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Questão de Inglês — Verbos | Verbs — CPCON 2025

InglêsVerbos | Verbs
Código
qg439323
Banca
CPCON
Órgão
Prefeitura de São Francisco - PB
Ano
2025
Nível
Superior
Cargo
Professor P3 - Língua Inglesa
In the sentence “He has been being difficult for some time” the CORRECT way to evaluate the use of the verb be in this context is:
  1. AThe construction is possible, since be is polysemous: so it can be used dynamically when someone deliberately assumes a characteristic or behavior. In this case, “being difficult”suggests intentional conduct.
  2. BThe sentence is entirely ungrammatical because be is a stative verb and stative verbs cannot appear in progressive forms.
  3. CThe sentence is perfectly idiomatic, as be is freely used in the progressive aspect whenever duration is emphasized. This usage is natural English.
  4. DThe sentence should be reformulated using the Present Perfect Simple, because be never carries a dynamic reading. The natural correction is: “He has been difficult for some time.”
  5. EThe progressive aspect here indicates passivity. The intended meaning is passive, so the corrected sentence should be: “He has been being treated as difficult for some time.”
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GabaritoA — The construction is possible, since be is polysemous: so it can be used dynamically when someone deliberately assumes a characteristic or behavior. In this case, “being difficult”suggests intentional conduct.

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