Read the text. Use the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous to complete the sentences:

LOCAL TERRORISTS AMBUSH ROUTINE PATROL

Four soldiers were injured yesterday because a bomb ________ (explode) near their armored vehicle. The incident _______ (happen) at 4.30 pm while the soldiers _______ (return) to base after a routine patrol.

Their vehicle _______ (travel) along the High Street when suddenly they _______ (have) to slow down because a bomb which was hidden in a rubbish bin _______ (explode).

Choose the alternative that uses correctly the past continuous tense:

Comece essa questão lendo esse trecho de uma notícia sobre viagem.

Canada's 1,300km Atlantic rail route

The moment I realised I could experience everything I love about business-class flights for a fraction of the price – and travel more sustainably in the process – I was converted to train travel for life. The VIA Rail Montreal to Halifax train (the Ocean line) is the oldest continuously operating passenger train in North America, having transported people between Halifax and Montreal for more than 100 years.

Fonte: BBC NEWS. Disponível em: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230111-canadas-1300kmatlantic-rail-route. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2023.

Qual é o tempo verbal do verbo “realised”?

All verbs below, underlined in the text, are in the Simple Past, EXCEPT:

Leia o trecho a seguir, observe as palavras sublinhadas e, então, assinale a alternativa que correlacione corretamente as palavras destacadas com o seu referido tópico gramatical.

An early influencer who’d been on YouTube since 2010, Marbles apologized for the racist and sexist videos. She blocked the videos, so they can no longer be viewed and she issued a tearful apology to her followers. “It’s not OK,” she said. “It’s shameful. It’s awful 

(Fonte: Disponível em: https://thepuristonline.com/2020/08/pros-andcons-of-cancel-culture/. Acesso em: 24 out. 2021).

Leia o texto para responder à questão.

    Daniel Ferreira, 24, is a guy who had to learn to overcome expectations from the day he was born, without his arms, due to a treatment with thalidomy that his mother had to do during pregnancy. “Some relatives did not bet a chip on me; they saw me as a poor thing,” he says. It turns out that he did not put any brakes on any ambition, he did very well in life and, painting

    About the International Day of People with Disabilities, celebrated last Wednesday (3), he says: “Unfortunately, we still need special days to remember minorities, such as blacks, homosexuals and the disabled. Brazil is not prepared in any way to meet the needs of people with disabilities. There is no accessibility. Neither public nor private schools have a structure. We still have a lot to fight for ”.

    The boy speaks properly on the subject, since he had to fight hard to be able to study in a regular public school, from the age of seven. The principal argued that the state institution was not supported to receive a student with a disability. His father, Francisco, was the one who had to build a special desk, without State aid, so that Daniel could write with his feet.

(Fonte: Texto Adaptado. Disponível em: https://www.vidamaislivre.com.br/2014/12/04/conhe ca-daniel-ferreira-o-artista-que-pinta-com-os-pes-e-aboca/. Acesso em: 15 dez. 2020).

Considerando o terceiro parágrafo do texto, assinale a alternativa que indica corretamente o tempo verbal predominante nas frases destacadas.

    “(...) since he had to fight hard to be able to study in a regular public school, from the age of seven. The principal argued that the state institution was not supported to receive a student with a disability. His father, Francisco, was the one who had to build a special desk, without State aid, so that Daniel could write with his feet”.