Questões de Concurso sobre Sinônimos | Synonymous

In the first paragraph of text 7A2-II, the passage ‘amazing, large, expensive digital computers helped to produce poetic text and music’ (third sentence of the first paragraph) can be correctly rewritten, in terms of grammatical rules, as

Considering the informal case, which word can replace the word “who” in “Merlin is the wizard who magically transported the massive stones”?

The word ‘while’, in the third sentence of the first paragraph, can be correctly replaced with whereas without changing the meaning.

In the second paragraph, the expressions “stand up to scrutiny” (first sentence) and “bear up to examination” (last sentence) have similar meanings and may correctly be used interchangeably in the text.

Which item correctly displays a synonym for the word “easy”?

Analyze the excerpt below.

“These systems are usually created by the books’ publishers, which purport to match students with books (…)”.

As regards it, mark the following statements as (C) if Correct, or (I) if Incorrect.

( ) “Purport” is a verb that means “to claim to be or do a particular thing when this claim may not be true”.

( ) If “oddly” replaces “usually”, the meaning of the sentence will remain the same.

( ) In the word “created”, -ed is a bound morpheme.

The statements are, from up to down, respectively:

The word includes in the phrase “which includes considering gut-healthy options…” could be replaced by:

A palavra sublinhada na frase abaixo NÃO pode ser substituída por:

She is a talented artist with a unique style.

The segment “more than”, in the last sentence of the third paragraph, can be correctly replaced with over than without changing the meaning of the text.

The expression learner is closest in meaning to

In “Despite the potential gains from a study of methods, it is important to acknowledge that a number of writers in our field have criticized the concept of language teaching methods.”, the word in bold may be replaced by any of the followig alternatives, EXCEPT

The sentence “For the interaction to become a strategic game, however, we need the participants’ mutual awareness of this cross-effect.” can be correctly rephrased as However, participants must be reciprocally aware of this cross-effect for the interaction to develop into a strategic game.

In the text, the term "rather" (line 7) is used as an adverb, and it can be replaced by

The fragment “even at the expense of sheer quality” (last sentence of the second paragraph) could be, without harming the coherence of the text, replaced with even if this entails the choice of less qualified applicants.

In the excerpt from the text “A change in discourse practice therefore leads to a reconfiguration of our identity and the way we read the world”, the verb leads to can be replaced by

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The expression "stubborn" in the last panel of the comic strip could be replaced without changing the meaning by:

In the first sentence, the poster states that English is:

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The word "stumped", in the last panel, could be replaced without a change in meaning by:

In the excerpt from the last paragraph “and have, or should have, equal rights as English users”, the modal verb in bold may be substituted, without change in meaning, by

The expression after all, in the first paragraph, can be substituted, with no change in meaning or structure, by