Questões de Infinitivo e gerúndio | Infinitive and gerund (Inglês)

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What is the grammatical function of the phrase "to find their dogs" in the sentence: "The couple left their house at around 05:00 local time to find their dogs"?

  • A Prepositional phrase indicating time.
  • B Gerund phrase acting as the subject of the sentence.
  • C Adjective phrase modifying "house."
  • D Infinitive phrase functioning as an adverb explaining the reason for leaving.

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According to what is inferred from usage, the ING forms are:

  • A Gerunds.
  • B Infinitives.
  • C Participles.
  • D Bare infinitives.

In the second strip, Patty asks her classmate, PigPen: “Why couldn’t she _____________ us a multiplechoice test?”
Choose the appropriate alternative to complete her sentence with the correct grammar.

  • A would give
  • B gave
  • C has given
  • D have given

Read the sentences below and determine whether they are true ( T ) or false ( F ), according to structure and grammar use.


( ) The verbs worn and thrown (1st paragraph of the text) has its infinitive form as wear and throw.


( ) The underlined words in the text: nothing, anything and, everyone are examples of relative pronouns.


( ) The singular form of the following words from the text clothes and goods are, respectively cloth and good.


( ) The following sentence from the text: “Fast fashion goes out of fashion as quickly as it came in …” (3rd paragraph of the text). The words in bold are being used to compare things that are equal in some way.


( ) The negative form of the sentence “In one year, they’d saved $55,000.” (5th paragraph of the text), is “In one year, they hadn’t saved $55,000.


Select the option that presents the correct sequence from top to bottom.

  • A T • T • F • F • T
  • B T • F • F • T • T
  • C F • T • F • T • F
  • D F • T • T • F • F
  • E F • T • F • T • T

Read the following sentences about “Uso e formação de Wh-questions e outras estruturas interrogativas.”


1. Wh-questions begin with what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why and how.


2. We use the ‘wh-questions’ to ask for information. The answer can be yes or no. We expect an answer which gives information.


3. We usually form ‘wh-questions’ with wh- + an auxiliary verb (be, do or have) + subject + infinitive verb or with wh- + a modal verb + subject + main verb.


4. When what, who, which or whose is the subject or part of the subject, we do not use the auxiliary. We use the word order subject + verb.



Select the option that presents the correct sentences.

  • A Only sentence 2 is correct.
  • B Only sentence 3 is correct.
  • C Only sentences 1 and 4 are correct.
  • D Only sentences 2 and 3 are correct.
  • E Only sentences 2 and 4 are correct.