A. Read the excerpt below and answer the question:
A collocation, as one of the units of formulaic language, is a series of words or terms that cooccur more often than would be expected by chance. In phraseology, a collocation is a type of compositional phraseme, meaning that it can be understood from the words that make it up. This contrasts with an idiom, where the meaning of the whole cannot be inferred from its parts, and may be completely unrelated (WARD, 2007; SCHMITT, 2007; 2012). B. Refer to the poem line “But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong”. Which is the best definition for the collocation grow strong? 

Read the sentences, fill in the blanks with the correct collocation and match the columns. Then, choose the correct alternative.
1. Our high turnover rate has been a growing _______ for us. 2. A rose in full bloom had been allowed to grow _______ one of the walls. 3. The company is growing _______ all the time. 4. Opposition to the latest proposals is growing _______ . 5. The Catholic community in Edinburgh began to grow _______ in the mid-19th Century. 
( ) considerably ( ) steadily ( ) concern ( ) bigger ( ) unchecked up

A. Read the paragraphs below.
“What is reading? Reading is a conscious and unconscious thinking process. The reader applies many strategies to reconstruct the meaning that the author is assumed to have intended. The reader does this by comparing information in the text to his or her background knowledge and prior experience.” “What is literacy? Literacy is a set of attitudes and beliefs about the ways of using spoken and written language that are acquired in the course of a person’s socialization into a specific cultural context.” “It is important to clarify the relationship between reading and literacy, since research has shown that they are not the same thing. In fact, the definitions and uses of literacy vary culturally, and the cultural contexts of literacy are the underpinnings ... Ver mais

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, 20th 2023 

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 wi... Ver mais

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: 

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 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 definition on communicative activities.
“Communicative activities are the ones designed to motivate students to interact speaking and listening to each other. During these activities students generally communicate when one of the speakers have some information (facts, opinions, ideas, etc) and the others don’t. They aim at making students use the language they are learning to interact in a real and meaningful way, generally involving exchange of information” (SCRIVENER, 1994, p. 62) 
B. Considering the definition above which item on the following list is a communicative activity? 

A. Read the text below and answer the question: 





B. The verb tense in the question “What have you learned today?” was used to talk about: