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Linking words III

Exercises on linking words II

1 - UNIFESP - SP

• However, a number of experimentes over the last several years have raised the possibility...,

• A palavra however na frase acima, pode ser substituída sem mudar o sentido por...


a. Therefore;

b. Meanwhile;

c. Nevertheless;

d. Even so;

e. Further more.


2 - UNIFESP – SP

• Na frase ‘therefore, exploring the possibility of using adult stem cell for cell-based therapies has become a very active area of investigation by reasearchers’.

• Apalavra therefore indica:


a. Contraste;

b. Causa;

c. Concessão;

d. Condição;

e. Consequência.


3 - UFAM – He went to school today _____ he didn’t fell well.

a. In spite of;

b. If;

c. Even though;

d. Whereas;

e. Otherwise.


• UFAM – He went to school today _____ he didn’t fell well.

a. In spite of;

b. If;

c. Even though;

d. Whereas;

e. Otherwise.


4 - FUVEST – SP

• They think the information they’ve got is accurate; _________ they will check it again.

a. Although;

b. Nevertheless;

c. In spite of;

d. Moreover;

e. Since.


• FUVEST – SP

• They think the information they’ve got is accurate; _________ they will check it again.

a. Although;

b. Nevertheless;

c. In spite of;

d. Moreover;

e. Since.


5 - PUCPR – • In “... Because there weren’t any malls, so

everyone was depressed” the ideas expressed by the underlined words are respectively:

a. Comparison – result; b. Reason – addition; c. Contrast – result; d. Consequence – condition; e. Reason – consequence.


6 - UFPE – “In addition to” is equivalent to:

a. Besides;

b. Beyond;

c. Moreover;

d. Furthermore;

e. Also.


• UFPE – “In addition to” is equivalent to:

a. Besides;

b. Beyond;

c. Moreover;

d. Furthermore;

e. Also.

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• Linking words que expressão razão ou causa.

• Due to

• Owing to

• On account of

• Because of

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Links Translation

Because of Por causa de

Due to Devido a

Owing to Devido a, por causa de

On account of Por causa de

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• Examples:

• The referee had to stop the game because of / due to / owing to the rain.

• We delayed our departure on account of / because of the bad weather.

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• NOTE:

• Em linguagem literária e no inglês (formal) podemos utilizar FOR (visto que), IN THAT (uma vez que) e INASMUCH AS (visto que) para explicação de ideias, ou seja, causa e razão.

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• Example:

• It not be true to say he had retired from this company, inasmuch as / for / in that he still does a certain amount of work for us.

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• Links de contraste.

• Whereas – while – whilst – on the other hand

• Estas palavras são usadas para contrastar ou comparar duas ideias sem que haja contradição entre elas, ou seja, exibindo um equilíbrio entre as duas ações.

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Links Translation

Whereas Ao passo que, enquanto que

While / whilst Enquanto que, embora

On the other hand Por outro lado

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• Examples:

• He likes spending his holidays in the mountains, while his wife prefers the seaside.

• Jack earns $10,000 a month whereas Melina gets $6,000.

• Paul liked the movie a lot. Joe, on the other hand, thought it was boring.

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• Links que expressão condição.

• As long as

• Provided that

• Providing

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Links Translation

As long as Enquanto que, contanto que

Provided that Desde que, sob a condição de que

Providing Desde que, sob a condição de que

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• Examples:

• I don’t mind you using my bike as long as you take care of it.

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• To provide = fornecer, suprir, abastecer.

• The governmente will provide food for the poor.

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• Exemplification.

• For instance • For example • E.g • Such as • Like

= por exemplo, tais como, como.

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• Exception / Exclusion.

• But – exceto

• Except – exceto

• Apart from – exceto, além de, salvo, fora.

• Immediately after the operation he could se nothing apart from vague shadows.

Outros termos

As well as Bem como

Even if Mesmo que

Instead of Ao invés de

Rather than Em vez de, ao invés de

Otherwise Senão, caso contrário

Unlike Ao contrário de

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• Exercises on your book!!

Lexicon

• You don’t need to _______; I’m not _____.

a. Shout – dead;

b. Scream – death;

c. Look at – deaf;

d. Shout – deaf;

e. Buy – dead.

Lexicon

• The thief ________ the woman’s purse and escaped.

• 01 - Snatched

• 02 - Bought

• 04 - Grabbed

• 08 - Looked at

• 16 - Liked

• 32 - Grasped

Lexicon

• The thief ________ the woman’s purse and escaped.

• 01 - snatched

• 02 - Bought

• 04 - grabbed

• 08 - Looked at

• 16 - Liked

• 32 – grasped 37

Lexicon

• The children had been painting and their clothes were all _______ with paint.

• 01 - broken

• 02 - smeared

• 04 - rotten

• 08 - spotted

• 16 - stained

Lexicon

• Everybody was ________, for it was really hot in the room.

a. Sweating;

b. Eating;

c. Sighing with relief;

d. Reaching;

e. Expecting.

Lexicon

• These new shoes really hurt me. I wish I could ________.

a. Fasten them;

b. Get out of them;

c. Fool them;

d. Hit them;

e. Take them off.

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