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My mother asked me if I had already had dinner.

Text: WHO’S KILLING BRAZIL’S STREET CHILDREN?

Kids under 18 in Brazil…..........in numbers not found anywhere in the world apart from countries openly at war. Last year’s estimated 1.000 child killing actually represented an improvement: the average annual figure for the previous three years was more than 1.500. Brazilian’s horror has inspired the biggest surge of social activism since the 1970’s. But the killings continue. Wellington Barbosa never had a chance. The 14-year-old street kid was walking down a busy Rio de Janeiro avenue with his half-sister and her boyfriend one recent afternoon when a man with a green shirt shot to kill him.

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The verbal tense in “He had studied at Juilliard” is

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The teacher asked them how long they had been studying English.

Text: Several decades ago I absolutely detested grammar, English, and related subjects. As priorities go, this was at the very bottom of the list of subjects and, as one would expect, my grades reflected this preference. In later years, however, circumstances led me throughout 49 of our states and much of Western Europe. This exposure to various cultures, traditions, and languages has brought about a much greater appreciation of our languages and its evolution. I have almost become obsessed with this subject now and have collected quite a few texts on language and etymology, to say nothing of hundreds of articles clipped from papers and periodicals. The piece by Wen Smith, "It's Only Me", which appeared in the Sept./Oct. issue, is the type of article that turns me on, and it immediately became a piece of my collection. The author's excellent approach to the proper use of just a few words, enhanced by the artwork, almost makes this a classic work by itself. I hope that this will become the first of many such articles, for it can only serve to increase the interest and understanding of our rich linguistic heritage for thousands of your readers.
True or False?
1. brought about (2nd paragraph) means fez surgir. 2. turns me on (4th paragraph) means me interessa. 3. issue (4th paragraph) means item. 4. The author's excellent approach (4th paragraph) means o autor tem uma ótima aprovação. 5. a classic work by itself (4th paragraph) means um clássico por si só.
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Pode-se verificar que a charge de Sinovaldo e o texto “Humor é coisa séria” de Martha Medeiros materializam um dos parâmetros da textualidade, a saber: a intertextualidade. Ambos os textos enfatizam a relação existente entre humor e limite. Levando em consideração os dois textos, é CORRETO afirmar que:

Sem prejuízo das ideias do texto, as palavras “bobajada” (linha 10) e “subtexto”(linha 13) poderiam ser substituídas, respectivamente, por:

Marque a opção que completa CORRETA e respectivamente as lacunas das frases, no que tange à concordância nominal:
I- _________ estão várias orientações referentes à prova. II- São problemas _________ para um dia. III- Várias observações pertinentes ao assunto vão _________.

Na linguagem cotidiana, algumas palavras podem ser utilizadas em muitos contextos, por exemplo, o verbo “fazer”, que em muitas situações poderia ser substituído por termos mais específicos, como: “realizar”, “elaborar”, “produzir”. No texto, a autora emprega o verbo “ter” no seguinte trecho “Até mesmo aquilo que é engraçado sem querer (...) tem uma espontaneidade que quebra o protocolo.” Em relação ao uso da referida forma verbal, considere as três substituições indicadas abaixo:
I- “obtém uma espontaneidade que quebra o protocolo.” II- “gera uma espontaneidade que quebra o protocolo.” III- “provoca uma espontaneidade que quebra o protocolo.”

A substituição, com equivalência de sentido, é CORRETA em: