(Originais Teachy 2023) - Questão Médio de Inglês

Imagine you and your classmates are planning a trip to a theme park. You are discussing the different rides and attractions, and you want to compare them to decide which ones are the most exciting. Use the adjectives provided and the rules for forming comparatives and superlatives to complete the following sentences: 1. The roller coaster is fast, but the water slide is even faster and the free-fall tower is the _______ of all. 2. The haunted house is scary, but the virtual reality experience is even scarier and the bungee jump is the _______ of all. Identify and apply the correct forms of comparatives and superlatives to complete the sentences.

Considerando o uso dos prefixos e sufixos no desenvolvimento de palavras em inglês, analise o seguinte trecho do poema 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' de T.S. Eliot: 'Measured out with coffee spoons.' Refletindo sobre o contexto histórico e cultural em que Eliot escreveu, como o uso do sufixo 'ed' e o prefixo 'un' podem afetar o significado e a interpretação do verso em relação ao tema mais amplo do poema? Em outras palavras, como a escolha de 'Measured' ao invés de 'Unmeasured' e a ausência do sufixo 'ing' podem refletir as preocupações do eu-lírico com ordem e repetição, que são temas recorrentes no Modernismo Anglo-Americano?

Considerando a importância dos antônimos e sinônimos para a compreensão de textos em inglês, avalie o trecho a seguir de uma peça teatral famosa e destaque um par de antônimos e um par de sinônimos relevantes ao texto. Em seguida, explique como a escolha dessas palavras contribui para o desenvolvimento do significado ou do estilo do texto. 'To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life.' - William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet' (Act 3, Scene 1)

The following text is an extract from 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl: 'The parents, instead of applauding her, called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard.' In this sentence, what is the author's perspective about Matilda's parents' attitude towards her communication in the family context?