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Based on the vocabulary and linguistic aspects of text CB1A2-I, judge the following item. The pronoun “they” (last sentence of the last paragraph) refers to the word “assumptions”.

Based on text 1A1-I, judge the following item. The pronoun “their” (first sentence of the third paragraph) refers back to “plastic waste samples”.

Judge the following item, related to the vocabulary and to the grammar in the precedent text. The pronouns “their” and “them” in “their interest in purchasing them”, in the last paragraph, stand for “users” and for “devices such as digital…

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…

Based on the previous text, judge the following item. In ‘any use of English among speakers of different first languages for whom English is the communicative medium of choice, and often the only option’ (first paragraph), the word ‘whom’ c…

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…

According to the previous text, judge the following item. One of the reasons why business owners have introduced the option for tipping at self-checkout machines is that they believe it may raise their employees’ payment.

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…

Based on the previous text, judge the following item. The word “their” (second sentence of the second paragraph) refers back to “sectors” (first sentence of the second paragraph).

Considering the preceding text, judge the following item. Due to the grammatical function the pronoun "which" has in the first sentence of the second paragraph, it would be grammatically correct to add a comma after "societies".

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

Considering the previous text, its ideas and linguistic features, as well as the reading strategies that apply to it, judge the following item. In the last sentence of the text, “The latter” is a noun phrase that refers to “South Africa”.

In the passage “Ghisletta‟s research used samples from the Berlin Aging Study, which started collecting data shortly before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989” (sixth sentence of text 10A2-I), the relative pronoun “which”

The sentence “Perhaps dance is the way we express ourselves when words are insufficient.” (l. 13) is an example of how to use reflexive pronouns. Which of the alternatives below also shows a reflexive pronoun used correctly?

In the third sentence of the second paragraph of text 18A3-I, the pronouns “which” and “it” are both replacing

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…