Questão de Inglês — Verbos | Verbs — CESGRANRIO 2026
InglêsVerbos | Verbs
- Código
- cg023987
- Banca
- CESGRANRIO
- Órgão
- Fundação Osório - RJ
- Ano
- 2026
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor - Língua Estrangeira Moderna: Inglês
An upper-intermediate high school student is reading the interview with Mariatou Koné in class and asks, “Excuse me, I see the Minister says, ‘We have put in place initiatives.’ Why does she use have in that sentence? Could she just say ‘We put in place initiatives?’”The adequate response from the teacher as to why the form employed by Ms. Koné properly fits the context meaning is:
- A“The verb form ‘we have put in place initiatives’ is used to show that these actions happen every day, like a habit. By using that construction, she means her office is committed to putting these initiatives in place as part of their routine. If she had said ‘we put in place initiatives’, it would have meant these actions were taken a long time ago.”
- B“She had to use that verb form, ‘we have put in place initiatives’ because she doesn’t mention a specific date. Besides, she means the initiatives put in place were completed a long time ago. ‘We put in place initiatives’, on the other hand, would have meant a more recent completion to the action.”
- C“Both forms, ‘we have put in place initiatives’ and ‘we put in place initiatives’ have the exact same meaning in English. The reason she chose the first one, certainly has to do with personal preferences, rather than any grammatical requirement or contextual meaning precision.”
- D“She used that verb form because this action is a bridge. By saying ‘we have put in place initiatives’, she means these initiatives were started in the past but they are active and important right now. If she’d said ‘we put in place initiatives,’ it would have sounded like a finished story from a history book.”
- E“In technical reports about technology, that verb form is used to describe future plans. When she says ‘we have put in place initiatives’, she is actually using a formal way to say ‘we will put’, describing her goals for next year. ‘We put in place initiatives’ would have had a different meaning, as if the action had already been completed, which is not the case.