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Read the extract and answer questions 25, 26 and 27.
1 “Miss Emlyn read us some of it. I asked Mummy to
read some more. I liked it. It has a wonderful sound. A
brave new world. There isn’t anything really like that,
is there?”
5 “You don’t believe in it?”
“Do you?”
“There is always a brave new world”, said Poirot, “but
only, you know, for very special people. The lucky
ones. The ones who carry the making of that world
10 within ________.”
(Adapted from Agatha Christie, Hallowe’en Party)
Choose another way of saying “There isn’t anything really like that.”
Read the extract and answer questions 25, 26 and 27.
1 “Miss Emlyn read us some of it. I asked Mummy to
read some more. I liked it. It has a wonderful sound. A
brave new world. There isn’t anything really like that,
is there?”
5 “You don’t believe in it?”
“Do you?”
“There is always a brave new world”, said Poirot, “but
only, you know, for very special people. The lucky
ones. The ones who carry the making of that world
10 within ________.”
(Adapted from Agatha Christie, Hallowe’en Party)
Choose another way of saying “There isn’t anything really like that.”
Resolução comentada
'Isn't anything' equivale a 'is nothing'.
Uma negativa com 'anything' pode ser reescrita com 'nothing' em frase afirmativa, sem alterar o sentido: 'There is nothing really like that'.
Análise das alternativas
B) Afirmativa com 'anything' muda o sentido. C) Dupla negação ('aren't no') é incorreta. D) 'Much' não vai com contáveis e muda o sentido.
Referência: Pronomes indefinidos: anything/nothing.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.