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Navy Ships Respond to Piracy Attack
Late night on 08 April ______ distress call was received from ______ foreign merchant vessel MV OS 35 (Tuvalu registered vessel), which was attacked and boarded by pirates in ______ Gulf of Aden.
______Indian Navy ships Mumbai, Tarkash, Trishul and Aditya proceeding on deployment to ______ Mediterranean responded to ______ call and rapidly closed ______ merchant vessel by ______ early hours of 09 April.
(Adapted from http: / / www. marineinsight .com / shipping)
Navy Ships Respond to Piracy Attack
Late night on 08 April ______ distress call was received from ______ foreign merchant vessel MV OS 35 (Tuvalu registered vessel), which was attacked and boarded by pirates in ______ Gulf of Aden.
______Indian Navy ships Mumbai, Tarkash, Trishul and Aditya proceeding on deployment to ______ Mediterranean responded to ______ call and rapidly closed ______ merchant vessel by ______ early hours of 09 April.
(Adapted from http: / / www. marineinsight .com / shipping)
Resolução comentada
Uso dos artigos em inglês: a / a / the / Ø / the / the / the / the.
Usa-se 'a distress call' e 'a foreign merchant vessel' na primeira menção. 'The Gulf of Aden' e 'the Mediterranean' levam 'the', como nomes geográficos. 'Indian Navy ships' vem sem artigo, por ser plural genérico. Depois, 'the call', 'the merchant vessel' e 'the early hours' já são conhecidos ou específicos.
Análise das alternativas
A, C, D e E) Erradas: omitem 'the' antes de nomes geográficos como 'Gulf of Aden' e 'Mediterranean', ou usam 'an' diante de palavras que começam com som de consoante, ou usam 'a' em termos já mencionados.
Referência: Gramática da língua inglesa – articles.
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.