Exercícios sobre Confused Words

Para resolver estes exercícios sobre “Confused Words”, é necessário conhecer a forma correta de empregar certas palavras em inglês que causam confusão em relação ao seu uso. Publicado por: Janaína Pereira Mourão
Questão 1

Preencha os espaços em branco com as palavras da tabela:

Habit – Custom – Street – Road

a) He walked up the _____________ to the next block.

b) Smoking is a bad__________.

c) Kissing a friend's cheek is a French _______________.

d) Eddie would be on the ____________ right now.

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Resposta

a) He walked up the street to the next block.

b) Smoking is a bad habit.

c) Kissing a friend's cheek is a French custom.

d) Eddie would be on the road right now.

Questão 2

Marque a alternativa incorreta:

  1. Custom has got great social significance.

  2. Habit is an individual phenomenon.

  3. Custom maintains social order.

  4. Habit is a social phenomenon.

  5. Customs are inherited.

  6. Habit is not normative.

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Resposta

Letra D - Habit is a social phenomenon. Na verdade, Custom que é um fenômeno social.

Questão 3

Encontre o erro e refaça corretamente as sentenças erradas.

  1. Carmen turned and lifted a hand to shadow her eyes from the sun.

  2. That tall tree on the square makes a nice shade.

  3. I prefer to sit in the shadow.

  4. Their dog chases his own shade.

  5. They don't want a shadow hanging over them.

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Resposta

Erradas:

A - Carmen turned and lifted a hand to shadow her eyes from the sun.

Correto: Carmen turned and lifted a hand to shade her eyes from the sun.

C - I prefer to sit in the shadow.

Correto: I prefer to sit in the shade.

D - Their dog chases his own shade.

Correto: Their dog chases his own shadow.

Observação: Lembre-se de que Shade é sombra de algo, isto é, uma árvore, um muro ou algum material. Shadow é a sombra de uma pessoa ou animal.

Questão 4

Ligue as palavras às suas frases correspondentes:

a) That seamstress has a plenty of____________.

b) My dad told me a wonderful _____________!

c) Which is the ____________ to the next town?

d) What's the _________________of a flood?

e) My lawyer has a plenty of _____________.

1 – story

2 – cause

3 – customers

4 – clients

5 – road

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Resposta

a) That seamstress has a plenty of customers. - 3

b) My dad told me a wonderful story! - 1

c) Which is the road to the next town? - 5

d) What's the cause of a hurricane? - 2

e) My lawyer has a plenty of clients. - 4