Questões de Concursos Públicos - Instituto Access - 2026 - Prefeitura de Planaltina - GO - Professor de Inglês

The concept of "Linguistic Relativity" (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) is relevant when discussing the relationship between language and culture, specifically in how different languages encode concepts like "space" or "time". Select the alternative that best illustrates the "weak version" of this hypothesis in a pedagogical context.

Epistemic modality deals with degrees of certainty. When a speaker wants to express a logical deduction that something is impossible or false in the present, based on evidence, the correct modal structure involves a specific negative form. Choose the alternative that correctly completes the sentence: "That __________ be the right house; the windows are different and the number is wrong." 

In advanced text production, the use of cleft sentences (it-clefts and wh-clefts) allows the writer to manipulate information structure for emphasis. Considering the morphosyntactic properties of it-clefts, select the alternative that correctly analyzes the focus in the sentence "It was the strong wind that caused the power outage".

When teaching complex grammatical structures such as the Causative form (have/get something done), teachers must address both the syntactic arrangement and the semantic implication of agency. Choose the alternative that correctly describes the semantic nuance of the causative in "She had her roof repaired".

The genre of "business emails" requires specific pragmatic competence regarding register and move structure. Mark T (True) or F (False) for the statements regarding the linguistic features of this genre. (__)The use of the passive voice (e.g., "The payment has been processed") is frequently employed to depersonalize the message and mitigate face-threatening acts, focusing on the process rather than the agent. (__)Business emails must always follow a rigid chronological narrative structure, similar to a literary text, to ensure that the recipient understands the history of the company. (__)The use of emojis and slang is now considered the standard for all business communication, replacing formal salutations and closings entirely to build rapport. (__)Nominalization (e.g., "implementation" instead of "implement") is avoided at all costs in business emails because it makes the text too dense and difficult to read for international partners.  Select the alternative that presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom. 

Correlative comparatives (the... the...) express a proportionate increase or decrease. This structure often triggers a specific syntactic arrangement involving the fronting of the comparative element. Select the sentence that strictly follows the standard syntactic rule for this structure.

In academic or formal writing, the choice between coordination (parataxis) and subordination (hypotaxis) significantly affects textual density and information hierarchy. Analyze the statements regarding these mechanisms: I.Subordination creates a hierarchy of information, allowing the writer to background less important information (in the dependent clause) and foreground the main point (in the independent clause). II.Heavy nominalization, often associated with subordination, tends to decrease lexical density, making the text resemble spoken language more closely. III.Coordination links clauses of equal grammatical status, which can sometimes lead to ambiguity regarding the logical relationship between ideas if explicit connectors are not used. Choose the alternative that indicates the correct statement(s).

Subject-verb agreement with quantifiers and collective structures relies on the distinction between "notional agreement" and "grammatical agreement". Regarding the pair "A number of" vs. "The number of", select the alternative that correctly applies the standard agreement rules.

The Future Perfect Continuous tense (will have been doing) is used to project oneself into the future and look back at an action that will be in progress for a duration. Identify the sentence that creates a semantic restriction or awkwardness when using this tense due to the nature of the verb (stative vs. dynamic).