Questões sobre Gramática

O vocábulo AS pode ser usado em vários contextos na língua inglesa. Observando os excertos abaixo, pode-se constatar que a alternativa em essa partícula expressa causa é

The preservation of ancient cities and historical buildings is a job _____ requires people ready to fight a long battle.

According to the English grammar choose the alternative that best completes the sentence below: Researchers have speculated that the destruction of Earth‘s lithosphere would _______ us to damaging ultraviolet rays.

No texto, observa-se a recorrência de vocábulos terminados com o sufixo –ing que, de acordo com a sua posição na sentença, podem representar diferentes classes de palavras. Dessa forma, das sequências abaixo, a que contém apenas substantivos é

Born in Indiana in 1867, Wilbur Wright was the elder brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world's first successful airplane. ¨DThe desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who ... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space ... on the infinite highway of the air.¡¬ ¡ªWilbur Wright. The Wright brothers succeeded in making the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane. An extraordinary achievement, Wilbur flew the plane for 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet. Today, the Wright brothers are regarded as the "fathers of modern aviation." Wilbur Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, on May 30, 1912.

Choose the right alternative:

Wilbur flew his airplane ______ France in 1909.