GRAMÁTICA - EFOMM-2018 - Resolução da 5ª QUESTÃO - Subject-Verb Agreement – Collective Nouns – Uncountable Nouns.

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EFOMM-2018-PROVA (BRANCA) - QUESTÃO 05.

Mark the correct option.

(A) Many cattle are suffering from a serious disease.
(B) The police is looking for a dark-haired man in his twenties.
(C) Too many mathematics are usually taught in schools.
(D) Her jeans is too tight at the hips.
(E) Where are those five pounds I lent you? 

Resposta :   A

-Questão sobre GRAMMAR - Subject-verb agreement – Collective Nouns – Uncountable Nouns: 

- ANTES DE RESOLVER, VEJAMOS AS REGRAS GRAMATICAIS SOBRE COLLECTIVE NOUNS:

 -COLETIVOS QUE CONCORDA GRAMATICALMENTE COM VERBO NO SINGULAR OU NO PLURAL:

(1) Audience, Class, Club, Company, Congregation, Family, Government, Group, Team, Union → concordam gramaticalmente com SINGLE VERB (verbo no singular) ou PLURAL VERB (verbo no singular).

(2) As noun phrases THE ARISTOCRACY, THE PROLETARIAT, THE MAJORITY, THE MINORITY, THE PUBLIC, THE YOUTH OF TODAY → concordam gramaticalmente com SINGLE VERB ou PLURAL VERB.

 - COLETIVOS QUE SOMENTE CONCORDA GRAMATICALMENTE COM VERBO NO PLURAL:

(1) Cattle, Police, Swine , Clergy.

NOTA DE EXPLICAÇÃO: THE MILATARY (the military forces of a country) →  Singular or Plural Verb?

• The military is usually followed by a singular verb:

 - The military is helping with the relief effort. [Longman Dictionary]

- The military has opposed any cuts in defence spending. [Cambridge Dictionary]

 • In British English, you can also use a plural verb:

-  The military are helping with the relief effort. [Longman Dictionary]

- AGORA, VAMOS À RESOLUÇÃO DA QUESTÃO:

Mark the correct option. 

(A) Many cattle are suffering from a serious disease.

§  CORRETA, o verbo (ARE) faz concordância gramatical adequada com o sujeito no plural (Many cattle): 

§  Many cattle (sujeito no plural) → are (Verbo no plural). 

§  CATTLE (gado) é PLURAL NOUN (substantivo no plural). [Cambridge Dictionary]

(B) The police is looking for a dark-haired man in his twenties. 

§  INCORRETA, o verbo (is) não faz concordância gramatical adequada com o sujeito no plural (The police): 

§  SENTENÇA CORREGIDA: 

§  The police are looking for a dark-haired man in his twenties.

 §  REMEMBER:

ü POLICE (a polícia, a organização) é PLURAL NOUN (substantivo no plural). [Cambridge Dictionary]

ü The police are investigating fraud allegations against him. [Cambridge Dictionary]

(C) Too many mathematics are usually taught in schools.

§  INCORRETA, porque não se usa MANY com “uncountable noun” como é caso de “mathematics” (a ciência, a Matemática). O outro erro é o verbo no plural (are), o correto seria o verbo no singular (is) para fazer a concordância adequada com o substantivo “mathematics” no singular.

§  NOMES de disciplinas são UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS  → Art, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Physics, Poetry, Psychology,  Science. 

§   SENTENÇA CORREGIDA:

 §  Too much mathematics is usually taught in schools.

§  REMEMBER:

ü Uncountable Nouns NÃO PODEM ser usadas com MANY, SO MANY, TOO MANY, HOW MANY, A FEW.

ü Uncountable Nouns NÃO PODEM ser usadas com os artigos A, AN.

ü Uncountable Nouns NÃO PODEM ser usadas com numerais: ONE, TWO, etc. 

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com MUCH, MORE, MOST, SO MUCH, TOO MUCH, HOW MUCH.

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com A LITTLE, LITTLE, LESS.

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com A LOT OF, LOTS OF, PLENTY OF.

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com ALL, ALL THE.

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com SOME, ANY, NO.

ü Uncountable Nouns PODEM ser usadas com THE, THIS, THAT, ENOUGH.

      ü EXEMPLOS:

ü I’ve given you all my love.

ü You can have all the time in the world.

ü There is enough garbage to fill a dumpsite.

ü There is enough fuel to make the trip home.

ü Ask grandma to bake more bread!

ü that bowl of rice.

ü that soup smells delightful.

ü all the information you need.

ü Can someone please help in bringing in the furniture?

ü Can I have some spaghetti?

ü Don’t just load your computer with any software.

ü There’s little food in the country.

 

(D) Her jeans is too tight at the hips.

 §  INCORRETA porque o substantivo “jeans” exige verbo no plural.

 §  SENTENÇA CORREGIDA:

 §  Her jeans are too tight at the hips.

 §  REMEMBER:

ü Substantivo com “duas pernas” (Jeans, Pants, Knickers, Shorts) fica no plural, é por isso que exige verbo no plural "are": 

(E) Where are those five pounds I lent you? (Onde estão as 5 libras que eu te emprestei?)

 §  A sentença "Where are those five pounds I lent you?" apresenta 2 erros gramaticais:

ü TO LEND TO YOU → O verbo "TO LEND" (emprestar ALGO PARA alguém) exige a preposição "to", portanto o correto é "I lent to you".

ü No contexto, estamos falando do total do dinheiro (pound é moeda inglesa), portanto o correto é "where is the five pounds...?"

ü A oração corregida é:

ü "Where is the five pounds I lent to you?"