Linguagem cautelosa (hedging): exercícios de inglês

"Tend to" em "People tend to agree" significa:

1. Acuidam de
2. Bestão a ponto de
3. Cdevem
4. Dcostumam, têm tendência a

Complete: "The data ___ indicate a decline."

1. Aseem would
2. Bwould seems to
3. Cwould seem to
4. Dwould to seem

"It may well be true" significa:

1. AÉ bem possível que seja verdade.
2. BCom certeza é verdade.
3. CDeveria ser verdade.
4. DNão é verdade.

Complete: "It is ___ that the company will close."

1. Alikely to
2. Bliking
3. Clikely
4. Dlike

Complete: "It ___ well be true."

1. Awould to
2. Bmust
3. Cmay
4. Dshould

Complete: "In ___ cases, the treatment works."

1. Aalmost
2. Bthe most of
3. Cmostly
4. Dmost

"On the whole" significa:

1. Ano buraco
2. Bpor inteiro
3. Cde modo geral
4. Dno total exato

Complete: "As ___ as I know, she's still in Paris."

1. Along
2. Bfar
3. Cwell
4. Dmuch

Complete: "It would be ___ to assume that all students agree."

1. Aunwisely
2. Bunwise
3. Cwise not
4. Dunwiseness

Complete: "The theory is, ___, controversial."

1. Aadmittedly
2. Badmittance
3. Cadmitted
4. Dadmit

Complete: "This is, in ___, a good result."

1. Aprincipals
2. Bprincip
3. Cprinciple
4. Dprincipal

Complete: "There is ___ evidence to suggest a link."

1. Aa
2. Bsome
3. Cmuch of
4. Dany