Questões de Concurso Público IF Sul Rio-Grandense 2021 para Professor - Letras – Português/Inglês

-ing forms (e.g. smoking, walking,) can be used not only as verbs, but also like adjectives or nouns.

Considering the use of -ING in the sentences bellow, mark T for the true sentences and F for the false ones:

I. ( ) You're smoking too much these days. (verb: part of present progressive)

II. ( )There was a smoking cigarette end in the ashtray. (adjective describing the cigarette end)

III. ( )Smoking is bad for you. (noun: subject of sentence)

The correct order of the answers for the sentences above, top down, is:

Concerning the use of adjectives, Swan stablishes that the following sentences are correct or incorrect.

I. A fat old white horse.

II. A big grey woolen sweater.

III. New Italian boots.

IV. A little modern square brick house.

The correct alternatives are: