GRAMÁTICA - EFOMM-2019 - INGLÊS - RESOLUÇÃO DA 13ª QUESTÃO - GERUND and TO-INFINITIVE

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EFOMM-2019-PROVA (BRANCA) - 13ª QUESTÃO.

33 – (EFOMM-OFICIAL-2019) 

Which is the correct sequence to complete the sentences below? 

1. ______ all your money on clothes is not good.
2 . I don’t think this article deserves_____.
3. I’m afraid of______ sick during the trip.
4. It’s easy ______ deceived by fake news.

(A) Spending / read / to get / be
(B) To spend / to read / getting / being
(C) Spending / reading / getting / to be
(D) To spend / to be reading / to get / be
(E) To spend / to read / get / being 

Resposta :   C

-Questão sobre “GERUND and TO-INFINITIVE”: 

-SENTENÇA DA 1ª LACUNA: 

§  ______ all your money on clothes is not good.

§  Na lacuna, cabe o GERUND ou o TO-INFINITIVO, funcionando como substantivo e sintaticamente como sujeito da oração.

§  A sentença pode ser:

§  Spending all your money on clothes is not good.

§  To spend all your money on clothes is not good. 

-MAPA MENTAL(GERUND e TO-INFINITIVE como SUJEITO NAS ORAÇÕES)

2 . I don’t think this article deserves _____.

§  Na lacuna, depois do verbo TO DESERVE, cabe GERUND ou TO-INFINITIVE:

ü I don’t think this article deserves reading.

ü I don’t think this article deserves to read.

§  MAPA MENTAL:

3. I’m afraid of _____ sick during the trip.

§  Contextualmente temos AFRAID OF, sendo assim neste caso, cabe GERUND porque É PARTE INTEGRANTE da estrutura gramatical "AFRAID OF + GERUND" ou seja:

§  I’m afraid of getting sick during the trip.

§    ATENÇÃO: O ADJETIVO "AFRAID" ADMITE GRAMATICALMENTE DUAS ESTRUTURAS:

§  ESTRUTURA: AFRAID OF + GERUND:

ü She was afraid of upsetting her parents. [Oxford Learner's Dictionaries]

ü She seemed afraid of walking home alone. [Cambridge Dictionary]

§  ESTRUTURA:  AFRAID + TO-INFINITIVE:

§   Don't be afraid to say what you think. [Cambridge Dictionary]

§  She was afraid to open the door. [Oxford Learner's Dictionaries]

§  He certainly isn't afraid to speak his mind. [Oxford Learner's Dictionaries]

4. It’s easy ______ deceived by fake news.

§  Cabe TO-INFINITIVE porque a lacuna vem depois de adjetivo (EASY), ou seja:

§  It’s easy to be deceived by fake news.

§  É fácil ser enganado por notícias falsas.

§   EXEMPLOS com a estrutura EASY TO-INFINITIVE:

§  It's easy to ride a camel. (Collins Dictionary)

§  The house is easy to keep clean. (Collins Dictionary)

§  It is easy to forget that many problems remain to be solved. (Macmillan Dictionary)

§  MAPA MENTAL: