Pronomes - parte 5

129 | JFS 2000
Complete:

- Henry is a scientist __________ wants to know how comets
are formed.
- The thief __________ stole my wallet must be mad now. It
was empty.
- These precious moments __________ you are living now
won’t last forever.
- They are exploring a continent __________ surface is icy.
- The woman about __________ we were talking is an expert
on Astronomy.

a) that – who – * – which – whom
b) who – * – that – which – who
c) who – that – which – whose – whom
d) who – that – whose – which – whom
e) who – that – which – of which – who


130 | FUVEST 1977
Qual a pergunta que segue a afirmação "I know that you are
the winner"?

a) Whom said I am the winner?
b) Which one told you that I am the winner?
c) Who told you so?
d) Who told that to you?
e) Who said that I am the winner?

131 | UNESP 1983
Assinale a alternativa correta:

- These blue jeans are mine. __________ are those on the
sofa?
- They're Peter's.

a) Which
b) What
c) Where
d) Whom
e) Whose

132 | UNESP 1983
Assinale a alternativa correta:

Do you know __________?

a) where your brother bought that car
b) where did your brother buy that car
c) where does your brother buy that car
d) where will your brother buy that car
e) where has your brother bought that car






133 | UNESP 1984
Assinale a alternativa correta:

a) Who did discovered America?
b) Who discovered America?
c) Did who discover America?
d) What Columbus discovered?
e) What did Columbus discovered?

134 | UNESP 1985
Can you tell me __________?

a) how much does a box of matches cost
b) how much a box of matches costs
c) how much did a box of matches cost
d) how much has a box of matches cost
e) how much costs a box of matches

135 | UNESP 1999
__________ people __________ in Brasília?

a) How many – are there
b) How much – are there
c) What many – was there
d) What many – were there
e) How many million – was there

136 | UNESP 1999
__________ farm is that large one? It is __________.

a) Which – Peter's
b) Whose – Peter's
c) Whose – of Peter
d) Which – for Peter
e) What – Peter's

137 | PUCPR 1996
Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue
below:

Mr. Wilson is applying for a job. Right now, he is being
interviewed by Mrs. Taylor, head of the personnel
department.
Mrs. Taylor: __________ is your full name, please?
Mr. Wilson: Thomas Wilson.
Mrs. Taylor: __________ are you from?
Mr. Wilson: Canada.
Mrs. Taylor: __________ were you born?
Mr. Wilson: I was born on March 7, 1956.
Mrs. Taylor: __________ did you know about our job offer?
Mr. Wilson: Through the ad you put in the newspaper.

a) How – Where – Why – Who
b) What – Where – How – Why
c) Who – How – Where – When
d) What – Where – When – How
e) What – Who – When – How

138 | CESGRANRIO 1994
"The new telephone can deal with 'hello' and other words
well enough."

This sentence contains the answer to all question below
EXCEPT one. Mark it:

a) What can the new telephone deal with?
b) What can deal with "hello" and other words well enough?
c) How can the new telephone deal with "hello" and other
words?
d) Whose words can the telephone deal with well enough?
e) Which words can the new telephone deal with well
enough?

139 | CESGRANRIO 1994 – ADAPTED
A new telephone system translates words and phrases from
English into other languages. Mark the item which contains a
suitable English equivalent for the following Portuguese
phrases that may be part of a telephone conversation:

I. "Como vai você?"
II. "Quem está falando?"
III. "Ele não está. Quer deixar recado?"

a) (I) How do you do? – (II) What's your name? – (III) He's
out. Can I give him a messages?
b) (I) How have you – (II) Who's speaking? – (III) He's off. Are
there any messages?
c) (I) How are you? – (II) Who's this? – (III) He's not in. Do
you want to leave a message?
d) (I) Are you okay? – (II) Who are you? – (III) He left. Do you
want to leave him a note?
e) (I) What's up? – (II) Who's talking? – (III) He's not here
right now. Would you like to leave a message?

140 | PUCPR 2001
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below choosing the best
alternative:

I. __________ knows how to speak decent French to talk to
the tourists?
II. The ticket costs $8. __________ are you going to pay?
III. __________ can I take the subway to the Guggenhein
Museum?
IV. __________ of those buildings is the hospital?
V. __________ will your sister travel to London?

a) I. Who; II. How; III. Where; IV. Which; V. When
b) I. Whose; II. Who; III. How; IV. What; V. Why
c) I. Which; II. Why; III. When; IV. How; V. Whose
d) I. Whom; II. What; III. Which; IV. Where; V. How
e) I. How; II. When; III. What; IV. Why; V. Where






141 | PUCPR 2007
We don't know with __________ he was talking on the
phone.

a) that
b) whom
c) what
d) which
e) whose

142 | UFV 2000 – ADAPTED
Match the Question Words with the appropriate sentences.
All question words must be used:

a) Where
b) How
c) Which
d) What
e) Why
f) Who

( ) __________ do you prefer: fish or meat?
( ) __________ didn't they call the police?
( ) __________ are we going to help her?
( ) __________ should I spend my Christmas vacation?
( ) __________ will win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
( ) __________ was he doing when the lights went off?

a) C – B – E – A – F – D
b) C – E – B – F – A – D
c) C – E – B – A – F – D
d) E – C – B – A – F – D
e) E – C – B – A – D – F

143 | FUVEST 2000
Choose the question for the statement: "the Sydney
delegates promised that theirs would be the most
environmentally-friendly Games ever".

a) Whose Games the Sydney delegates promised that would
be the most environmentally-friendly Games ever?
b) Who did the Sydney delegates promise that would be the
most environmentally-friendly Games ever?
c) Who did promise that theirs would be the most
environmentally-friendly Games ever?
d) Whose Games did the Sydney delegates promise that
would be the most environmentally-friendly Games ever?
e) Which Games the Sydney delegates promised that would
be the most environmentally-friendly Games ever?

144 | UEL 1996
- How about having a party soon?
- __________.

a) Yes, sure
b) I bet he doesn't
c) It won't last
d) I never do
e) We aren't in it at all

145 | JFS 2000
__________ course do you think is the best one of this
university?

a) What
b) Whose
c) How
d) Which
e) Why

146 | PUCPR 1999
Fill in the balloons with the right interrogative pronouns.
Relate the numbers given to the pronouns:

a) 1. Whose, 2. Who, 3. Why, 4. How, 5. Who
b) 1. Who, 2. Which, 3. What, 4. Why, 5. How
c) 1. What, 2. Whose, 3. What, 4. Why, 5. What
d) 1. Which, 2. Who, 3. How, 4. What, 5. How
e) 1. Who, 2. Whose, 3. What, 4. Why, 5. How

147 | UFRS 2006
Em quais das frases a seguir o pronome WHAT é usado
corretamente?

I. What impresses the visitor about Seattle is its wateriness.
II. What time does the ferry boat leave for Bainbrigde
Island?
III. Seattle offered plentiful resources, what attracted Arthur
Denny's clan.

a) Apenas em I.
b) Apenas em II.
c) Apenas em III.
d) Apenas em I e II.

148 | EFOMM 2009
In the sentence: “If the oceans die, it could cause great
destruction”, the pronoun it refers to:

a) oceans.
b) great destruction.
c) atmosphere.
d) the oceans’ death.
e) the cause.

149 | EFOMM 2009
Typhoon “Ida” left a trail of destruction in __________ wake.
It swept the country from coast to coast.

a) mine
b) ours
c) his
d) hers
e) its

150 | JFS 2012
What would the world be like without the Web?
__________ almost had an answer, if only for a day. To
protest Congress’s consideration of the onerous Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA) – which would require Internet service
providers to block access to Web sites that let people
infringe on copyrighted material – Internet companies
including Google, Facebook, and Twitter were rumored to be
coordinating a blackout, taking __________ offline
temporarily. I must admit I was kind of hoping the Internet
companies would go through with __________, just so we
could remember how we lived before the Internet. And it
seemed for a while that __________ actually would,
especially after a lawyer who runs a trade group that
represents Internet companies claimed that big-name Web
companies were pondering the AWOL option.

– Fill in the gaps correctly.

a) We – themselves – it – they
b) They – ourselves – it – we
c) We – ourselves – it – they
d) They – themselves – them – we
e) We – themselves – them – they

151 | EFOMM 2013
Could I help you, sir?
Would you be so kind as to tell me how much
__________?

a) does this CD player cost
b) this CD player costs
c) cost this CD player
d) is the cost of this CD player
e) cost is the CD player

152 | EFOMM 2013

Read the following excerpt.

Increasing ship sizes, human error and the
challenge of shipping in arctic waters are among the biggest
risks facing the modern maritime industry, according to
Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality.
The challenge of shipping in arctic waters is
among the biggest challenges facing the modern maritime
industry, the report said.
Marking 100 years since the sinking of Titanic, the
insurers yesterday published a report which noted that,
while the world commercial shipping fleet has trebled to
over 100,000 vessels over that period, overall shipping loss
rates have declined significantly. In 1912, they were one ship
per 100 per year; in 2009 they had fallen to one ship per 670
per year.
Despite this, Safety and shipping 1912-2012: from
Titanic to Costa Concordia, based on research from Cardiff
University, said the industry faced several key challenges.
These include the growing trend to ‘super-size’ ships and
cost pressures which are forcing ship-owners to source
crews from emerging economies where training standards
can be inconsistent. (…)

In lines 15-16: ‘Despite this, safety and shipping 1912-
2012: from Titanic to Costa Concordia, (…)’, the underlined
word refers to:
a) The sinking of Titanic.
b) Maritime industry.
c) Commercial shipping fleet.
d) General shipping loss rate.
e) Shipping in arctic waters.

153 | JFS 2008
Which option contains the same idea of the sentence
“something no other computer had ever done”?

a) Something any other computer had never done.
b) Something no other computer had never done.
c) Something no other computer had already done.
d) Anything some other computer had already done.
e) Nothing some other computer had ever done.

154 | JFS 2013
Mark the incorrect item:

I. The man __________ is near the turnstiles is the principal
of our school.
II. The soccer player __________ we have to interview is not
very famous.
III. The dog __________ barks all night long belongs to our
new neighbors.





a) who – whom – which
b) that – Ø – that
c) who – that – which
d) that – Ø – which
e) who – that – Ø

155 | JFS 2013
Fill in the gaps correctly.

- I blush __________ I think about it.
- __________ you choose to live there are always going to
be disadvantages.
- __________ hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish
off a whole pizza.

a) whenever – Wherever – However
b) whenever – Whenever – However
c) whenever – Whenever – Whatever
d) whatever – Wherever – However
e) whatever – Wherever – Whatever

156 | IME 2013
__________ was a brilliant career.

a) My
b) I
c) Mine
d) Me
e) Not

“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”
Anatole France