Questão nº 44
Questão de Língua Inglesa · FCC SEDU-ES 2022 (nº 44)
English spelling is ridiculous. Sew and new don't rhyme. Kernel and colonel do. When you see an ough*, you might need to* read it out as 'aw' (thought), 'ow' (drought), 'uff' (tough), 'off' (cough), 'oo' (through), or 'oh' (though). The ea vowel is usually pronounced 'ee' (weak, please*,* seal*,* beam*) but can also be 'eh' (bread,* head*,* wealth*,* feather*). Those two options cover most of it –* except for a handful of cases, where it's 'ay' (break, steak*,* great*). Oh wait, one more… there's* earth*. No wait, there's also* heart*.*
The English spelling system, if you can even call it a system, is full of this kind of thing. Yet I do most people raised with English learn to read and write it; millions of people who weren't raised with English learn to use it too, to a very high level of accuracy.
Admittedly, for a non-native speaker, such mastery usually involves a great deal of confusion and frustration. Part of the problem is that English spelling looks deceptively similar to other languages that use the same alphabet but in a much more consistent way. You can II an afternoon familiarising yourself with the pronunciation rules of Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish and many others, and credibly read out a text in that language, even if you III it. Your pronunciation might be terrible, and the pace, stress and rhythm would be completely off, and no one would mistake you for a native speaker – but you IV it.
(Adapted from https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-the-english-spelling-system-so-weird-and-inconsistent)
Preenche corretamente a lacuna IV em You IV it:
- Aable to do
- Bcould do (alternativa correta)
- Cbe able do
- Dcan to do
- Eis able to do
Resposta comentada
Gabarito Alternativa B
Modais são verbos auxiliares que expressam diferentes nuances, como habilidade, possibilidade, permissão ou obrigação. "Could" é um modal que pode indicar habilidade no passado ou, como neste caso, uma habilidade ou possibilidade hipotética em uma situação condicional.
(A) Incorreta: A construção "you able to do" está gramaticalmente incompleta; faltaria um verbo "to be" (ex: "you would be able to do it").
(B) Correta: "Could do" expressa a habilidade hipotética ou condicional de realizar a ação ("ler o texto"), mesmo com as dificuldades mencionadas. É gramaticalmente correto e se encaixa perfeitamente no contexto condicional da frase ("Your pronunciation might be terrible... but you could do it").
(C) Incorreta: A construção "you be able do" está incorreta. Faltaria um auxiliar antes de "be" (ex: "you would be able to do it") e "able do" deveria ser "able to do".
(D) Incorreta: O modal "can" (ou "could") é seguido diretamente pelo verbo principal na forma base, sem "to" (ex: "you can do it", não "you can to do it").
(E) Incorreta: Há um erro de concordância verbal, pois "you" exige "are" e não "is" (seria "you are able to do it"). Além disso, "are able to do" não se encaixaria no tom condicional estabelecido pelas frases anteriores ("might be", "would be").
Fonte: FCC SEDU-ES 2022 Professor B - Língua Inglesa (Caderno Tipo 001). Reproduzida para fins de estudo.