Verbos - parte 2

039 | EEAR 2008
An umbrella __________ a very ordinary object. It
__________ people against the rain and hot sun. You can
fold most umbrellas, so it is easy ___________ them.

– Choose the best alternative to complete the blanks in the
Paragraph:

a) is – puts – to hide
b) was – keeps – to help
c) was – brings – to buy
d) is – protects – to carry

040 | EEAR 2008
The stepmother smiled and said: “Of course you __________
go, Cinderella. If you __________ your work first and if you
__________ a dress to wear.”

a) may – do – have
b) could – was – bought
c) might – are doing – lend
d) ought to – would finish – washed

041 | EFOMM 2007
The companies are expanding their business and they
__________ all the help they can get. So they __________
several people.

a) need – are employing
b) are needing – are employing
c) needed – are employing
d) are to need – employed
e) needing – employ

042 | UNESP 1988
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna
da frase apresentada:

Many countries __________ with nuclear reactors.

a) is experimenting
b) experiments
c) experimenting
d) would experiment
e) are experimenting

043 | FAAP 1997
Complete:

The population of the world is __________.

a) going
b) covering
c) finding
d) growing
e) beginning

044 | FAAP 1997
Assinale a alternativa correta:

The whole world __________ against drugs now.

a) is fighting
b) fought
c) had been fighting
d) has fought
e) fight

045 | UNESP 2000
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente cada
lacuna da frase apresentada:

I __________ to the radio every day, but I __________
listening to it now.

a) listen – am not
b) listened – had
c) listening – was not
d) was listening – not
e) not listen – was

046 | MACKENZIE 2000
Em inglês, "Você está esperando alguma carta?" seria:

a) Have you been waiting for a chart?
b) Are you expecting a letter?
c) Are you attending any lecture?
d) Are you staying for the lecture?
e) Have you been hoping for a lecture?




047 | FATEC 2004
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta o uso correto do
presente contínuo como em "The British Army is now
installing it in its tanks":

a) The British Army is liking the new program.
b) The British Army is understanding the needs of the
population.
c) The British Army is listening to the population.
d) The British Army is preferring the new general.
e) The British Army is possessing many tanks.

048 | UFV 2004 – ADAPTED
Choose the alternative in which the capital word -ING form
is an example of the present continuous:

a) 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.
b) INCREASING prosperity has also contributed to the rise of
the bedroom culture.
c) Children from the age of 9 are now TURNING to their
bedrooms as a place to socialise.
d) 57% of children say they still enjoy READING, and 1 in 5
teenagers can be classed as a book-lover.
e) It is getting harder to control children's VIEWING.

049 | MACKENZIE 2006 – ADAPTED
The battle for digital control (I) in the movie business, but (II)
virtually over in music.

– The words and verb forms which properly fill in blanks (I)
and (II) in the sentence are:

a) has still raged – it'll have been
b) will have raged – it's being
c) is still raging – it's
d) was still raged – it had been
e) would still be raged – it has been

050 | UNESP 1992
Escolha a alternativa que responde corretamente à pergunta
apresentada:

What order did he receive?

a) He ordered to stop smoking.
b) He was ordered stop to smoke.
c) They ordered to him stop smoking.
d) They ordered him to stop smoke.
e) He was ordered to stop smoking.

051 | AFA 2004 – ADAPTED

Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say

(Trecho de Take my breath away –
Giorgio Moroder/Tom Whitlock)

– How can we classify the first verb in the first verse? It’s:

a) a present participle used as part of the present
progressive.
b) a gerund and it is used as the subject of the sentence.
c) not used as infinitive, just as gerund because it’s a special
expression.
d) a gerund used with certain idiomatic expressions, for the
most part, recreational activities.

052 | UNESP 1994
He __________ to return to his home.

a) not wanted
b) wanted
c) did wanted
d) does wanted
e) to want

053 | UNESP 1995
The mayor __________ it difficult to refuse.

a) find
b) finding
c) founded
d) found
e) to find

054 | FUVEST 1977
Qual a pergunta a anteceder a resposta "yes, I did"?

a) Did you buy a car?
b) Will you buy a car?
c) Didn't you have a nice car?
d) Have you bought it?
e) You didn't.

055 | FUVEST 1978
She did not tell me the truth. She __________ to me.

a) lie
b) lain
c) laid
d) lay
e) lied




056 | UNESP 1991
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna
da frase a seguir:

Can you tell me where __________ my bike yesterday?

a) did you leave
b) you left
c) you have left
d) you leaved
e) did you left

057 | FEI 1994
Assinale a forma verbal que está no PAST SIMPLE TENSE:

a) shows
b) has discovered
c) making
d) found
e) have prepared

058 | UEL 1996
When I asked Jim if he liked his job he replied that he:

a) did.
b) does.
c) do.
d) doing.
e) has done.

059 | UNESP 1986
__________ he do the work last night?

a) Do
b) Does
c) Have
d) Has
e) Did

060 | UNESP 1996
Brazil __________ last year's world soccer championship.

a) win
b) won
c) wins
d) to win
e) winning

061 | UNESP 1997
John __________ me some money last week.

a) sends
b) send
c) sent
d) sending
e) to send

062 | UNESP 1998
Assinale a alternativa correta:

I __________ the river in a boat and swam __________ the
stream.

a) across – cross
b) cross – crossed
c) acrossed – crossing
d) crossed – across
e) crossing – across

063 | MACKENZIE 1997
Indicate the correct alternative:

Kelly __________ her eyebrows in extravagant __________.

a) risen – shock
b) raise – horror
c) rise – panic
d) raised – surprise
e) to raise – arrogance

064 | UNESP 1999
When __________ World War II __________?

a) did – started
b) do – started
c) does – started
d) do – star
e) did – start

065 | UECE 1999
Marque o "past tense" de SPEND, LEAVE e KNOW:

a) spended – leaved – known
b) spent – left – knew
c) spended – left – knew
d) spent – leaved – known

066 | UNESP 2000
Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna
da frase apresentada:

The kids were hungry and __________ all the pie.

a) eats
b) ate
c) eating
d) eaten
e) not ate








067 | PUCPR 2000
Choose the option to complete the text correctly:

CLAUDE MONET __________ in Paris on 14 November 1840
and __________ on 6 December 1926. He __________ a
leading member of the French Impressionist painters,
especially concerned with the effect of outdoor light and
shade. He __________ especially noted for his quick,
spontaneous style, developed to catch the fleeting moment.
Although now acclaimed as a great French painter, Monet
himself, like most artists, never __________ that he had
achieved the perfect conclusion of the ideas that were in his
mind.

Adapted from the book "The life and the works of Monet",
by Edmund Swinglehurst

a) was born – died – was – is – felt
b) borns – dies – is – is – fells
c) borned – died – was – was – felled
d) had born – had died – had been – had been – had felt
e) is born – died – was – was – fell

068 | MACKENZIE 2000
Assinale a alternativa que corretamente preenche as lacunas
I, II e III das frases a seguir:

He __________(I) me a favor 2 months ago.
They __________(II) an attempt to escape.
I __________(III) an important decision last night.

a) did – made – made
b) made – did – made
c) did – made – did
d) made – made – made
e) made – did – did

069 | MACKENZIE 2000
Which is the best sentence?

a) I used to smoke, but I don't anymore.
b) I've smoked, but I don't anymore.
c) I smoked, but I didn't anymore.
d) I had smoked, but I haven't anymore.
e) I would smoke, but I can't anymore.

070 | MACKENZIE 2000
Thanks __________ the financial aid he __________, he
__________ to attend the university.

a) to – receives – had been able
b) for – has received – will be able
c) to – is receiving – wasn't able
d) to – received – was able
e) for – received – would be able

071 | UFRRJ 2000
The infinitive and past simple forms of the verbs KNOWN
and BEEN are:

a) know and be.
b) knew and being.
c) know – knew and be – was/were.
d) known – knew and be – was/were.
e) know – knew and be – were/was.

072 | UFV/PASES 2000
In the sentence "Thousands of visitors were surprised when
they SAW and HEARD this invention", the capital verbs are
the past tenses of:

a) save and hide.
b) say and hate.
c) sit and have.
d) sing and hum.
e) see and hear.

073 | UFV 2002 – ADAPTED
Based on your knowledge of English grammar, correct the
sentence in the cartoon below:


a) 'he took my chair' – it's 'my chair was took'.
b) 'he took my chair' – it's 'my chair was taken'.
c) 'he took my chair' – it's 'my chair was taked'.
d) 'he taken my chair' – it's 'my chair was taken'.
e) 'he taken my chair' – it's 'my chair was taked'.

074 | UFRS 2001
O verbo "lead" forma o passado e o particípio passado do
mesmo modo que:

a) meet.
b) cut.
c) tear.
d) see.
e) bear.

075 | UFRS 2005
Complete the gap in the sentence below with the best
alternative:

In the past, English cavaliers __________ swords while
__________ on the left.

a) drew – riding
b) draw – would ride
c) were drawing – riding
d) drew – have ridden
e) had drawn – rode

076 | FATEC 2003
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a forma interrogativa
correta da frase "the death rate rose 33 percent":

a) Did the death rate rose 33 percent?
b) Did the death rate raise 33 percent?
c) Did the death rate rise 33 percent?
d) Does the death rate rise 33 percent?
e) Does the death rate rose 33 percent?