INGLÊS - 3o ANO
MÓDULO 14
CONDITIONAL
SENTENCES
Como pode cair no enem
(PUC)
Horribile Dictu*
Unnecessary words: you find them everywhere. For instance, what is the all for when TV
channels trail a show as all new? Is it in opposition to partly new, fractionally old, musty or refreshed? A longrunning, and much repeated, British television show recently put the words “All
New” in front of the title of its latest episode to alert viewers to the fact that it was not yet-another
“another chance to see.” And when an accountant employed by the commission of the European
Union was engaged in an act of whistle blowing - warning that there was some fraud and error
in the accounting systems - a spokesman said: “We will be putting her in another function, to put
it mildly.” If he’d put it bluntly he would apparently have said, “She’s been fired.” A local travel
agent’s shop is offering customers the chance to pre-book their winter holidays. But if you book
something, don’t you necessarily do it “pre”? You can’t post-book, can you? “Good morning.
I’d like to visit Spain last week. I know it’s short notice, but do you have anything available?” *
Latin for “said in a horrible way”
(Source: Verbatim, Vol. XXVII, No.3, 2002)
Pela fala “We will be putting her in another function, to put it mildly,”, (ref. 3) conclui-se corretamente que o porta-voz da comissão:
a) colocou o problema de maneira agressiva.
b) foi cuidadoso na escolha das palavras.
c) declarou que queria que a contadora fosse alertada.
d) foi aparentemente rude coma a contadora.
e) considerava o alerta um erro de menor importância.
Fixação
1) Relacione as colunas a seguir, formando orações condicionais:
Coluna A
a) If I have time tomorrow
-b) Will you help me
lc) If you listen to him,
d) If the police catch him,
e) We’ll go for a walk
t Coluna B
( ) if I get into trouble?
( ) he’ll go to jail.
*( ) if it stops raining
( ) I’ll give you a ring
( ) you will learn a lot
-
Fixação
2) (ITA)
Lady Astor MP: “If you (I) my husband I (II) poison your coffee”.
Churchill: “If you (III) my wife I (IV) drink it.”
Os termos que melhor preenchem as lacunas I, II, III e IV são:
a) were (I), would (II), were (III), had (IV).
b) was (I), would (II), was (III), would (IV).
c) were (I), had (II), were (III), had (IV).
d) was (I), could (II), was (III), would (IV).
e) were (I), would (II), were (III), would (IV).
Fixação
3) (ITA) Leia a seguir o comentário publicado pela revista Newsweek:
He had lots of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he (...I...) a little Jew
he (...II...) it out.
(Singer Courtney Love, on the suicide of her rock-star husband, Kurt Cobain.)
As lacunas (I) e (II) do comentário anterior devem ser preenchidas, respectivamente, por:
a) I- had had, II- would have stuck;
b) I- has had, II- would stick;
c) I- have had, II- had had stuck;
d) I- had had, II- had stuck;
e) I- had, II- would stuck.
Fixação
4) (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence.
If you had taken my advice, you________.
a) would learned the lesson.
b) would have learnt the lesson.
c) should learned the lesson.
d) would learn the lesson.
e) should understand the lesson.
Fixação
5) (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence.
If she had gone to the movies,_________.
a) she might be sick now.
b) Jane would be busy.
c) she would like to call Jane.
d) she would have met Jane.
e) Jane will be happy.
Fixação
F
6) (MACKENZIE) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence.
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If I _____ my raincoat, I _____ a cold.
a) had worn - wouldn’t have gotten;
b) wear - would have get;
c) didn’t wear - wouldn’t have get;
d) am wearing - would have gotten;
e) hadn’t wear - couldn’t have get.
_
a
b
c
d
e
Fixação
7) (UNESP)
IELTS - The International English
Language Testing System
The IELTS is an increasingly valuable worldwide test to assess your proficiency in English.
It tests all four skills - Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. There are two options offered
- Academic and General Training. The Academic option is for those who wish to undertake undergraduate or postgraduate studies in an English-speaking country, whereas the General Training
option is for emigration purposes, to take a secondary course or a professional training course.
Universities in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and a growing number in the USA
and Europe ask for the IELTS as proof that a foreign student is able to study and live in an Englishspeaking country. In Brazil, when applying for a grant, it is one of the English language tests applicants
are asked to present to CNPq, CAPES, FAPESP and other funding institutions, including The British
Council. Not only for study purposes but also for those who wish for funding to present papers at
conferences, do training courses or training programmes abroad.
A candidate may take the test more than once, however, there must be a three-month interval
between one test and the next. Additionally there is no expire date, but a University or agency may
ask for a more recent result if the test was taken a long time ago.
(EDMUNDSON, Eddie. R. Turner, M. Hermens, A. Francis.
New Routes, n°. 10, July 2000.)
Candidates who get a poor result always regret: “If I had studied more before sitting for the test, I
________ it”.
a) would pass;
b) passed;
c) have passed;
d) would have passed;
e) had passed.
Fixação
8) Universities abroad may ________ a more recent result when the IELTS was taken a long
time ago.
a) requires;
b) require;
c) to require;
d) requiring;
e) required.
Fixação
9) (UFMG)
Love among the laundry
When Sally found a man’s striped sock curled among her clothes at the launderette she
returned it to the tall dark young man with a shy smile. They met there every week for several
months, then were seen no more. One of their wedding presents had been a washing machine.
(Molly Burnett)
If they had not got married, they would probably have:
a) changed their dirty clothes.
b) lost their socks forever.
c) rented a washing machine.
d) returned to the launderette.
e) sold their striped socks.
Fixação
F
10) (FUVEST)
1
DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by five, so she could be at the farm in time for
dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4.37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director
before it could be sent out the client. Haskins didn’t hesitate to remind her that they had lost
two similar contracts that week.
It was always the same on a Friday. The phones would go quiet in the middle of the afternoon and then, just as she thought she could slip away, an authorization would land on her
desk. One glance at this particular document and Diana knew there would be no chance of
escaping before six.
(ARCHER, Jeffrey. The Collected Short Stories, P. 1)
Choose the item which best completes the sentence, according to the passage:
Diana wouldn’t be at the farm in time for dinner unless she...by five.
a) would get away
b) gets away
c) got away
d) had got away
e) can get away
a
b
c
d
e
Fixação
11) (UFC)
Recent advances in stem cell research are giving older people the hope that they may soon
be able to throw away their dentures in favor of the real thing. If this dental dream becomes a
reality, stem cells will be taken from the patient, cultured in a lab and then reimplanted under
the gum in the patient’s jaw where the tooth is missing. A healthy tooth is expected to grow
in two months. British scientists have already successfully experimented on mice, and similar
experiments in humans are expected to get underway shortly.
(Speak up - No 209 - p.4)
What’s the relation between the two clauses in the sentence below?
If this dental dream becomes a reality, stem cells will be taken from the patient... (ref. 2)
a) consequence.
b) conclusion.
c) result.
d) contrast.
e) condition.
Fixação
12) (PUC) Responder à(s) questão(ões) a seguir com base no texto.
Emotional ride to Central Station
§1
The first time I saw Walter Salles’s brilliant Brazilian film Central Station (Central do Brasil)
was on the same day I had to see Robin Williams’s Patch Adams, which is more or less its American
counterpart.
§2
Both films tackle the more treacherous emotional regions of movies - always a risky proposition
- attempting to connect psychologically with their respective audiences. Both are about optimism in the
face of adversity, with Salles dealing with the reformation of a cynical woman, while Wiliams strives to
regenerate the entire medical profession. There was an immediate dilemma: Did Central Station look so
good because Patch Adams was so glaringly bad? The second viewing cinched it. Central Station is a
truly great movie, with or without the stark contrast of Patch Adams. Salles provides a textbook example
of how to toy with our emotions, how to involve and move us, without necessarily condescending to us
or insulting us.
§3
The trick is that the young filmmaker does the opposite of what the Williams film does. Had he
made Patch Adams, Salles would have focused on the medical profession rather than on Williams’s
slap-happy character. In Central Station, Salles makes the villain the center of his piece and goes a
step further, giving his villain a very human face.
(Joe Baltake. Sacramento Movie Club)
The sentence Had he made Patch Adams, Salles would have focused on the medical profession...
(par. 3) could be rewritten, without change in meaning, as:
a) If Salles focused on the medical profession, he would have made Patch Adams.
b) Salles would focus on the medical profession if he would have made Patch Adams.
c) If Salles had focused on the medical profession, he would have made Patch Adams.
d) If Salles made Patch Adams, he would focus on the medical profession.
e) Salles would have focused on the medical profession if he’d made Patch Adams.
Proposto
1) (CESGRANRIO)
One of the major effects of eating too much sugar is a high incidence of tooth decay.
When we eat something with sugar in it, particularly refined sugar, enzymes in the saliva in
the mouth begin to work immediately to change that sugar into a type of carbohydrate. As
one eats, particles of the sugary food get stuck between the teeth and around the gums. As
the food changes its chemical composition, the resultant carbohydrate produces bacteria that
begin to eat away at the enamel on the outside of our teeth. This is actually the decaying
of the tooth. Now, if this process happens each time we eat sugar, we can see that eating
excessive amounts of sugar causes more and more tooth decay. It is true that some tooth
decay can be avoided with immediate brushing after eating, removing all the particles of food
trapped in the teeth. However, sweets are often eaten as snacks between meals and during
the day, times when people generally do not brush after eating.
Therefore, the dangerous process of tooth decay is allowed to continue.
(Smalley, R. L. and Hank, M.R., Refining Composition skills. 1982, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., p.255.)
Mark the item that shows the correct ending to the following sentence: If the process happens each time we eat sugar, we...
a) will have dental problems.
b) would have dental problems.
c) would have had dental problems.
d) could have dental problems.
e) may have had dental problems.
Proposto
2) (UFC)
Amelia’s letter
Dear Members of the UNICEF,
I am an eleven-year-old girl and come from a small village. I left home to come to the
city and to work to send money to my family. Now I make T-shirts in a factory. I work twelve
hours a day for very little money. The factory is very dirty and hot. The boss is very mean
and often beats us. He makes us work very hard without breaks. My friends and I want to
leave but we know that working in the factory is better than begging in the streets. The boss
tells us this every single day...
Could you please tell us what to do?
Amelia
Vocabulary:
1) beg: mendigar, pedir esmola
2) mean: sórdido, ruim, vil
(Adapted from: “Voices of Youth”: http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/rig/casestud.html)
Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence:
lf Amelia _______________, she _______________.
a) had left her family behind - could have gotten a job;
b) hadn’t come from a small village - wouldn’t be eleven years old;
c) worked less than 12 hours a day - wouldn’t be beaten by her boss;
d) hadn’t gotten a job in a factory - might have worked with her mean boss;
e) weren’t afraid of ending up begging in the streets - would have already left the factory.