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Questão 26 (CFS 1) da EEAR 2024

CFS 1 · Inglês: Tempos verbais e verbos modais

Read the text and answer questions 25, 26 and 27. · CFS 1

How sleep transformed professional football

A few decades ago, professional footballers spent their nights partying. Now, they are much more aware of the benefits of a good night’s sleep.

The change began in the mid-1990s, when mattress salesman Nick Littlehales contacted the manager of the Manchester United football team, Alex Ferguson, asking whether he had ever considered how sleep affected performance on the pitch. Interested, Ferguson arranged for Littlehales to give a presentation to his team.

Gradually, club managers began to pay more attention to scientific sleep research, and for good reason. (...)

Now, many teams and players are making an effort to improve their sleep patterns, using various means. James Milner from Manchester City found it hard to sleep after evening games, so would play computer games into the early hours. As a result, he was too tired to train the following morning. Since these interventions are cheap and effective, even the less well-known teams can benefit. (...)

Whereas in the past, playing after a party and a few hours’ sleep was seen as a badge of honour, a good sleep is now considered an essential part of performance.

Adapted from https://test-english.com/reading

– Which tag question would be correct for the sentence underlined in the text?

  1. A
    Aren’t they?
  2. B
    Don’t they?
  3. C
    Are they?
  4. D
    Isn’t it?
Escolha uma alternativa para conferir o gabarito.
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Uma question tag repete o verbo auxiliar da frase principal, invertendo a polaridade: frase afirmativa leva tag negativa, e frase negativa leva tag afirmativa. O sujeito da tag é um pronome que retoma o sujeito da frase.

A frase sublinhada é: Now, many teams and players are making an effort to improve their sleep patterns.

  1. O verbo está no Present Continuous: are making. O auxiliar é are.
  2. A frase é afirmativa, então a tag precisa ser negativa: aren't.
  3. O sujeito é many teams and players, plural, que vira o pronome they.
  4. A tag, portanto, é Aren't they?

Assim: Many teams and players are making an effort to improve their sleep patterns, aren't they?

A tag deve repetir o auxiliar are, e não o do, que só aparece quando a frase principal está no presente simples ou no passado simples e não tem auxiliar.

Alternativa A.

Pegadinha: A alternativa B engana quem usa don't por associar o presente a do, esquecendo que a frase já tem o auxiliar are.

Por que as outras alternativas estão erradas

  • Busa o auxiliar do, mas a frase está no Present Continuous e pede o auxiliar are.
  • Ca tag está afirmativa, mas a frase é afirmativa e exige tag negativa.
  • Dusa isn't it, singular, mas o sujeito é plural (teams and players), que pede they.

Assunto: Tempos verbais e verbos modais.

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