Questões de Concursos Públicos - Prefeitura de Fortaleza - CE

A An ESP student is usually adults who already has some acquaintance with English and is learning the language in order to communicate a set of professional skills and to perform particular job-related functions.

B ESP concentrates more on language in context than on teaching grammar and language structures. It covers subjects varying from accounting or computer science to tourism and business management.

C In ESP courses all four language skills – listening, reading, speaking, and writing – are stressed equally, and it is not a needs analysis that determines which language skills are most needed by the students.

D The ESP program is built on an assessment of purposes and needs and the functions for which English is required.

A With a formal letter it is always best to keep the content as succinct and professional as possible in clear paragraphs.

B No contractions should be used to simplify words. Abbreviations must be spelt out in full when first used, the only exceptions being when the acronym is better known than the full name such as BBC or NATO.

C The greeting of the letter needs to be simply "Dear Sir or Madam" or if you know the name of the person to whom you are writing, then always write the greeting with the title, for example, "Dear Mrs Smith".

D There are many acceptable ways to end a formal letter; some examples being, "Thanks", "Hugs" and even "Love from" – depending on who you are writing the letter to and your relationship with that person. 

A It supports ideas presented in sequence to justify a particular stand or viewpoint that a writer is taking.

B The writer's purpose is to explain how something works or state reasons for some phenomenon.

C It is used in all forms of writing to create a vivid impression of a person, place, object or event.

D It sequences people/characters in time and place.

A We can use semi-colon when joining two sentences with similar meaning. 

B A colon is used to separate long items on a list.

C A comma represents a short pause. It is used in lists.

D Quotation marks are used with direct speech.

A stick up for

B give up on

C stand in for

D live up to

A face up to

B look on

C get across

D hold with

A get this awful business over with

B get this awful business fallen back on

C get this awful business brought up

D get this awful business dropped off

A He might skate very well

B He should skate very well

C He could skate very well

D He ought to skate very well

A I would go to the beach every night

B I could go to the beach every night 

C I had to go to the beach every night

D I might go to the beach every night

A The train won’t be

B The train may be

C The train can’t be

D The train must be