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Read the text and answer questions 42, 43, 44 and 45.
My neighbors love Christmas, but I don’t. In fact, if I can be completely honest, I hate Christmas. Maybe it’s because Christmas was always a little depressing when I was a young boy. Anyway, my neighbors really love Christmas and every year they decorate the inside and outside of their house with big, bright lights. This year, however, they really exaggerated: their lights are so bright that I can’t sleep at night! Tomorrow I am going to speak to my neighbors and ask that the lights _____ reduced or removed.
Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the text.
Read the text and answer questions 42, 43, 44 and 45.
My neighbors love Christmas, but I don’t. In fact, if I can be completely honest, I hate Christmas. Maybe it’s because Christmas was always a little depressing when I was a young boy. Anyway, my neighbors really love Christmas and every year they decorate the inside and outside of their house with big, bright lights. This year, however, they really exaggerated: their lights are so bright that I can’t sleep at night! Tomorrow I am going to speak to my neighbors and ask that the lights _____ reduced or removed.
Choose the best alternative to complete the blank in the text.
Resolução comentada
Verbo após 'ask that the lights ___ reduced or removed'.
Depois de verbos como 'ask' seguidos de 'that', usa-se o subjuntivo, com a forma base do verbo. Com voz passiva, fica 'be reduced or removed'.
Análise das alternativas
B (are), C (were) e D (have been) são formas do indicativo ou do passado. Nenhuma é a forma base exigida pelo subjuntivo.
Referência: Present subjunctive em inglês (ask/suggest/demand that + base form).
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.