Questão 263236

• Banca: COPEVE-UFAL
• Órgão: UFAL
• Ano: 2011
• Provas: COPEVE-UFAL - 2011 - UFAL - Analista de Tecnologia da Informação; COPEVE-UFAL - 2011 - UFAL - Secretário Executivo
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Pronome relativo | Relative clauses; Pronomes | Pronouns

'CityVille' now bigger on Facebook than 'FarmVille'
(Mashable) -- Facebook game developer Zynga has proved once
again that it knows exactly what it needs to do to keep millions of
Facebook users happy and occupied.
In less than a month, its latest game "CityVille"___ ______
(become) the most popular application on Facebook, surpassing
Zynga's previous hit "FarmVille" in all areas.
According to AppData, "CityVille" now has 16.8 million daily
active users, compared to "FarmVille's" 16.4 million. Looking at
monthly active users, "CityVille" is also ahead with 61.7 million
users, while "FarmVille" trails behind with 56.8 million users.
Zynga's "FrontierVille" and "Texas HoldEm Poker" also round out
the top five: put those four apps together (we'll disregard the fact
that many of those users overlap for a second) and you have a
very impressive number: 184 million active users across four
games.
The only non-Zynga app in the top five list is "Phrases," _____ at
one point threatened to take the top place, but is now
overshadowed by both "CityVille" and "FarmVille."
"CityVille's" future success wasn't hard to predict after an
amazingly good start at the beginning of December, but it's still
impressive to see Zynga amassing tens of millions of users in a
matter of days, proving that all that venture capital that went into
the company isn't there by accident.
Fonte :cnn.com

Complete the sentence from the text with a pronoun: “The only non-Zynga app in the top five list is "Phrases,"_____ at one point threatened to take the top place,…”

• A. who
• B. where
• C. whose
• D. whom
• E. which

Gabarito: E

Comentários

• who - refere-se à pessoa -> liga duas ideias com o mesmo sujeito
  where - refere-se a lugar
  whose - cujo(a)
  whom - refere-se à pessoa -> liga duas ideias quando o sujeito de uma é o objeto da outra.
  which - refere-se à coisa -> liga duas ideias com o mesmo sujeito ou quando o sujeito de uma delas é objeto da outra.
  
  Na questão, which refere-se à "Phrases"->coisa
  Letra E
  
  

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  A relative pronoun connects a modifying clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun.

  The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. When and where can, at times, be used as relative pronouns as well.

  Relative pronouns are placed directly after the noun or pronoun they modify. For example:

     The driver who ran the stop sign was careless.

     The children, whom we love dearly, need better educations.

     Never go to a medical physician whose office plants have died.

     I have a friend whose cat is annoying.

     The book, which is now out of print, has all the information you need.

     This is the book that everyone is talking about.

  Which is used in non-defining clauses to add information that isn't essential to the sentence's overall meaning. They could be left out whilst keeping the same information. The relative pronouns used for this situation are who, whom & which (the latter which is reserved for non-human entities)

  - This lectern, which has often been used for this sort of mass service, is due to be renovated in a fortnight

  - The docent, whom we hold in high esteem, gave the prosecutor the right information.