Aula 01
Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
São os pronomes pessoais, os sujeitos da frase. São
eles: I, you, he, she, it (singular), we, you, they
(plural).
Possessive Adjectives
Pronomes que ocupam o lugar dos adjetivos na
língua inglesa, embora não os substituam, podem
ser usados com outros adjetivos.
Exemplo: That is a fancy car.
That is my fancy car.
Object pronouns
São os pronomes usados na posição de
complemento: Me, you, him, her, it (singular), us,
you, them (plural).
Exemplo: I love you.
Possessive Pronouns
Nessa frase temos “I”, subject pronound, o verbo
“love” e “you”, o subject pronoun.
São os pronomes possessivos. Também indicam
posse, assim como os possessive adjectives, porém
são usados depois do objeto ou quando este está
subentendido. Exemplos:
Relative Pronouns
A palavra which tem a mesma função no trecho
acima e na frase:
Exercícios:
1.( UFRGS 2010) Baby boomers won't let go of the
Woodstock Festival. Why woud we? It's one of the
few defining events of the late 60's that had a clear
happy ending.
The pronoun we refers to:
(A) the author and his critics
(A) I didn't know which sweater to buy.
(B) Which flavor of ice cream do you prefer?
(C) I have different CDs which I listen to when
traveling by car.
(D) She still can't remenber which key opens the
door to her apartment.
(E) My aunt is never sure which road to take when
going to the beach.
(B) the readers and other journalists
(C)the author and the other baby boomers
4. (PUCRS 2008) - “...The things themselves had
existed from the beginning of the world...”
(D) the author and the newspaper's editor
(E) the readers and the critics
The pronoun themselves is used:
(A) as the complement to the verb “had existed”
2. (UFRGS 2006) Considere o uso do pronome
what. Em quais das frases abaixo ele é usado
corretamente?
(B) to emphasize the subject of the verb “had
existed”
(C) in relation to people taken in general
I – What impresses the visitor about Seattle is its
wateriness.
II- What time does the ferry boat leave for
Bainbridge Island?
(D) to specify which things are arranged
(E) as a personal pronoun
III- Seattle offered plentiful resourses, what
attracted Arthur Denny's clan.
5. (PUCRS 2002) - “... he told the Philadelphia
Inquirer, which ran a photo of the couple...in its
Sunday edtion.”
(A) Apenas em I
The word which can be substituted by
(B) Apenas em II
(A) that
(C) Apenas em II
(B) who
(D) Apenas em I e II
(C) whose
(E) Apenas em II e III
(D) where
(E) when
3.(UFRGS 2008 ) But every time she took a step
she might have fallen over her shoelaces, which
dragged from her unlaced shoes.
Gabarito
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. A