Questões de Concurso

Read the following texts I and II:

I. “Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud… but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for. Madam Chairwoman, delegates, I accept your nomination for President of the United States. The first time I addressed this convention in 2004, I was a younger man; a Senate candidate from Illinois who spoke about hope – not blind optimism or wishful thinking, but hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; that dogged faith in the future which has pushed this nation forward, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long.”
(Barack Obama, Democrats Convention, September 6,2012.)

II. "'And that boy of his, Frito, ' added bleary-eyed Nat Clubfoot, 'as crazy as a woodpecker, that one is.' This was verified by Old Poop of Backwater, among others. For who hadn't seen young Frito, walking aimlessly through the crooked streets of Boggietown, carrying little clumps of flowers and muttering about 'truth and beauty' and blurting out silly nonsense like 'Cogito ergo boggum?'"
(H. Beard, The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings,1969)

Each text is, respectively, an example of

Identifique o gênero do texto: “This could put Biopsies out of Business”.

Fill in the blanks with the right group of words.

Yesterday we spent a day at the camp. I only spent half _______________ hour milking the cows, because I didn´t know how to do it. However, there were _____________________people who knew and would do if I asked them

After that I called the reception just about an hour or two before I wanted to head out and even though they had______________ other riders they just took me and my husband on the horse ride, so it was only us ____________the tour guide; a very nice woman, Joanna. It was out first time riding a horse and she was great _____________ easing our fears, she picked great horses for ____________like us, slowed down at any time and made us feel at ease. She took pictures of _________ on horses with the spectacular valley as the background. It was really an amazing activity!

Read the sentence “I´ve never lived my life fully ____________ I met you.” The best alternative is:

Regarding the correct use of verb tenses, analyze the sentence below:

Listen! Somebody is knocking on the door! (1st part).

Can you hear it? (2nd part).

The sentence is: