Questão de Inglês — Presente simples | Simple present — FUNDATEC 2022
InglêsPresente simples | Simple present
- Código
- qq730306
- Banca
- FUNDATEC
- Órgão
- Prefeitura de Itapetim - PE
- Ano
- 2022
- Nível
- Superior
- Cargo
- Professor de Ensino Fundamental II - Língua Inglesa
In the sentence “She was from Texas and had been in a shelter for months before we found her.” (l. 01-02), the verb tenses in the bold structures suggest that:
- A“Had been” is past perfect and is used to express the idea of the continuity of the action, emphasizing Charley spent a long time in the shelter, whereas the simple past structure “we found” shows the adopting process was fast.
- BThe present perfect structure is used due to the lack of time reference, and the irregular simple past shows it was a recent event.
- CThe first structure is past perfect, and it is usually used to express an action that was completed a long time ago, while the second structure is an irregular past perfect, suggesting it was not a continuous action.
- DBoth actions are in the past, but Charley being in a shelter happened first (past perfect), and Laura finding and adopting Charley happened later (simple past).