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ID
1498738
Banca
IDECAN
Órgão
INMETRO
Ano
2015
Provas
Disciplina
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A man stepped onto the overnight train and told the conductor, “I need you to wake me up  in Philadelphia. I'm a  deep sleeper and can be angry when I get up, but no matter what, I want you to help me make that stop. Here's $100 to  make sure".

The conductor agreed. The man  fell asleep, and when he awoke he heard  the announcement  that  the  train was  approaching New York, which meant they had passed Philadelphia a long time ago.  Furious, he ran to the conductor. “I gave you $100 to make sure I got off in Philadelphia, you idiot!"  “Wow," another passenger said to his traveling companion. “Is that guy mad!"  “Yeah," his companion replied. “But not half as mad as that guy they forced off the train in Philadelphia." 

                                                      (English2Go, No 7,The Reader's Digest Association, 2005. P. 80.) 

In “ ...the train was approaching New York" a gerund is used as a/an

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  • In English, if you want to follow a verb with another action, you must use a gerund or infinitive. For example:


    We resumed talking. (gerund – verb + ing)
    I want to see a movie. (infinitive – to + base verb)


    forget                                      I forgot to meet him.  (I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)

                                                   I forgot meeting him.  (I don’t have the memory of meeting him before.)

                                                 



    go on                                He went on to learn English and French.  (He ended one period of time before this.)

                                    

                                             He went on learning English and French.  (He continued learning the languages.)


                                          

    quit                                   She quit to work here. (She quit another job in order to work here.)


                                             She quit working here. (She quit her job here. She doesn’t work here anymore.)



    regret                              I regret to tell you that we can't hire you. (I’m telling you now, and I’m sorry.)


                                            I regret promising to help you. (I’m sorry that I made the promise.)


                                           


    remember                        She remembered to visit her grandmother. (She didn’t forget to visit.)


                                            She remembered visiting her grandmother. (She had memories of this time.)



    stop                                  I stopped to call you. (I interrupted another action in order to call you.)


                                            I stopped calling you. (I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)



    try                                    I tried to open the window. (I attempted this action but didn’t succeed.)


                                            I tried opening the window. (This was one option I sampled. Maybe the room was hot.)



  • Em "...o trem estava se aproximando de Nova Iorque" um gerúndio foi usado como um

    O gerúndio está em  "approaching", que na frase está sendo usado como verbo.

    GABARITO: A.

  • a-

    gerund (present participle) as a verb - The essay was coming to a close when he realised that he had to rework on its introduction

    noun - he had to do all the heavy thinking while the others whiled away the time. 

    adjective - His thinking capabilities were affected by the overload of chores that accosted his dreary reality

  • LETRA (A)

    EXPLICAÇÃO: CONFIA NO PAI