Estudo das Preposições Inglesas ( com exercícios e respostas) - PARTE IV - LIÇÃO 14
Vamos dar continuidade, apresentando as preposições restantes do grupo.
N SUPPORT OF - INTO – LIKE – MINUS – NEAR – NEXT TO
IN SUPPORT OF – Em benefício; a favor.
Ex.: a) Our congregation uses all the money and donation in support of the poor families of this county.
b) Could you contribute with 10% of your salary in support of our
church?
INTO – Implica direção ao interior e também transformação a um novo estado.
1 – Destinoao interior.
Ex.: a) He jumped from the second floor and disappeared into the water.
b) Put the hairbrush back into the cupboard as soon as you finish with it, please.
2 – Transformação.
Ex.: a) If you go to the U.S.A. you’ll need to change your reais into dollars.
b) Now, put these sentences into the negative form.
LIKE – 1 – Expressa tipo de comportamento.
Ex.: a) Bill acts like a child every time he drinks too much alcohol.
b) We’re gonna have new visitors tonight. I hope you behave like real adorable children.
2 – Expressa também semelhança.
Ex.: a) She takes people on tours to countries in South America, like Peru.
b) She sings like a bird.
MINUS – 1) Quer dizer ausência ou falta de alguém ou alguma coisa.
Ex.: a) We began the show minus our main dancer who had been caught in the rush.
b) she brought all the items listed minusthe milk for her baby.
2) Indica também subtração, quando utilizada em aritmética.
Ex.: a) Eight minus three equals five.
b) I had twenty dollars in my wallet, minus eighteen dollars I used to pay the taxi, that means two dollars left.
NEAR – Tem o mesmo sentido de proximidade e também semelhança.
1 – Porperto; nasproximidades.
Ex.: a) Mark doesn’t need to take the subway to get to college. He studies near his office.
b) Let’s meet at that restaurant near the subway station.
2 – Posição aproximada.
Ex.: a) Sit near the teacher if you want to listen to him well; he speaks in a low voice.
b) That dog is really strange. He spends my whole lunch sitting near my chair but never accepts any food.
3 – Estando próximo em semelhança.
Ex.: a) So far no other footballer hasn’t come near Pelé in creativity and talent.
b) It took him years to become a nice player but never came nearhis father who was the best of all times.
NEXT TO – Muito próximo, quase tocando.
Ex.: a) We’re lucky to live next to the supermarket and to go shopping in such
a short time.
b) I’ll sit next to you during our math class tomorrow if you don’t mind. I need to understand everything very well.
Passemos agora aos exercícios.
1) Complete com a preposição adequada:
a) They didn’t allow any foreigner to get _______________ the consulate during the president’s speech.
b) She behaved __________ a crazy woman when she found out he was married.
c) Julio came from the grocery __________ the eggplant, which was too expansive.
d) I would take that bus every morning if the school weren’t so house.
e) The volleyball team started the tournament ____________ their best player who was sick.
f) Let’s raise money ____________ the new college counselor’s campaign.
g) According to the book, Jesus turned water ___________ wine.
2) Coloque na ordem certa as palavras para formar frases:
a) ________________________________________________________________
Shops / customer / on-line / an / had / Cyber Shop.com / the / trouble / identity / with / like / creating
b) ________________________________________________________________
We / 10 / and / lifetime / billion / brain / lose / are / in / with / cells / percent / born / a / 12 / we
c) ________________________________________________________________
Resigned / the / Plastic Ono Band / Toronto / Beatles / John Lennon / the / from / in / performing / after / with
d) ________________________________________________________________
Amazon.com / fortune / a / are / fortune / like / companies
e) ________________________________________________________________
National / into / from / the / is / the / arts / and / projects / lottery / the / sport / profit / divided / for / the
f) ________________________________________________________________
Eight / knows / that / two / minus / ten / everybody / equals
g) ________________________________________________________________
Fairs / dozens / of / openly / animals / wild / sold / in / every / Rio de Janeiro / weekend / are / in
h) ________________________________________________________________
Film / and / a / into / Fantastic Voyage / were / a / in / bloodstream / shrunk / crew / a / mans / infected / is / submarine / which / its / and
i) ________________________________________________________________
Distinctive / a / like / right tech / Foster’s work / share / projects / approach
j) ________________________________________________________________
You / some / canoeing / panoramic / activities / in / do / can / Alaska / and / flights / exciting / like
k) ________________________________________________________________
His / can / in there / said / bedroom / and / he / followed / into / I / talk / we / him
l) ________________________________________________________________
Train / can’t / taking / isles / into / isn’t / you / bad / take / the / a / idea / since / car / the / a
m) ________________________________________________________________
The / Sir Cloudesley / that / his / Island / was / near / fleet / believed / Channel
2) Altere as frasesconforme o modelo, utilizando as preposições: In support of, minus, near, into, like, next to
For example: The rock group came to the show
Modelo: The poor children
The rock group came to the show in support of the poor children.
a) __________________________________________________________
Modelo: Their percussionist
b) __________________________________________________________
Modelo: Any other group
c) __________________________________________________________
Modelo: The school of modern art
d) __________________________________________________________
Modelo: The modern big stadium
e) __________________________________________________________
Modelo: Rio de Janeiro
3) Forme frases com sentido unindo as duas colunas
1- The ottomans came fairly far
2- A lot of homosexual men have decided it’s nice to have
Something different
3- Can you tell who the man
4- We believed that all could be transformed
5- Stephen Carter is already a star in academia
6- I’ll pay you B the money
I – in addition to a media celebrity.
II – like their own private language.
III– into a utopia.
IV– into Europe.
V – next to my wife is?
VI– minus my commission, which is fifteen percent.
RESPOSTAS DOS EXERCÍCIOS
Segunda fase– IN SUPPORT OF - INTO – LIKE – MINUS – NEAR – NEXT TO
1-
a) Into b) like c) minus d) near e) minus f) next to
2-
a) We are born with 12 billion brain cells and lose 10 percent in a lifetime.
b) Everybody knows that ten minus eight equals two or Everybody knows that ten minus two equals eight.
c) Every weekend dozens of wild animals are openly sold in fairs in Rio de Janeiro.
d) In Alasca you can do some exciting activities like panoramic fights and canoeing.
e) Sir Claudesley believed that his fleet was near the Channel
Island.
3-
a) The rock group came for the show minus their percussionist.
b) The rock group came for the show like any other group.
c) The rock group came for the show in support of the School of Modern Art.
d) The rock group came for the show next to the modern big stadium.
e) The rock group came for the shownear Rio de Janeiro.
4-
a) The Ottomans came fairly far into Europe (IV)
b) A lot of homosexual men have decided it’s nice to have
Something different like their own private language. (II)
c) Can you tell who the man next to my wife is? (V)
d) We believed that all could be transformedinto a utopia. (III)
e) Stephen Carter is already a star in academia in addition to a media celebrity. (I)
f) I’ll pay you the money minus my commission, which is fifteen percent. (VI).