérbios está correta.
Based on the text, judge the following items.
The adverb “often” as in “these food fads are often based” (line 18) is more commonly placed before the verb to be.
