Analyze the statement below:

“Few tourists know ____ the Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed”.


Mark the alternative that fills in correctly the blank in the sentence above.

The author of the article states that access to Pheasant Island is usually forbidden. Considering that, analyze the second conditional statement below in standard English:

“If the island   open to the public year-round, it    lose its unique appeal”.

Mark the alternative that fills in, correctly and respectively, the blanks in the sentence above.

Analyze the following statements about the excerpt “The only time you might be able to set foot on this metaphor for neutrality is during the swap” (l. 22-23):

I. The word “might” suggests a possibility.
II. The verb immediately after “might” is in its base form because it follows a modal verb.
III. The word “might” can be replaced by “must” with no significant changes in meaning.

Which ones are correct?

Considering the standard English pronunciation rules, plural nouns ending in -s can be pronounced as follows: /s/, as in “routes” (l. 33), /z/, as in “celebrations” (l. 31), or as /ɪz/, as in “carriages” (l. 20). Which alternative below shows a plural noun pronounced as /ɪz/?

Analyze the following sentence:

“Wooden bridges were erected so royal entourages could pass through.”

Mark the correct interrogative form of the adapted excerpt in the same verb tense.

Which word can replace “as” in the sentence “This was a significant peace treaty between Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain, as it ended the 30-year Franco-Spanish War” (l. 13-15) with no significant changes in meaning?

In the sentence “Few people have heard of the island” (l. 12), what does the phrasal verb “heard of” mean?

In which of the sentences below is the use of articles INCORRECT?

Mark the correct alternative in which the sentence contains a relative clause.

Which verb tense is mainly used throughout the second paragraph, and why is it used?