Prova da Prefeitura Municipal de Palmeira dos Índios - Professor - Língua Inglesa - ADM&TEC (2024) - Questões Comentadas

Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. The text is an example of a news article, as it contains factual information and it is written in third person.
II. In the opening paragraph, by introducing a real example of a Spanglish speaker, the author of the text probably attempted to support the relevance of the topic.
III. The sentence above the text: “In an effort to attract younger Hispanic voters, campaigns are turning to Spanglish” is a headline.
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Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. According to the text, Spanglish can be used when speakers change from English to Spanish completely in a conversation.
II. It can be inferred from the text that because there are more Hispanic speakers in the U.S now, Spanglish is also becoming more prominent.
III. It is said in the text that the political operatives are interested in the young Hispanic population only, since they want to meet the nation's changing demographics.
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Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. In: ‘Those around her understand her, at least most of the time.’, the repetition of her is necessary, since ‘those around her’ occupies the place of the subject in the sentence, while the other ‘her’ is the indirect object.
II. In: ‘The Silver Spring, Md., resident is the kind of young Hispanic voter attracting increasing attention from political operatives.’, the ‘Md.’ inserted between The Silver Spring and resident breaks syntax order by separating its nominal group.
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Examine the following statements about ‘Text 1’:
I. Mishmash, as said in the text, means a smooth mix of things and can be changed to 'hodgepodge'.
II. Seamlessly, as used in the text, means with no sudden changes or interruptions, and can be changed to ‘smoothly’.
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Examine the following statements:
I. In: "Maria talked to her best friend in desperate need of a counsel", the use of the article is correct.
II. In: "Lucas went to a library in search of the Times Magazine", the use of articles is correct.
III. In: "Doctors recommend that children eat a bread every day.", the use of the article is incorrect.
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