Question

1Aponte os artigos que preenchem corretamente as lacunas:
Global warming has become perhaps ____________ most complicated issue facing world leaders. On the one hand,
warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as ____________ increasing body of science points to
rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse gases — produced mainly by ____________
burning of fossil fuels and forests. On the other, the technological, economic and political issues that have to be
resolved before a concerted worldwide effort to reduce emissions can begin have gotten no simpler, particularly in the
face of ____________ global economic slowdown.
a) the, an, a, a.
b) a, a, an, the.
c) the, an, the, a.
d) an, an, a, a.
e) the an, a, a.
2)Complete as lacunas com a ou an:
a) ___ omelet
b) ___ hare
c) ___ assaut
d) ___ exit
e) ___ happy Day

4Match the words in column 1 to their referents in column 2:
Has technology ruined childhood?
1. Today, parents are increasingly worried about the safety of their children, and because of this, 1

they are not

letting their children out to play. As a result, children are no longer playing outside but shutting 2

themselves away in
their rooms and losing themselves in individualistic activities such as television viewing and computer games.
2. Yet, if they had the chance, they would rather get out of the house and go to the cinema, see friends or play
sport. In fact, when asked what their idea of a good day was, only 1 in 7 said that they would turn on the television.
3. British teenagers have always retreated to their bedrooms, leaving the 3younger children to play in communal
spaces such as the sitting room, garden or kitchen. However, children from the age of 9 are now turning to their
bedrooms as a place to socialise.
4. Bedroom culture is a phenomenon of the past 20 years with families getting 4smaller and homes getting more
spacious. Increasing prosperity has also contributed to the rise of the bedroom culture.
5. Of British children aged 6 to 17, 72% have a room they do not have to share with a sibling, 68% have their
own music installation, 34% have an electronic games 5controller hooked up to the television, 21% have a PC. Only
1%, on the other hand, have an Internet connection in their bedroom.
6. On average children devote 5 hours a day to screen media. Even so, only 1 child in 100 can be classed as a
real screen addict, a child who spends a worrying 7 hours or more watching TV or playing computer games.
7. Although children generally have a few favourite programmes, they mostly use television to kill time when they
are bored and have nothing special to do. Moreover, the distinction between individualistic media use and social
activities such as chatting with friends is less extreme than is commonly assumed. Children gossip about television
soap characters, make contact with other children on the Internet, and visit friends to admire 6

their new computer

games.
8. As the use of PCs proliferates, reading skills are expected to suffer. Nevertheless, 57% of children say they
still enjoy reading, and 1 in 5 teenagers can be classed as a book-lover.
9. As a result of the bedroom culture, it is becoming 7

rarer for children over the age of 10 to watch television with
their parents. Once in their rooms, children tend to stay up watching television for as long as they wish. Consequently
it is getting 8harder to control children's viewing.
10. One father told researchers that 9he drew the line at 9 pm. His son, on the other hand, said: "They tell us to go
up at about 9.30 or 10 or something, and then we just watch until they come up and tell us to switch 10it off at 11 or
11.30."
Column 1
1. they (ref. 1)
2. themselves (ref. 2)
3. their (ref. 6)
4. he (ref. 9)
5. it (ref. 10)

Column 2
( ) television
( ) father
( ) parents
( ) children
( ) friends

The alternative that shows the CORRECT order is:
a) 4, 5, 1, 2, 3.
b) 5, 4, 1, 2, 3.
c) 4, 1, 2, 5, 3.
d) 5, 4, 2, 3, 1.
e) 5, 3, 2, 1, 4.

Answer 1

Resposta:

1.the,an,the,a(item c)

2.an

a

an

an

a

3. they- parents

themselves-children

their-friends

he-father

it-television

Explicação:

Há uma regra bem simples: quando a palavra começa com um som de vogal (a, e, i, o, u), então, use ‘an’ – você vai perceber que pronunciar essas palavras fica até mais fácil com ‘an’. E o contrário: quando a palavra começar com som de consoante, use ‘a’.

Assim, você usa ‘a’ com: “a ball” (uma bola), “a glass of water” (um copo de água) e “a cup of coffee” (uma xícara de café). Com essas palavras, você usa ‘an’: “an umbrella” (um guarda-chuva), “an ice cream” (um sorvete) e “an apple” (uma maçã).

O artigo “The” é um artigo definido, é usado para especificar um substantivo:

“The pen is on the table.” (A caneta está em cima da mesa.)

Há uma caneta específica e uma mesa determinada, portanto, nos referimos a eles como “the book” (o livro) e “the table” (a mesa).

Também podemos usar o “the” para falar sobre alguém específico em um grupo. Então, se estivermos descrevendo alguém no meio de uma multidão, podemos dizer:

“The girl on the right is the tallest.”

(A garota à direita é a mais alta.)

Veja um outro exemplo: “the number one bestselling book of the year” (o livro número um em vendas do ano). Ou seja, ele é “the bestselling book of the year” (o livro que mais vendeu no ano – um livro bem específico).

O “the”, em algumas situações, pode ser usado com substantivos incontáveis:

“She jumped into the water.”

(Ela pulou na água.)

E por que nós podemos usar o “the” nessa situação? Porque nós sabemos que, nesse contexto, existe um local específico com água do qual estamos falando.

Utilize “the” para se referir a lugares, entretanto, existem algumas regras para lembrar. Use para:

Nomes de rios, oceanos ou mares, como “the Indian Ocean” (o Oceano Índico);

Pontos no globo, como “the Equator” (o Equador);

Áreas geográficas, como “the Middle East” (o Oriente Médio);