Avaliação de Inglês 3º ano do Ensino Médio - Voz passiva e ativa, reported speech

AVALANCHE

It was about 2:30 pm. My brother Rex and our buddy Fred had taken a break from our day of snowmobiling in Tumagain Pass, a valley in Alaska. It was a perfect day: there was a fresh layer of snow and the sky was bright blue. We were resting a while when a strong sound was heard and we saw a gigantic slab of snow break away from the mountain.

         For a fraction of a second I thought, “No, this can’t be happening.”

There was no time to think. Without a word, the three of us rushed for our snowmobiles. Rex and Fred stared their machines and began tearing down the mountain. Mine didn’t move. “Oh my God, no. Not now!”the noise behind me sounded like a runaway train. Then, the engine kicked into life, and I shot out of there.

         “Shit,” I thought, “I’m dead!”

I charged down the mountain at suicidal speed, trying to stay ahead of a tidal wave of snow that was 30 feet high rolling for me at 100mph. “Faster! Faster!”I thought. There wasn’t a hope I’d outrun it – I knew that. But making a mad dash was better than just letting the damn thing bury me.

Seconds later, a massive gust of wind, the  powder blast – air and snow particles that roars ahead of an avalanche - caught me up. It was like being hit by a hurricane full of ice chunks. “Shit” I thought, “I’m dead.”

Seconds after the powder blast, a cloud of snow swallowed me.

         “Making a mad dash was better than just letting the damn thing bury me.”

The force of the blow was incredible. I could taste blood before a barrage of snow slabs knocked me off my snowmobile. I’m not sure how to describe it - it was as if I had been bundled into a huge washing machine. I didn’t know which way was up.

Source: STUFF Magazine, March 2000.

Vocabulary:

Barrage : rajada de tiros             blow: golpe                   Break: intervalo                        Break away: desprender-se

Buddy: amigo                            Bury: enterrar               catch up: pegar                         Charge down: descer correndo

Chunk: pedaço                          Damn: maldita               Dash: sair correndo                    Hit: atingir

Layer: chamada                         Mph: milhas por hora      outrun: correr mais depressa      Runaway: fugitivo

Rush: correr                              Shoot out: Sair correndo

1-   Qual o assunto do texto?

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2-   Find the expressions used in the text for:

a)  Uma camada fresca de neve - _____________________________________________

b)  O motor pegou - _________________________________________________________

c)  Corrida louca - __________________________________________________________

d)  Uma nuvem de neve me engoliu - __________________________________________

e)  Me derrubou - ___________________________________________________________

3-   Make a listo f the vocabulary words related to speed.

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4-    Try to guess the answers of the questions below before reading the text.

1-    What is the main idea of the text?

a)    An accident in the sea

b)    An accident in the mountains.

c)    An adventure in the Arctic Continent.

2-    The story happened  with

a)    The author.

b)    The author’s brother.

c)    The author’s friend.

3-    The story

a)    Is complete

b)    Is unreal

c)    is not complete

5- Choose the correct alternative.

Charles was given a new pairs of shoes.

a)    Somebody will give Charles a new pair of shoes.

b)    Charles gave somebody a new pair of shoes.

c)    Somebody gave Charles a new pair of shoes.

Many fossils have been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt.

a)    Archaeologist  have discovered many fossils in Egypt.

b)    Archaeologist  discovered many fossils in Egypt.

c)    Archaeologist  were discovering many fossils in  Egypt.

She must send me the new books.

a)    I must send the new books to her.

b)    The new books must be sent to me by her.

c)    The new books must be sent to me by her.

The active voice of  “Carol will be asked a difficult question by John” is:

a)    John will be asked a difficult question by John.

b)    John will ask a difficult question to Carol.

c)    John would ask a difficult question to Carol.

The passive voice of “Francine has sent two letters” is:

a)    Two letters has been sent by Francine.

b)    Two letters were sent by Francine.

c)    Two letters have been sent by Francine.

6- Match the sentences in the active voice (A) with the correct sentences in the passive voice (B)

                            A                                                                B

1-    (      ) Jane is going to tell us a story.              a) We were told a story by Jane.

2-    (      ) Jane has told us a story.                        b) A story is always told us by Jane.

3-    (      ) Jane told us a story.                             c) We are going to be told a story by Jane.

4-    (      ) Jane always tells us a story.                            d) We are being told a story by Jane.

5-    (      ) Jane is telling us a story.                      e) A story has been told to us by Jane.

6-    (      ) Jane was telling us a story.                    f) A story was being told to us by Jane.

7- Put the sentences into the indirect speech.

a)    My sister said to me, “Do you want to ride my new jet ski?”

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b)    Cecilia said, “ She has to help me.”

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c)    They said, “We don’t know what to do”.

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d)    I said, “I must to go.”

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e)    She said, “I will visit my friends tomorrow.”

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8- Choose the correct transformation.

Mary said, “I want to bring my things today.”

a)    Mary said wants to bring her things that day.

b)    Mary said that she wanted to bring her things that day.

The girl said, “I am working a lot at the moment.

a)    The girl said that she had been working a lot at the moment.

b)    The girl said that she was working a lot at the moment.

She said, “You must be tired.”

a)    She said that she had to be tired.

b)    She said that I was tired.

I said, “These flowers are for you.

a)    He said that these flowers are for you.

b)    I said that those flowers were for you.




GABARITO

1-   Qual o assunto do texto?

_____UM ACIDENTE NA MONTANHA ______________________________________

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2-   Find the expressions used in the text for:

a)  Uma camada fresca de neve - a fresh layer of snow

b)  O motor pegou - engine kicked into life

c)  Corrida louca - __MAD DASH_________

d)  Uma nuvem de neve me engoliu - _________a cloud of snow swallowed me

e)  Me derrubou - ___________knocked me off _________

3-   Make a listo f the vocabulary words related to speed.

________charged down – 100MPH – FASTER ______________

4-    Try to guess the answers of the questions below before reading the text.

1-    What is the main idea of the text?

a)    An accident in the sea

b)    An accident in the mountains.

c)    An adventure in the Arctic Continent.

2-    The story happened  with

a)    The author.

b)    The author’s brother.

c)    The author’s friend.

3-    The story

a)    Is complete

b)    Is unreal

c)    is not complete

5- Choose the correct alternative.

Charles was given a new pairs of shoes.

a)    Somebody will give Charles a new pair of shoes.

b)    Charles gave somebody a new pair of shoes.

c)    Somebody gave Charles a new pair of shoes.

Many fossils have been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt.

a)    Archaeologist  have discovered many fossils in Egypt.

b)    Archaeologist  discovered many fossils in Egypt.

c)    Archaeologist  were discovering many fossils in  Egypt.

She must send me the new books.

a)    I must send the new books to her.

b)    The new books must be sent to me by her.

c)    The new books must be sent to me by her.

The active voice of  “Carol will be asked a difficult question by John” is:

a)    John will be asked a difficult question by John.

b)    John will ask a difficult question to Carol.

c)    John would ask a difficult question to Carol.

The passive voice of “Francine has sent two letters” is:

a)    Two letters has been sent by Francine.

b)    Two letters were sent by Francine.

c)    Two letters have been sent by Francine.

6- Match the sentences in the active voice (A) with the correct sentences in the passive voice (B)

                            A                                                                B

1-    (    C  ) Jane is going to tell us a story.              a) We were told a story by Jane.

2-    (   E ) Jane has told us a story.                     b) A story is always told us by Jane.

3-    (   A ) Jane told us a story.                c) We are going to be told a story by Jane.

4-    (     B ) Jane always tells us a story.             d) We are being told a story by Jane.

5-    (  D   ) Jane is telling us a story.               e) A story has been told to us by Jane.

6-    (   F ) Jane was telling us a story.            f) A story was being told to us by Jane.

7- Put the sentences into the indirect speech.

a)    My sister said to me, “Do you want to ride my new jet ski?”

_________MY SISTER ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO RIDE HER NEW JET SKI.________

b)    Cecilia said, “ She has to help me.”

_____CECILIA TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD TO HELP ME.__________________________

c)    They said, “We don’t know what to do”.

_____THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DIDNT KNOW TO DO._______

d)    I said, “I must to go.”

___YOU SAID THAT YOUMIGHT TO GO.__________________________________

e)    She said, “I will visit my friends tomorrow.”

____SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD VISIT HER FRIENDS THEN.____

8- Choose the correct transformation.

Mary said, “I want to bring my things today.”

a)    Mary said wants to bring her things that day.

b)    Mary said that she wanted to bring her things that day.

The girl said, “I am working a lot at the moment.

a)    The girl said that she had been working a lot at the moment.

b)    The girl said that she was working a lot at the moment.

She said, “You must be tired.”

a)    She said that she had to be tired.

b)    She said that I was tired.

I said, “These flowers are for you.

a)    He said that these flowers are for you.

b)    I said that those flowers were for you.