Exercícios extras

1. (CESGRANRIO-RJ) The program Dr. Black is

working ______his colleagues_____

the department_____ psychiatry will build

on a pioneering study done_____ 1989.

Mark the item which contains the prepositions

that complete the passage above.

a) with, of, about, at

b) with, on, from, in

c) with, in, of, in

d) without, at, by, on

e) without, from, after, on

2. (UFRGS) _____1948 an American woman

was employed_____ the first time _____

a jet pilot ______ an American airline.

a) In -at -as -for

b) During -by -like -in

c) From -on -with -by

d) On -for -like -by

e) In -for -as -by

3. (UFCE) "They may find a house to live in for the

winter...". A partícula in, usada na frase

transcrita, emprega-se de modo incorreto, no

seguinte exemplo:

a) There are three girls in the group.

b) They walked home in the rain.

c) In her mind, he is guilty.

d) He began his new job in Monday.

e) We love to go camping in the summer.

TEXTO PARA OS EXERCÍCIOS 4 E 5

(UFMG)

Love among the laundry

When Sally found a man's striped sock curled

__________her clothes at the launderette she

returned it to the tall dark young man with a shy smile.

They met there every week for several months, then

were seen no more. One of their wedding presents had

been a washing machine.

Molly Burnett.

4. Choose the preposition that best fills the blank

in the text:

a) between

b)toward

c) from

d) among

e) across

5. Choose the verb forms that best complete the

following passage.

One can infer from the text that if they

______,they _____ to the launderette.

a) changed their dirty clothes; will probably

return ,

b) hadn't got married; would probably have

returned

c) didn't get married; had probably return

d) had lost their socks forever; would probably

return

e) wouldn't have got married; sold their

striped socks.

Respostas dos exercícios extras

1. C

2. E

3. D

4. D

5. B