Choose the alternative that presents the correct words to complete the blank spaces in the text.

Comics: Trash or Treasure

In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’. But no matter what you call them, comics are a favorite source of reading pleasure in many parts of the world.
In case you are wondering how popular comics are, the best-selling comic title in the U.S. sells about 5 million copies a year. All of Mexico’s comic titles together sell over 7,5 million copies a week. But Japan is        far the leading publisher of comics       the world.
Manga account_______.  nearly fifty percent of all the books and magazines published in Japan each year. And few magazines of any kind in the world can match this n... Ver mais

Read the following text:
“In Japan, they call them ‘manga’; in Latin America, ‘histotietas’; in Italy, ‘fumetti’; in Brazil, ‘história em quadrinhos’; and in the U.S., ‘comics’.”; ” All of Mexico’s comic titles together.

The words in bold are respectively:

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary of the text above, decide whether the statements below are right (C) or wrong (E). 

In the sentence “look about the room”, in line 1, about is used as adverb rather than a preposition. 

According to the text, judge the item. 

In the period “Even though the fighting had ended and the schools were open again, there were still Taliban throughout the city.” (lines 24 and 25), “throughout” is an example of preposition which means sobre in Portuguese. 

Check the use of prepositions in the sentences below and mark the INCORRECT alternative.

Text for the item from.

Internet: <https://www.sciencedirect.com> (adapted).


According to the text, judge the item from.


The terms “measuring” (line 6) and “understanding” (line 9) are both in the present participle form, for the reason that both are preceded by a preposition. 

Text for the item from.


What are trees? Internet: <https://kids.britannica.com> (adapted).


According to the text, judge the item from.  

In line 4, “into” is a preposition of movement as well as onto, through, along and towards. 

Choose the alternative which presents the correct prepositions that are missing in the last paragraph of the text.

Identify the alternatives below as ( T ) true or ( F ) false.
( ) The underlined word in “… it helps to know more about hot air balloons themselves.“ is a relative pronoun.
( ) The preposition in the following sentence “…keeping the balloon floating above the ground.” means that the balloon is floating over the ground.
( ) The words ‘actually’, ‘push’, and ‘major’ mean in Portuguese: ‘atualmente’, puxar’ and ‘maior’.
( ) The negative form of “A hot air balloon has three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.” is “A hot balloon doesn’t have three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.”
( ) The tense used in the question “Have you ever wondered what keeps a hot air balloon flying?”, is an example of Past Perfect.

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