Questão 39 — Tempos Verbais — Passado (Língua Inglesa) — Serviço de Seleção do Pessoal da Marinha (SSPM) · Marinha do Brasil — Escola Naval 2023

Língua Inglesa Tempos Verbais — Passado

Serviço de Seleção do Pessoal da Marinha (SSPM) 2023 Médio

Marinha do Brasil — Escola Naval · Admissão à Escola Naval (CPAEN) · Caderno Amarela

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Which option completes the paragraph below correctly?

Everyone ______ in a good mood when they ______ their drive to Canterville Chase. It ______ a beautiful July evening, and they ______ the pine trees as they ______.

(Adapted from: WILDE, Oscar. The Canterville Ghost: The graphic novel. Boston: Heinle, 2011. p.15)

Selecione uma alternativa A) were / had begun / was / can smell / driven B) was / began / was / could smell / drove C) were / begun / had been / could smell / drove D) was / had begun / had been / can smell / driven E) were / began / was / could smell / drive

Resolução comentada

Narrativa no passado: past simple e could smell.

Todo o trecho está no passado: 'Everyone was in a good mood when they began their drive'. Segue 'It was a beautiful July evening, and they could smell the pine trees as they drove'. A sequência é was / began / was / could smell / drove.

Análise das alternativas

A usa 'can smell' (presente) e 'driven' (particípio). C usa 'begun' sem auxiliar. D tem 'can smell' e 'driven'. E usa 'were' com 'Everyone' e 'drive' no presente.

Referência: Past simple; modal could como passado de can.

Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.