Questão 1022047

• Banca: IBFC
• Órgão: PM-RJ
• Ano: 2012
• Provas: IBFC - 2012 - PM-RJ - Aspirante da Polícia Militar - Inglês
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects

Read the following sentences I and II.

I. The tree's bark was a rusty brown.
II. The puppy uses to bark to the mailmen.

Concerning the bold underlined word in each one, it’s correct to say that

• A. they are an example of synonym
• B. they are an example of antonym
• C. they are an example of metaphor
• D. they are an example of polyssemy

Gabarito: D

Comentários

• •  d) they are an example of polyssemy
  POlyssemy means a multi-meaning word. In the case at hand, bark can mean a tree's hide or the sound produced by canines entities.