Questões de Inglês da IF-MG

A. Read the following sentences and write true (T) or false (F).
I – Beowulf is a narrative poem and an example from the Old English Literature Period. ( )
II – The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Middle Ages. ( )
III – William Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and histories during The Renaissance. ( )
IV – Pride and Prejudice is a set of short stories and was written by Jane Austen. ( )
B. Considering Rainsford’s studies (2014), choose the correct alternative. 

A. Read the following excerpt from the book The Great Gatsby and complete with the missing verbs.
“By seven o’clock the orchestra _______________, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums. The last swimmers ______________ in from the beach now and _______________ up-stairs; the cars from New York _______________ five deep in the drive […]” (FITZGERALD, 2011, p. 32-33).
Source: https://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/7935/Gatsby_PDF_FullText.pdf Access on March, 20th 2023

A. Read the following excerpt from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew:
“Baptista: Gentlemen, importune me no farther, For how I firmly am resolu'd you know: That is, not to bestow my yongest daughter, Before I haue a husband for the elder: If either of you both loue Katherina, Because I know you well, and loue you well, Leaue shall you haue to court her at your pleasure.”
Source: https://firstfolio.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/download/text-pdfs/F-shr.pdf
B. In this context, the word “bestow” is closest in meaning to: 

Read the following excerpt from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and compare the concessive clause in bold with the other clauses below (I to IV). Which one of these subordinate clauses shares the same classification of clause in “although utterly unknown to her before” from the first excerpt? “He protested that, except Lady Catherine and her daughter, he had never seen a more elegant woman; for she had not only received him with the utmost civility, but even pointedly included him in her invitation for the next evening, although utterly unknown to her before.” (AUSTEN, 2013, p. 71).
I – Even though she read Pride and Prejudice, she does not remember all the story. II – “Mr Darcy, who was leaning against the mantelpiece with these eyes fixed on her face, seemed to catch her words with no less resentment than surprize.” (AUSTEN, 2013, p. 184). III – “It will be no use to us if twenty such should come, since you will not visit them.” (AUSTEN, 2013, p. 3). IV – “The two ladies were delighted to see their dear friend again, […] since they had met […]” (AUSTEN, 2013, p. 78).

Read the following Reading skills and some examples and then check the correct option.
I- “Previewing and predicting. Giving the text a quick once-over to be able to guess what is to come; II- Skimming. Carefully getting the most detailed analysis of a passage or book; III- Guessing the meaning of unknown words from the context. Using such clues as knowledge of word parts, syntax, and relationship patterns”.
(MIKULECKY, 2008)

Source: https://docplayer.net/5689737-Teaching-reading-in-a-second-language.html Access on March, 20^th 2023