Questões de Palavras conectivas | Connective words para Concursos Diversos | CONCURSO

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Read the article below and choose the correct option to complete it:

New York needs

a new stadium

The Giants may move to New Jersey and take all ¹. ____ money with ². ____. This is not going to be good for ³. ____.

Nobody in New York likes the Giant stadium. “ ⁴. ____´s too hard to see the field.” Says Al Shapiro. The stadium could fall any minute!

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Complete the sentences below, then choose an alternative:

“________ the years and ________ the world, the scientists have been doing ___________ researches about many diseases, __________ in many cases they haven´t had enough money to do it”.

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Complete the sentence They didn´t go out on friday night __________the snow!, using the meaning for por causa da(o) and choose a alternative:

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TEXT 7

“This, then, is the site of resistance, change, adaptation and reformulation. It is akin to what Canagarajah (1999) in his discussion of resistance to the global spread of English describes as a ‘resistance perspective’, highlighting the ways in which postcolonial subjects ‘may find ways to negotiate, alter and oppose political structures, and reconstruct their languages, cultures and identities to their advantage. The intention is not to reject English, but to reconstitute it in more inclusive, ethical and democratic terms.”

PENNYCOOK, A. Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows. New York: Routledge, 2007, p. 29.

The sentence that best preserves the meaning of the following excerpt “The intention is not to reject English, but to reconstitute it.” is:

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We are very happy for you to stay at our house as long as you like.

The bold connective indicates that:

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_________________ getting necessary supplies, she has found a support group there.

Indicate the connective that indicates adding information to complete the context:

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If you can wait ____after my meeting with Jack, we can talk then.

Identify the best alternative that completes the context.

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Read the conversation below and regarding the use of demonstrative pronouns choose the option that completes the text.

- Hey Jane. There is a yellow bag over there. Is _____yours?

- No, It’s not. Mine is black, but _______red bags by the table belong to ______young ladies sitting by my side.

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The relative pronoun THAT in “There are even special pillows for sale that fit over the arms of the chairs...” (third paragraph) could be correctly replaced in this sentence by:

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In the sentence “However, the biggest challenge for the government is the hagwons.” (last paragraph), the word HOWEVER could be correctly replaced in this context, without change of meaning, by:

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In many countries, however, lack of government support, or a shortage of foreign aid, has hindered the achievement of language-teaching goals.
The connective underlined in the excerpt is replaced correctly with no alteration of meaning in

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Choose the CORRECT conjunction to complete the sentence: “you can have my bike ___________ you bring it back tomorrow”.

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Read the following sentences:

I. I am eternally grateful to you! By the way, I want to take you out for dinner! My treat!

II. Unfortunately, she gave up her singing career. Nevertheless, she continued acting as the main actress of the show.

III. We got a divorce because we did not love each other anymore. Besides, we realized that we did not have a lot in common.

IV. They danced all night long. Actually, they did not even sleep.

Now, choose the adverbial expressions that best replace the words underlined in the previous sentences.

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“Connectors, or conjunctives (Halliday & Hasan, 1976), are a type of cohesion device that make explicit the logical relations between sentences (cause, addition, comparison, condition, etc.). Common connectors include and, but, however, and because. Such connectors are of limited utility, however, unless the reader understands how connectors function and the logical relationship each specifies.” Source: GOLDMAN, Susan R. & MURRAY, John. Knowledge of Connectors as Cohesion Devices in Text: A Comparative Study of Native English and ESL Speakers. (Adapted) In: www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA213269. Access: March 23^rd, 2016.
From the groups of logical conjunctives below, which one contains connectors that specify a similar logical relation?

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A expressão As a result em – As a result, sweeteners have been very widely tested and reviewed for safety and the ones on the market have an excellent safety track record. – é substituída, sem alterar o sentido do trecho, por