Questão 802804

• Banca: Exército
• Órgão: EsFCEx
• Ano: 2011
• Provas: Exército - 2011 - EsFCEx - Oficial - Conhecimentos Gerais
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Passado progressivo | Past continuous; Passado simples | Simple past; Verbos | Verbs

Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:


As they _________ down the street they _________ Amelia.

• A. walked – saw
• B. were walking – saw
• C. walked – were seeing
• D. was walking – was seeing
• E. were walking – were seeing

Gabarito: B

Comentários

• b) were walking – saw
  
  As they were walking down the street, they saw Amelia.
  
  Upon venturing the use the present continuous tense in this sentence,  there is a sense of continuation to a given action, which is purported by the idea of walking, an activity which should have lasted some length of time, unlike actions which convey current state. The verb "see" isn't used in the continuous tense, which nullifies the remainder of the options.
  
  A forma contínua "walking" denota ação contínua. O verbo "see" (ver) não admite declinação para a forma contínua. Dica: em inglês, verbos de sentidos não podem ser usados na forma contínua.

• PAST CONTINUOUS 
  FORMA:
  SUJEITO + PAST TO BE + VERBO + ING
  VERBO ESTÁTICO = FICA NO PASSADO
  TO SEE (INFITITIVO) = SAW (PAST) na forma irregular