Questão de Inglês — Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension — IF-PI 2026
InglêsInterpretação de texto | Reading comprehension
- Código
- qg710009
- Banca
- IF-PI
- Órgão
- IF-PI
- Ano
- 2026
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor EBTT - Ingles
Which statement is NOT accurate regarding the use of infinitives in the following headlines?Headline 1:Exclusive: US to issue generallifting some sanctions on Venezuelan oil industryIt's a shift from a previous plan to grant individual exemptions to sanctions for companies seeking to do business in the country.Headline 2:
https://www.theguardian.com/international.
https://www.theguardian.com/international.- AUsing the infinitive with “to” does not indicate purpose, but rather an expected future event, and its expanded form in standard English could be, in the second headline, “The border patrol commander is to leave Minneapolis …” or “The border patrol commander will leave Minneapolis …”.
- BWith regard to discursive effect, the stylistic device typical of journalistic English manifested in the infinitives “to issue” and “to leave” conveys meanings of objectivity, detachment, and factuality.
- CConsidering the discursive genre involved, particularly in newspaper headlines, the infinitive expresses a near future with high probability, and the synonymous forms “will issue” or “is going to leave” are likewise standard and more suitable in headline constructions.
- DThe second headline avoids indicating who made the decision, whether it was a dismissal, a resignation, or a removal, and whether it is temporary or permanent, thus leaving this information for the body of the news story.
- EThe infinitive keeps the headlines shorter, more direct, and more neutral. This serves three genre-related goals: linguistic economy, visual impact, and apparent neutrality.