Questão de Inglês — Verbos | Verbs — CPCON 2025
InglêsVerbos | Verbs
- Código
- qg439327
- Banca
- CPCON
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de São Francisco - PB
- Ano
- 2025
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor P3 - Língua Inglesa
Consider the sentence: He looked up the word in a dictionary. Choose the CORRECT option that reveals the nature of phrasal verbs.
- AThe particle functions as a preposition, introducing the object of the verb.
- BThe sentence can be rephrased without altering its meaning to He looked the word in a dictionary, because the particle is optional and does not contribute to the verb's lexical meaning.
- CThe verb retains its basic meaning, while the particle adds an optional semantic nuance.
- DThe particle and the verb fuse into a single lexical item, whose meaning is not predictable from the parts.
- EPhrasal verbs can always replace single-word verbs without affecting style or context.