Questões de Concurso sobre Vocabulário

Match the words on column 1 with their definitions on column 2.

Column 1 Words

1. portray

2. frantic

3. outwardly

4. dozen

Column 2 Definitions

( ) on the outside: externally.

( ) a group or set of twelve.

( ) describe (someone or something) in a particular way.

( ) wild or distraught with fear.

Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.

Complete the sentences below with the proper idioms .

They finally _________________on the business deal.

I’m really __________________ today; I have a terrible cold.

_________________Sam, I’m sure your performance will be great.

Ha, that assignment was really___________________!

_______________________, stop fussing about it, you can do it.

I went to a real nice restaurant yesterday. The food cost was cheap and they served a lot of food.

I had to ask for a ___________________ because I couldn't eat the whole thing.

The correct sequence is:

There are three preferences in common Learner Styles, according to Celse-Murcia: perceptual preference, personality preference, and processing preference.

According to perceptual preference, we can say that auditory, visual and kinesthetic are styles and the only one of them with the correct description below is:

Read the following sentences:

1. There is scientific evidence _____ a game in China called Tsu Chu.
2. Players had to kick a ball _____ a 30-40 cm hole.
3. In the Middle Ages, there was no limit _____ the number of players.
4. The book of sports talked _____ a pitch, goals and the basic positions for players.

Check the alternative that correctly completes the sentences gaps in the order they appear.

The word "engaged" cannot mean:

A high school teacher decided to search the internet for authentic materials which could be taken into his/her classes and help develop his/her learners’ pragmatic competence as well as get them to discuss issues related to politics.

Which of the materials below can he/she use to achieve the intended goal?

Complete the sentence below with the carreei verb. Choose the CORRECT answer.

"My motorcycle is at lhe motorcycle repair shop, so this week I ____ home later than usual."

In “Natural gas and coal-fired power plants need water to stay online. Yet those water facilities froze in the cold temperatures and others lost access to the electricity they require to operate”, it is possible to substitute “Yet” for Even so without changing the meaning of the sentence.

In the speech bubble in the fourth frame, It’s impossible not to admire can correctly replace the idea conveyed by “You can’t help but admire”.

Considere a frase abaixo.

There’s something pretty basic they still don’t know.

A palavra em destaque tem significado:

If Bono really knew the history of his own people, he would be aware that the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s was not the result of a food short. Famines rarely are. There were

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plenty of crops in the country, but they had to be exported to pay the landlords’ rents. There was also enough food in Britain at the time to feed Ireland several times over.

The extract that offers an addition to previously given information is:

The expression “foot the bill” means:

Choose the best option and complete the sentences using from / since / just / yet / ago:

1. The window cleaner started an hour ____. He hasn't finished ____.
2. We have lived here ___1992.
3. Tony and Jane lived in Hong Kong ____ 1995 ____ 2000. They lived there for five years.
4. Have you heard the news? There's ____ been an earthquake in Japan.

Peter and his sister ............at Columbia University next year.

Analyze the words and take the odd one out:

1. beneficial - advantageous - serviceable - baneful
2. unwavering - steady - treacherous - trusty.
3. suecess - victory - exit - triumph.

....... Mike and his friends have ........ spent ....... their vacation on a ranch in Texas, but this year they are all going to Las Vegas.

A familiaridade no manejo do dicionário, dentro e fora da sala de aula, é importante subproduto do desenvolvimento do repertório vocabular. Nesse sentido, o professor de língua estrangeira deve propiciar a seus alunos atividades que incluam:

I. A busca de palavras no dicionário para conhecimento do seu significado para ser aplicado em qualquer contexto.

II. A busca, a partir de uma palavra em português, de seu significado mais adequado, em língua estrangeira.

III. Os diversos modos de, no dicionário bilíngue, acessar phrasal verbs, expressões idiomáticas, gírias, entre outros.

IV. A mobilização da competência de decodificação dos verbetes.

Está correto o que se afirma em:

Choose the option where both grammar and vocabulary are correct:

1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
2. Yesterday evening I saw a very good film.
3. I was watching TV when the phone rang.
4. The famous book "David Copperfield" was written by Charles Dickens.

Recent surveys show that ...........you practice .............you get.