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Present perfect e past perfect

Fixação

1 - Select the alternative that best completes the

dialogue below.

Jude I ____ (see) Mary last Sunday.

John: Really?I ____ (not/see) her for years. How is

she?

a) saw – haven’t see

b) saw – haven’t seen 4 - Fill in the blank with the correct verb tense:
c) have seen – didn’t see
d) have seen – haven’t seen a) shows
b) showing
texto base para questão 2. c) has shown
d) have shown
Religion ________ central to people's lives in Africa.
Although the majority of Africans are now Muslim or Texto base para questão 5.
Christian, traditional religions have endured and still
play a big role. Religion runs like a thread through daily A handwritten note from September 11
life, marked by prayers of gratitude in times of plenty In moments of crisis, our first thoughts are usually
and prayers of supplication in times of need. Religion to get in contact with the people we love. September
confirms identity on the individual and the group. 11, 2001, was a day when many people wanted to
know that their loved ones were safe. At 9:37 a.m., the
Pentagon was attacked by terrorists who crashed an
GLOSSARY: airplane into the western side of the building.
Many people tried using the mobile phones that
Endure – to continue to exist for a long time existed then, but few were successful. Franklin and
Daria Gaillard (Frank and Chip) were both members of
Thread – one part connecting with another the Air Force and worked at the Pentagon. They
worked in different parts of the building and had a
2 - Mark the alternative that completes the gap previous agreement that they would meet at their car in
from the text correctly. the parking lot if there were any emergency.
Daria was the first to arrive at the car and wrote a
a) has always been note to Franklin saying "Frank - Sweetie I am okay. I'm
b) had never been w/ my office over by the Lyndon B. Johnson Memorial
c) wasn’t Sign. I'll stay there till you come. Love lots & lots,
d) will be Chip." Frank found the note and was able to locate his
wife in the aftermath of the attack.
3 - In the sentence “it’s been 30 years since I What makes this story so interesting is the
developed the notion of ‘multiple intelligences’” handwritten note. Today, in our digital culture, we have
the contraction refers to a variety of ways to let people know that we are safe.
Text messages, voicemail, and different forms of social
a) It has. media can be used to get the information out to loved
b) It been. ones. In 2001, when these attacks__________(1), the
c) It is. cellular network was still growing and was not as
d) It was. robust as it is today.
This letter is just one of the many objects that The
Texto base para questão 4. National Museum of American History_________ (2)
since 2001. To learn more, visit our online exhibition
September 11th: Bearing Witness to History.

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5 - Choose the alternative containing the correct c) puts
verb tenses to complete gaps (1) and (2) in d) put
paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively. Brazilian airforce airlifted 4 Polish citizens from the
coronavirus-stricken Chinese city Wuhan
a) have happened, collected The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has aided
b) have happened, have collected Poland by helping to evacuate 4 Polish citizens
c) has happened, has collected from the Coronavirusstricken Chinese city Wuhan. A
d) happened, has collected Brazilian air force plane landed in Warsaw to drop the
e) happened, have collected 4 Poles off, after which it continued its journey from
Wuhan to Brazil. A total of 34 Brazilians were
6 - Considering the underlined expression in the quarantined for 18 days after returning back home.
sentence “Flight operations to and from Chennai
have been affected due to heavy rains” it is correct 9 - The sentence in bold in the text is in the:
to say that
a) Present Continuous
a) the present perfect tense was used to refer to a b) Past Continuous
temporary continuing action. c) Present Perfect
b) the present perfect tense was used to announce d) Simple Past
news of a recent event.
c) the past perfect tense was used to say that Texto base para questão 10.
something was in progress.
d) the simple past tense was used to announce an Ronaldo, the soccer world, confirmed his retirement
earlier past. today at the age of 34. The Brazilian legend has
decided to hang up his boots due to injuries and a loss
7 - The correct form of the sentence “more than of fitness. “I’m ending my career as a professional
100,000 people burst into a rendition of ‘Happy soccer player. It’s been a beautiful, emotional,
Birthday’” in the present perfect is: marvelous career. However, these last two years, I’ve
had a long series of injuries, from one side to the other,
a) More than 100,000 people has bursted into a one leg to the other, one muscle to the other,” the
rendition of Happy Birthday. Corinthians striker said.
b) More than 100,000 people have bursted into a
rendition of Happy Birthday. 10 - The verbs, underlined in the text, are in the
c) More than 100,000 people have burst into a
rendition of Happy Birthday. a) past perfect tense.
d) More than 100,000 people has burst into a rendition b) simple present tense.
of Happy Birthday. c) present perfect tense.
d) present progressive tense.
Texto base para questão 8.
Texto base para questão 11.

Since astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to

travel in space in 1961, scientists _________ what
effects space travel has on the human body.

11 - Fill in the blank with the correct verb tense.

a) have studied
b) has studied
c) studied
d) study

“The advent of the internet hasn't [...] cooked up new

conspiracy theories”.
8 - Choose the best alternative to complete the
blank. 12 - Mark the correct option to make the sentence
above interrogative.
a) putting
b) putted
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a) Doesn’t the advent of the internet cook up new a) has been
conspiracy theories? b) have been
b) Hasn’t the advent of the internet cooked up new c) have to be
conspiracy theories? d) hasn’t been
c) Didn’t the advent of the internet cook up new
conspiracy theories? 15 - Change the sentence into the interrogative
d) Haven’t the advent of the internet cook up new form.
conspiracy theories?
“The cost of living has doubled in relative terms over
Texto base para questão 13. recent years.”

a) Has the cost of living double in relative terms over

recent years?
b) Has the cost of living doubled in relative terms over
recent years?
c) Have the cost of living double in relative terms over
recent years?
d) Have the cost of living doubled in relative terms over
recent years?

Texto base para questão 16.

Gregory “Greg” Heffley is an American middle school

student and also the main protagonist of the book
13 - The verbs “have spread” and “have series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
accompanied”, underlined in the text, are in the
__________. Greg is lazy, petty, slightly narcissistic, sociopathic,
egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually backstabbing,
a) simple past and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and
b) future tense apparently lacks talent. He hardly has any skills aside
c) present perfect from video games and possibly singing. However,
d) past progressive despite all this, Greg has had his kind and caring
moments, but not that often.
Texto base para questão 14.

The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and 16 - The negative form of the underlined sentence
the Wardrobe is

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, completed a) Greg doesn’t have his kind and caring moments, but
by the end of March 1949 and published by Geoffrey not that often.
Bles in the United Kingdom on 16 October 1950, tells b) Greg haven’t had his kind and caring moments, but
the story of four ordinary children: Peter, Susan, not that often.
Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie, who ______________ c) Greg hasn’t have his kind and caring moments, but
evacuated to the English countryside from London not that often.
following the outbreak of World War II. They discover a d) Greg hasn’t had his kind and caring moments, but
wardrobe in Professor Digory Kirke’s house that leads not that often.
to the magical land of Narnia. The Pevensie children
help Aslan, a talking lion, save Narnia from the evil 17 - The sentence “Charlie and Jaclyn High of
White Witch, who has reigned over the land of Narnia Phoenix found the white metal piece, which had
for a century of perpetual winter with no Christmas. fallen in their backyard, on Friday, CBS5
The children become kings and queens of this new- reported.”, contains verbs in the following tenses,
found land and establish the Golden Age of Narnia, in this order:
leaving a legacy to be rediscovered in later books.
a) Simple Past, Past Perfect, Simple Past
14 - Keeping in mind the structure of the Present b) Simple Past, Present Perfect, Simple Past
Perfect Tense, fill the blank in the text. c) Present Perfect, Simple Past, Simple Past
d) Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Present Perfect

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Texto base para questão 18. GABARITO:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B A A D D B C D C C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A B C B B D A C C B

18 - the option that fits the gap appropriately in

standard language is

a) have been studied.

b) has been studied.
c) has studied.
d) is studied.

Texto base para questão 19.

ICE AGE

Ice Age is an animated movie about a story that took

place 20,000 thousand years ago. At that time, (I)
everything was covered in ice. The movie follows the
path of a mammoth, a sabertooth tiger and a sloth after
they encounter an Eskimo baby and decide to protect it
from the cold and other animals.
(II) Diego, the tiger, had attacked the tribe to get the
baby eskimo but was not successful. Other tigers were
unhappy with Diego because of his incompetence to
get the baby, who is now with Manfred, the mammoth,
and Sid, the sloth. Eventually the three animals get
together, although with very different agendas, and
form a friendship bond while taking care of the human
baby.
The movie also features a squirrel desperately trying
to bury an acorn without success. This squirrel has
such a distinctive personality that we can only hope
(III) he’ll star in his own movie someday.

19 - The sentences that are underlined in the text

are in the:

a) I Simple Past - II Simple Past - III Future Perfect

b) I Past Perfect - II Simple Past - III Simple Future
c) I Simple Past - II Past Perfect - III Simple Future
d) I Past Continuous - II Present Perfect - III Future
Continuous

20 - Choose the alternative in which you can NOT

find Present Perfect tense:

a) Researchers have already discovered cures for

many diseases.
b) I had three cups of coffee with milk this morning.
c) We’ve just gotten back from Los Angeles.
d) They have won several awards.

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