Língua Inglesa Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE
   In May 2021, a hole was found in a robotic arm aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suspected culprit was a piece of rogue space junk. While thankfully no astronauts were injured, it has re-focussed attention on the growing problem of orbital debris.
How did we get here?   It’s easy to forget that just seven decades ago the Moon was the only thing orbiting the Earth. On 1 January 2021 there were 6,542 satellites in orbit. Tellingly, only just over half of them were active. That’s a lot of useless metal careering around the planet at 28,000 kph — ten times faster than a bullet.
How bad is the problem?     Very bad and getting worse. Estimates suggest there are currently half a million pieces of debris the size of a marble or larger an...
Língua Inglesa Sinônimos | Synonyms Vocabulário | Vocabulary Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE

Considering the previous text, judge the following item. 



In the sentence (thirteenth paragraph) “Yet, while some worry about how much time they spend on their handset, for millions of others they are a godsend.”, the word “Yet” is synonymous with However. 

Língua Inglesa Sinônimos | Synonyms Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: Quadrix
According to the text, judge the item.

The term “However” (line 10) can be correctly replaced by the conjunction Hence, without changing its meaning. 
Língua Inglesa Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: FGV

Read text I and answer the question that follow it.


Text I 

The New Rules of Data Privacy

The data harvested from our personal devices, along with our trail of electronic transactions and data from other sources, now provides the foundation for some of the world’s largest companies. […] For the past two decades, the commercial use of personal data has grown in wild-west fashion. But now, because of consumer mistrust, government actions, and competition for customers, those days are quickly coming to an end. 

For most of its existence, the data economy was structured around a “digital curtain” designed to obscure the industry’s practices from lawmakers and the publi...

Língua Inglesa Substantivos e compostos | Nouns and compounds Verbos | Verbs Pronomes | Pronouns + 2
Ano: 2022
Banca: CESPE / CEBRASPE
Parts of speech are traditional classes of words (such as adjectives, adverbs, etc.) that are distinguished according to the kind of idea denoted and the function performed in a sentence.
On the basis of this definition, it is correct to say that the words “almost” (last sentence of the second paragraph), “favor” (third sentence of the fourth paragraph), “which” (first sentence of the last paragraph) and “between” (third sentence of the last paragraph), which were taken from text 4A1-II, are, respectively, 
Língua Inglesa Vocabulário | Vocabulary Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: FEPESE
The English language should be taught in a way that the integration of the four skills is the key for creating a real communicative situation.
They propose the mixing of __________________and _______________comprehension with __________________and ________________ expression.

Choose the alternative that contains the correct words to complete the sentence.
Língua Inglesa Palavras conectivas | Connective words
Ano: 2022
Banca: FCC

Considere a tirinha abaixo.  


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A palavra ou expressão que conclui adequadamente, na lacuna I, a fala do anjo para Deus é