Questões de Concurso

The transposition from direct to reported speech in English implies adjustments in verb tenses, pronouns, and time markers, in an operation known as "backshift". Consider the direct speech sentence: "She said, 'I am studying English now'." Choose the alternative that presents the correct form of this sentence transposed to reported speech.

Possessive pronouns in English agree with the possessor subject, and not with the object possessed. Consider the sentence: "My sister and I went to the park, and we had fun with ___ friends." Choose the alternative that correctly fills the gap with the appropriate possessive pronoun.

Modal verbs in English express notions such as obligation, possibility, permission, and ability, varying according to the communicative context. Consider the sentence: "Students ___ wear uniforms at this school; it is a mandatory rule." Choose the alternative that presents the modal that expresses obligation and appropriately fills the gap.

In English, the expression of hours varies according to the communicative context, employing structures such as "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past". The expression "quarter past seven in the evening" corresponds, in the 24-hour format, to:

Adjectives in English present specific forms in the comparative and superlative degrees, with construction rules linked to the number of syllables and to irregular cases. Regarding the comparative and superlative degrees in the English language, analyze the following statements.

I. Short adjectives of one syllable generally form the comparative with the addition of the suffix "-er" and the superlative with the suffix "-est", as in "tall − taller − tallest".

II. Adjectives of two or more syllables generally form the comparative with "more" and the superlative with "the most", as in "beautiful − more beautiful − the most beautiful".

III. The adjective "good" presents regular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees, with "gooder" for the comparative and "the goodest" for the superlative, following the pattern of one-syllable adjectives.

The correct statements are: