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Based on the previous text, judge the following item. In the second sentence of the last paragraph, “Despite” can be correctly replaced by Although.

In the sentence “The book begins by cataloguing the various components that typically comprise a nun's habit” (third paragraph), the word “that” is a pronoun used at the beginning of an adjective clause (a dependent clause that modifies a n…

The excerpt from the text “It can be tricky to define ‘innovation’ and often, when we talk about innovations, it is easy to only focus on technological innovations” shows two instances of the use of an ambient “it” or empty “it”. Unlike the…

About the ideas and the linguistic aspects of the previous text, judge the following item. In the sentence “It is hoped the scholarships will give students ‘unparalleled access’ to the fast-moving industry” (second sentence of the fifth par…

No trecho do segundo parágrafo “he considers which words it is proper to include in his dictionary”, o pronome destacado não tem um referente, é chamado de ‘empty’ or ‘dummy’ subject or object (ocupa espaço, mas não adiciona significado). A…

In the extract “people who are learning the language just like me” the word in bold may be correctly substituted by

In the excerpt from the third paragraph “Researchers and educators have sought new practices in education that will suit the demands of the present day”, the word in bold can be replaced, without meaning change, by

In the excerpt from the first paragraph “additional language teaching methodology which directly reflects wider changes in the world”, the word in bold can be replaced, with no change in meaning, by

Based on the previous text, judge the following item. In the excerpt ‘And we have to change that mentality’ (last sentence of the sixth paragraph) the fragment ‘that mentality’ refers back to the belief that, when in power, women diminish v…

Based on the previous text, judge the following item. In the fragment ‘And what we bring to the table is incredibly important and it’s missing’ (second sentence of the second paragraph), the pronoun ‘we’ refers specifically to the women tha…

No trecho “I hope that elected officials, industry leaders, and others in positions of power listen to what they're asking for and respond with the urgency it demands”, o pronome “lhey" refere-se a

Look at the fragment: “others, such as content-based language teaching or English as an Additional Language (EAL)”. In English, there are also the terms other, another, the other, the others – all of them used to refer to something or someo…

Both adjective clauses and adjective phrases are used to qualify nouns. Select from the following alternatives the one which contains a relative clause.

In the sentence taken from the text “Over the past few centuries, it has served as an adjective, an adverb, a noun, and a pronoun”, the pronoun in bold letters refers to the word “other”. Sometimes, though, “it” does not have a referent and…

In the fragment from the text’s final sentence “a technological revolution that has been in the making for four decades”, the highlighted word is a type of pronoun called

In the last two sentences of text 7A2-I, the word

Analyze the sentences below: I. Jimmy, ________ sister is really sweet, just got in a fight with his classmate. II. These are the books and authors ________ our professor recommended. III. That house, ________ was built in 1970, used to bel…

Consider on the text, judge the item. The relative pronoun “which” (line 6 and line 14) can be substituted by that. The same way that “that” (line 16) can be substituted by which.

Consider on the text, judge the item. In the sentence “what lies above and below it, what is permanently attached to it” (lines 9 and 10) both occurrences of the pronoun “it” are related to the same noun.

Based on the text, judge the item from. The term “Whatever” (line 9) functions as a pronoun.