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1o Ano Favelas The Present Continuous Tense
1o Ano Favelas The Present Continuous Tense
UnB/CESPE – PAS 2007/1ª ETAPA Leia o texto abaixo e responda as questões de A à E (modificadas).
EXERCISES D: Complete as frases abaixo com o PRESENTE CONTÍNUO do verbo entre parênteses:
Uso do Presente Contínuo
1) I ___________________________ the correct answers. (to choose)
1. Expressa ações que estão
2) She ______________________________ for the test. (to study) acontecendo na atualidade.
Ex.: Our kids are growing fast.
3) You _______________________ good progress in your studies. (to make)
2. Expressa ações que estão
4) They _____________________________________. (to cry) acontecendo no exato momento
em que se fala. Neste caso, são
5) Some students __________________________________ a lot. (to talk) geralmente usados com:
now
6) He ___________________________________ the exercise. (to do) at this moment
at present.
7) The English class _______________________________ now. (to begin)
Ex.: She is studying now.
8) We __________________________________ our English. (to improve)
3. Pode expressar ações futuras.
9) I ___________________________ a home at the moment? (to build) Geralmente usado com:
next (week, month, year)
10) The children _______________________________. (to sleep) tomorrow.
10 order to be attractive to these conglomerates, 2. Globalização é uma nova ideia, que agora se
developing countries have had to improve their espalhou pelo mundo inteiro.
competitivity and become more efficient in order to 3. Culturas nacionais deveriam prevalecer sobre as
increase profits and thus foreign interest. So what can culturas estrangeiras.
those of us who are jumping on the global train do to 4. Os principais ancestrais dos brasileiros são os
15 help ourselves? One option is to increase our africanos, os europeus e o índios nativos.
understanding of other cultures and create opportunities 5. O progresso no Brasil agora alcançou uma
Brazil is one country of interest in terms of cultural 6. Foreign investment may be a source of
20 economists as an economic miracle with regards to its 7. It is impossible to get rid of the globalization
and inflation was brought to a standstill. This has 8. Italians form the base of Brazilian ethnic
more interest in the potential business opportunities 9. Brazilian cultural diversity does not prevent the
25 that Brazil has to offer. Knowledge of its diverse culture formation of a national identity.
and background would be useful to foreign businesses C) No texto: (Escreva certo (C) ou errado (E)):
1. “harms” (l. 5) can be correctly replaced by
entering Brazil.
hurts.
People in Brazil have three main origins: the
2. “further” (l. 28) is the same as longer.
original inhabitants — native Indians; Europeans —
D) Responda em inglês.
30 mainly from Portugal; and Africans — mainly from West
According to the text, what can we do to help
Africa. This original ethnic triangle developed into a ourselves to live in this globalization era?
unique cultural mix which served as a base for other ___________________________________________
cultures that came and further diversified Brazilian ___________________________________________
society. Even with all this diversity, there are, in fact, ___________________________________________
35 several characteristics which give the Brazilian people a E) Responda em português.
Segundo o texto, desde quando o Brasil é um milagre
national identity and uniformity. econômico devido ao seu rápido progresso?
background = conhecimento get rid of = livrar-se de
___________________________________________
developing = em desenvolvimento outsiders, aliens = estrangeiros ___________________________________________
further = promover setting up = instalando-se
in order to = a fim de, para there are = há, existem ___________________________________________
regardless = sem considerar with regards to = devido a