451 Q1021270
Língua Inglesa Pronomes | Pronouns
Ano: 2022
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The Disease of Being Busy. Internet: <https://onbeing.org> (adapted).

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The term “Whatever” (line 9) functions as a pronoun.
452 Q1021269
Língua Inglesa Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
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The expression “pregnant pauses” (line 17) refers to the behaviour of women during pregnancy. 
453 Q1021268
Língua Inglesa Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Ano: 2022
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Sean Coughlan. Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’. Internet: <https://www.bbc.com> (adapted).

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According to the text, researchers have been trying to understand why narcissists have been so toxic to modern society. 
454 Q1021267
Língua Inglesa Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects Pronúncia e Som | Pronunciation and Sound
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
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The beginning of the word “psychologists” (line 3) is pronounced with the /p/ sound (voiceless bilabial plosive). 
455 Q1021266
Língua Inglesa Sinônimos | Synonyms
Ano: 2022
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Sean Coughlan. Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’. Internet: <https://www.bbc.com> (adapted).

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In “negative responses to narcissism can overlook the positive benefits to the narcissists themselves” (lines 5 and 6), the verb “overlook” could be correctly replaced by the verb omit, without a change in meaning. 
456 Q1021265
Língua Inglesa Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects Pronúncia e Som | Pronunciation and Sound
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
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Sean Coughlan. Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’. Internet: <https://www.bbc.com> (adapted).

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In “rise” (line 11), the letter “s” is pronounced like a /z/. 
457 Q1021264
Língua Inglesa Verbos | Verbs Passado simples | Simple past Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
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Sean Coughlan. Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’. Internet: <https://www.bbc.com> (adapted).

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In “people might infuriate others but are less likely to be stressed or depressed” (lines 8 and 9), the verbs “stressed” and “depressed” are both in the Simple Past tense and refer to “people”.
458 Q1021263
Língua Inglesa Pronomes | Pronouns Pronome reflexivo | Reflexive Pronoun
Ano: 2022
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A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of a sentence or clause; there is an example of a reflexive pronoun in the third paragraph. 
459 Q1021262
Língua Inglesa Vocabulário | Vocabulary
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
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The word “little” (line 16) is a quantifier and is used with both countable and uncountable nouns. 
460 Q1021261
Língua Inglesa Verbos | Verbs Verbos modais | Modal verbs
Ano: 2022
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Sean Coughlan. Narcissists ‘horrible people but happy’. Internet: <https://www.bbc.com> (adapted).

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The term “might” (line 8) is a modal verb and can be correctly replaced by should, without a change in meaning.