Independentemente de suas posições políticas, vale a pena você assistir e ler o último discurso do presidente Obama, que deixa a Presidência dos EUA no dia 20.01.2017. |
E se você precisa melhorar seu inglês, aproveite para testar seus conhecimentos de tempos verbais, com os trechos abaixo.
1. “Those conversations are what have____ (to keep) me honest, and ____ (to keep) me inspired, and ____ (to keep) me going.”
2. “And it was a neighborhood not far from here where I ____ (to begin) _____ (to work) with church groups.” 3. “Whether we have _____ (to see) eye-to-eye or rarely ____ (to agree) at all.” 4. “And I was still ____ (to try) ______ (to figure) out who I _____ (to be), still ______ (to search) for a purpose in my life.” 5. “It’s the conviction that we are all ______ (to create) equal, _____ (to endow) by our Creator with certain unalienable rights.” 6. “It’s what ____ (to lead) patriots ______ (to choose) republic over tyranny.” 7. “Not that our nation has _____ (to be) flawless from the start, but that we have ____ (to show) the capacity to change.” 8. “If I had ____ (to tell) you eight years ago that America _____ _________ (will/ to reverse) a great recession (…), you _____ ____ _______ (might/ to have/ to say) our sights _____ ______ (to be / set ) a little too high.” 9. “Then workers of all shades are going ____ ____ ________ (to be/to leave / to fight) for scraps.” 10. “I’m ________ (to ask) you _______ (to believe). Not in my ability ______ (to bring) about change — but in yours.” Fonte: whitehouse.gov
Answers:
1. kept / kept / kept
1. “Those conversations are what have____ (to keep) me honest, and ____ (to keep) me inspired, and ____ (to keep) me going.”
2. “And it was a neighborhood not far from here where I ____ (to begin) _____ (to work) with church groups.” 3. “Whether we have _____ (to see) eye-to-eye or rarely ____ (to agree) at all.” 4. “And I was still ____ (to try) ______ (to figure) out who I _____ (to be), still ______ (to search) for a purpose in my life.” 5. “It’s the conviction that we are all ______ (to create) equal, _____ (to endow) by our Creator with certain unalienable rights.” 6. “It’s what ____ (to lead) patriots ______ (to choose) republic over tyranny.” 7. “Not that our nation has _____ (to be) flawless from the start, but that we have ____ (to show) the capacity to change.” 8. “If I had ____ (to tell) you eight years ago that America _____ _________ (will/ to reverse) a great recession (…), you _____ ____ _______ (might/ to have/ to say) our sights _____ ______ (to be / set ) a little too high.” 9. “Then workers of all shades are going ____ ____ ________ (to be/to leave / to fight) for scraps.” 10. “I’m ________ (to ask) you _______ (to believe). Not in my ability ______ (to bring) about change — but in yours.” Fonte: whitehouse.gov
Answers:
1. kept / kept / kept
2. began / working
3. seen / agreed
4. trying / to figure / was / searching
5. created / endowed
6. led / to choose
7. been / shown
8. told / would reverse / might have said / were set
9. to be left fighting
10. asking you to believe / to bring
Escrito por Rose Souza. Publicado em 08.01 na coluna semanal da Exame.com. Editado por Rose Souza para o blog da Companhia de Idiomas
Rosangela Souza é fundadora e sócia-diretora da Companhia de Idiomas e ProfCerto. Graduada em Letras e Tradução/Interpretação pela Unibero, Business English na Philadelphia, USA. Especialista em Gestão Empresarial com MBA pela FGV e PÓSMBA pela FIA/FEA/USP. Desenvolveu projetos acadêmicos sobre segmento de idiomas, planejamento estratégico e indicadores de desempenho para MPMEs. Colunista do portal da Catho Carreira & Sucesso, RH.com e Exame.com. Professora de Técnicas de Comunicação, Gestão de Pessoas e Estratégia na pós graduação ADM da Fundação Getulio Vargas/FGV.
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