PROMILITARES 03/10/2018

INGLÊS
Professora Carol Maximo

ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES
Adjetivo modifica substantivos e pronomes.
Posição do adjetivo:
1. Antes do termo que ele modifica.
Ex.: An intelligent person.
A rainy day.

2. Como predicativo, após um verbo de ligação.

Ex.: Juliana is quite annoying.
Physics can be hard.
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ADJECTIVES
-ED x –ING adjectives

Amazing x Amazed
Boring x Bored
Confusing x Confused
Exciting x Excited
Frightening x Frightened
Interesting x Interested
Surprising x Surprised

ING – ideia de algo que causa, desperta

ED – ideia de algo que sofre, passividade

ADJECTIVES
Adjective Degree
 Comparative of Equality
Estruturas: as + adjective + as
Ou not so/as + adjectives + as
Ex.: Maria is as smart as João.
Travelling by train isn’t so comfortable as by plane.
 Comparative of Superiority
Ex:
Curtos: old, young, long, late, high, hard, smart, hot, cold, cheap, heavy, crazy,
pretty, nice,…
Longos: beautiful, expensive, intelligent, favorite, colorful, peaceful, scaring,
limited, patient, …
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ADJECTIVES
Estruturas:
adjetivos curtos: adjective + R/ER/IER + than

adjetivos longos: more + adjective + than

Ex.: Sergipe is hotter than Santa Catarina.

Today is colder than yesterday.
You’re more patient than I.

ADJECTIVES
 Comparative of Inferiority
Estrutura: less + adjective + than
Ex.: Camping is less expensive than staying in a hotel.

 Parallel Comparison
Estrutura: The + comparative, … the + comparative
The older she becomes, the less patient she gets.
The more complicated, the more patient I must be.
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ADJECTIVES
 Superlative of Superiority
Estruturas:
Adjetivos curtos: the + adjective + ST/EST/IEST

Adjetivos longos: the + most + adjective

Ex.: Miguel is the nicest child I know.

Portuguese is the most difficult subject of all.

 Superlative of Inferiority
Estrutura: the + least + adjective
Ex.: This could be the least important problem we have to solve.

ADJECTIVES
Exceptions:

Adjective/Adverb Comparative Superlative

Good/well Better Best

Bad/badly/ill Worse Worst
Little Less Least
Many/much More Most
Far Farther ou Further Farthest or Furthest
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QUESTÃO 01 – EEAR
“Rio de Janeiro presented what they are calling the largest ever
floating Christmas tree on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon on Saturday
night.”
“Largest” was used in the text as a:
a) Superlative
b) Comparative of equality
c) Comparative of inferiority
d) Comparative of superiority

QUESTÃO 02 – EEAR
“And becoming healthier doesn’t mean you have to make major
changes.”
The adjective healthier is a:
a) Superlative
b) Comparative of equality
c) Comparative of inferiority
d) Comparative of superiority
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QUESTÃO 03 – EEAR
“A study carried out in 2010 also found that the ____ the blood
pressure, the _____ the drop observed.”
Choose the alternative so as to have the article completed
correctly:

a) High – great
b) Higher – greater
c) Higher – greatest
d) Highest - greatest

QUESTÃO 04 – EEAR
“ – Hey Chloe. What are you doing?
I’m drawing a picture for the story I wrote in school today.
Oh, yeah? Terrific! Can I see it? It’s very pretty. I like the colors.

“Terrific” is opposite to:

a) Great
b) Awful
c) Excellent
d) Wonderful
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QUESTÃO 05 – EEAR
In “Dolphins are more interesting than lions and tigers ...”, it
means that

a) Dolphins, lions and tigers are equal in some way.

b) Tigers and lions are less interesting than dolphins.
c) There are no circus animals so interesting as dolphins.
d) Dolphins compared with lions and tigers are less interesting.

QUESTÃO 06 – EEAR
Choose the correct alternative to complete the article.
“The U2 was one of ________ military planes of the Cold War. It
was designed to fly high over a foreign country, take pictures and
gather information.”

a) As famous as
b) The most famous
c) Less famous than
d) More famous than
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QUESTÃO 07 – EEAR
“These summery wines are especially appealing when the price is
equally untaxing.”
The word appealing is a(n):

a) Verb
b) Noun
c) Adverb
d) Adjective

QUESTÃO 08 – EEAR
You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but
they are very important for students who are entering university.
“Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds, the fifteen pounds added to a
student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons
why first-year university students gain weight, but it is encouraging to
know that freshmen don’t have to add these harmfull fifteen pounds.
Some students visit the kitchen many times while studying and also
have less time for walking, running and doing sports due to their
amount of schoolwork.
(Adapted from Active skills for Reading)
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QUESTÃO 08 – EEAR
Which of the underlined words in the text is an adjective?

a) Doing
b) Walking
c) Running
d) Encouraging

QUESTÃO 09 – EEAR
Choose the alternative so as to have the passage completed
correctly.
Many people believe that pilots earn a lot of money. But the real
fact is _____ the airline is, _____ pilots’ salary is. Smaller budget
airlines can not afford to pay their pilots that much.

a) The largest – the highest

b) The larger – the highest
c) The largest – the higher
d) The larger – the higher
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ADJECTIVES
GABARITO
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. D