INTERROGATIVE AND

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

PRONOMES INTERROGATIVOS Exemplos:

How long has Ana studied English? Há quanto tempo Ana estuda
(INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS) inglês?
Usamos os pronomes interrogativos para fazermos perguntas.
How much is this car? Quanto custa este carro?
Eles também são conhecidos como WH- Questions.
How many English dictionaries do you have? Quantos dicionários
de inglês você tem?
PRONOMES TRADUÇÃO
How often do you go to the movies ? Com que frequência você
Who? Quem? vai ao cinema?
How far did you run? Qual a distância que você correu?
Whom? Quem?
How old are you? Quantos anos você tem?
What? Que? O que?

Which? Qual? Pronomes interrogativos usados com substantivos contáveis e

incontáveis.
Whose? De quem?
How many Quantos , quantas Substantivos contáveis
When? Quando?
How much Quanto Substantivos incontáveis
Where? Onde? Aonde?

Why? Por que?

How? Como? PRONOMES DEMONSTRATIVOS

(DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS)
Exemplos: Os pronomes demonstrativos fazem referência a objeto(s) ou
Who is that girl? Quem é aquela garota? pessoa(s) dentro do contexto em que se encontram.
Whom do you see at the door? Quem você vê à porta?
What is that on the floor? Que é aquilo no chão? SINGULAR PLURAL

Which of the two is going to São Paulo? Qual dos dois vai para This These
São Paulo?
isto, este, esta estes, estas
Whose pencil is this? De quem é este lápis?
When do you go to Salvador? Quando você vai a Salvador? That Those
Where does Liliam live? Onde Liliam mora? isso, esse, essa esses, essas
Why are you nervous? Por que você está nervoso? aquilo, aquele, aquela aqueles, aquelas
How do I begin the Math exercise? Como começo o exercício de
matemática? Exemplos:
This building is very old.
Há algumas expressões interrogativas formadas a partir do That car is from Italy.
pronome HOW
These students are prepared for the test.
Those soldiers are going to Iraq next week.
How long? Quanto tempo?,

How much? Quanto? (antes de substantivos incontáveis) Usamos os pronomes demonstrativos para fazer referência de
alguém ou algo dentro de um contexto.
How many? Quanto? (antes de substantivos contáveis)
Exemplos:
How often? Com que frequência?, Near São Paulo’s Luz station there is a “cracolândia”. The police
doesn’t have control over this. (O pronome “this” faz referência à
How far? Qual a distância? Quão longe?, cracolândia.)
How old? Quantos anos? I don’t like these apples. I prefer those ones. (“those” refere-se a
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TEXT COMPREHENSION IT’S TAKEN 30 YEARS FOR HAROLD

TEXT 1 Cohen to teach his student how to paint, but he’s not struggling
with a slow learner. Cohen’s student, AARON, is a computer program.
BIOTECHNOLOGY Cohen has “taught” AARON guidelines on composition and color. In
Biotechnology is one of the new professional courses of studies the past, AARON has used those rules to paint large art works for
offered by universities. Biotechnology uses chemical and biological major museums such as London’s Tate Modern and the San Francisco
knowledge and the knowledge of new technologies in the areas of Museum of Modern Art. Now a company aims to bring AARON to
healthcare, food, chemistry, and the environment. Biotechnology computer monitors across the land as software ($19.95; available from
graduates are multidisciplinary professionals. They study biology, www.KurzweilCyberart.com) for Windows PCs. After you download
chemistry, physics, statistics, and information technology. the program, AARON draws original pictures on your desktop, then
fills them in with brushstrokes of color. You can also e-mail AARON’s
In the area of microbiology, these professionals study fungi,
creations to friends - AARON will redraw its art work on their
bacteria, viruses, and protozoa and the diseases that they cause in
computers. And unlike temperamental humans, AARON never needs
plants, animals, and human beings. They research the methods to use
“inspiration” - leave it on as a screen saver and the program churns
such microorganisms in the production of foods and beverages, such
out drawing after drawing. But, says Cohen, AARON will never draw
as dairy products, beer, and wine.
the same picture twice.
The biotechnologist specializing in immunology uses the newsweek may 28, 2001
microorganisms in the production of vaccines and kits for diagnosis.
In the food and pharmaceutical industries, they control microbial 04. (FUVEST) According to the passage, AARON is a computer
growth, safety, and hygiene at the workplace. They work in research program that
for the development of new pharmaceutical drugs. a) can help slow learners.
They also work in the environment area, to evaluate and prevent b) has taught students how to paint.
water and soil contamination.
c) can paint and draw.
(Challenge – Richmond)
d) has been available for 30 years.
e) has been bought by some museums.
01. The text shows that
I. the one who studies Biotechnology is able to recognize different 05. (FUVEST) We learn from the passage that Kurzweil Cyberart.com
studies of health, cooking and chemistry among others. a) aims to market original pictures.
II. the study of this subject is a new area the universities are offering. b) has designed AARON, the computer program.
III. technology involves multiple studies in biotechnology area. c) commercializes paintings done by AARON.
IV. the environment is actually a new version of the biotechnology d) has sold PCs all over the world.
study.
e) is commercializing AARON as software.
The correct options considering the statements are only
a) I and II. b) III and IV. c) I, II and III. d) I, II and IV. 06. (FUVEST) According to the passage, AARON does NOT
a) function as a screen saver.
02. The one who graduates in biotechnology
b) repeat the same drawing.
a) can acquire the knowledge to several professions and also carry
out researches. c) redraw a picture on a second computer.
b) will be able to prescribe and it’s quite likely that he/she can d) send pictures by e-mail.
produce forms of organic stuff. e) draw new pictures, one after the other.
c) shall develop the capacity of producing microorganisms.
d) is able to diagnose, predict and sabotage diseases.
EXERCÍCIOS DE

03. The only one matter that is NOT mentioned in the text is
a) drinks.
FIXAÇÃO
b) some subjects.
c) different professions. 01. Fill in the blanks with the suitable interrogative pronoun.
d) illnesses. _____ did you invite to preside over the meeting?
a) Who b) Whom c) What d) Whose
TEXT 2
02. Match the columns.

1. Who ( ) are you saying?

2. Whom ( ) told you that?
3. Whose ( ) are you speaking to?
4. What ( ) do you prefer?
5. Which ( ) are those scissors?

a) 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5
b) 5 – 2 – 1 – 4 – 3
c) 4–1–2–5–3
d) 5 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4

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03. Complete with one of the 2 choices. 10. _____ people _____ in Brasilia?
1. _____ is she? (what – who) a) How many – are there
2. _____ was this idea? (whom – whose) b) How much – are there
3. _____ is the problem? (what – which) c) What many – was there
4. He liked both computers. _____ did he finally buy? (which – whom) d) What many – were there
a) Who – whose – what – which e) How many million – was there
b) What – whose – which – whom
c) What – whom – what – which
EXERCÍCIOS DE

TREINAMENTO
d) Who – whom – which – whom

04. Choose the best question for this answer: “He’s about six feet tall,
has curly brown hair and weights about 175 pounds.”
a) How is John?
01. (EEAR)
b) What is John like?
A PLACE OF SUPERLATIVES
c) What is John look like?
Antarctica is a place of superlatives: it is the coldest, windiest,
d) What kind of person is John?
driest, highest and most remote continent on earth. The continent’s
large mass of snow and ice contains around 85 percent of all
05. freshwater in the world. The first tourists to reach it arrived in 1957.
– ____ wallet is that? Nowadays, the variety of Antarctica travel itineraries, activities and
– That wallet is ____. prices is wider than ever before.
(Adapted from Speak up # 149)
a) Which – your
b) What – my GLOSSARY:
freshwater – água doce
c) Which – mine to reach – chegar
d) Whose – mine travel itineraries – roteiros de viagem
wide – amplo

06. ____ of these two skirts will you choose? Choose the alternative to answer the question below:
a) Who What is Antarctica like?
b) Whose a) It is a cold, windy and dry continent.
c) Why b) Its tourism is wider than ever before.
d) Which c) Its exploration started in 1957.
e) What d) It is far from other continents.

07. _____ did the Evans go last night? 02. (EEAR) Read the dialogue and mark the right expression to
a) What complete it correctly.
b) Where A: _____________ have you been working as a sergeant?
c) Who B: For about 2 years.
d) Whose a) How
e) Which b) How long
c) How much
08. _____ course do you think is the best one of this university?
d) How many
a) When
b) Whose 03. (EPCAR) Mark the correct question for the sentence “prejudice
c) How based on religious affiliation”:
d) Which a) Which prejudice did you talk about?
e) Why b) Which religion talked you about?
c) Which affiliation talk you about?
09. I had just participated in a project that was to determine the
d) Which religious prejudice you talked about?
minimum size of forest fragment necessary to save native species of
animals and plants from extinction. With this information, scientists
could then work to form preservation areas in the forest fragments left 04. (AFA) Mark the correct question to the answer below.
behind by cattle ranchers. “The government aims to transfer 30% of farmland to black
The word “this” refers to the: South Africans by 2014.”

a) Utilization of many valuable native species a) Who transferred 30% of farmland?

b) Necessity of urgently saving birds from extinction b) Why did the government transfer 30% of farmland?

c) Size of the forest needed for wildlife reserves c) What does the government want to do?

d) Destruction of thousands of native species d) Where does the government purchase part of the farmland?

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05. _____ knows how to speak decent French to talk to the tourists? a) When
The ticket costs $8. _____ are you going to pay? b) Where
_____ can I take the subway to the Guggenhein Museum? c) Who
_____ of those buildings is the hospital? d) Why
_____ will your sister travel to London? e) Which
a) Who – how – where – which – when
10. (EN) Which question word best completes the paragraph below?
b) Whose – who – how – what – why
So if smoking is so bad for you, ______ is it so hard to quit?
c) Which – why – when – how – whose Stopping smoking is difficult for several reasons: nicotine is highly
d) Whom – what – which – where – how addictive, rewarding psychological aspects of smoking and genetic
e) How – when – what – why - where predisposition.
a) What
06. (ESFCEX) Choose the alternative that best completes the dialogue b) When
below. c) Who
A. ____________ different types of penguins inhabit the South Pole? d) Whose
B. I don’t know. Ten, maybe. e) Why
A. No, fifteen. And _____________ tall can they grow?
B. I have no idea. One meter?
A. That’s right. ___________ do they leave the South Pole? EXERCÍCIOS DE
B. Probably in winter.
A. Excellent. COMBATE
B. _________ are you asking me all these questions?
A. Because I want to see if you did your homework!
01. (ESSEX) Why don’t we go out?
a) How much – who – when – how a) No, let’s stay home.
b) How many – how – where – which b) To Frank’s.
c) How much – when – who – why c) We don’t have any left.
d) How many – who – when – how d) By myself.
e) How many – how – when – why
02. (ESSEX) What’s the weather like?
07. (ESSEX) a) It’s difficult to do.
— _____ do you drive? b) She’s quite lovely.
— Very fast. c) It’s pouring!
a) What d) The rain is.
b) Who
c) How 03. (ESPCEX) “The Philippine government granted Hiroo Onoda a
pardon, although many in Lubang never forgave him for killing 30
d) Where people during his campaign on the island during World War II. The
news media reported on this and other misgivings, but at the same
08. At least 200 people have died in the Brazilian state of Rio de time welcomed his return to Japan.”
Janeiro after another storm. This is arguably the worst torrential rain In the sentence “The news media reported on this and other
for decades, causing flooding and landslides. Our website readers in misgivings”, this refers to:
Rio de Janeiro have been sharing their experiences.
a) Other misgivings
Comment 1 - I’ve never seen such chaos. We weren’t prepared
for this, even though we were warned that a big storm was about b) Killing 30 people
to come. Newspapers are saying that the reason for the catastrophe c) So much attention
is the garbage. Well it may have been. We need to teach recycling at d) The Philippine government
schools and community groups, otherwise we will have more disasters
like this. e) Original orders
(Lia, Niterói)
04. (PM-BA) Fill in the blanks with interrogative words (WH-questions)
The pronoun “this” in the excerpt “We weren’t prepared for this” A. ____ was Voyager 1 sent into space? Thirty-six years ago.
refers back to: B. ____ was Voyager 1 sent into space? To study other planets.
a) 200 victims and reports C. ____ is it from Earth now? Twelve billion miles.
b) preparation and catastrophe D. ____ is it expected to last? Ten years at the most.
c) light rain and experiences
a) When – why – how far – how long
d) flooding and landslides
b) Why – where – how often – when
09. (EN) Which question word completes the dialogue correctly? c) How long – what for – where – how old
Peter: ____ wasn’t Mary at work yesterday? d) When – how far – how often – what
Jane: She was ill. e) How far – why – how long – why

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05. (PM-SP) 10. These blue jeans are mine. _____ are those on the sofa?
WHAT IS ORGANIZED CRIME? They’re Peter’s.
a) Which
Organized crime was characterised by the United Nations, in 1994,
as: “group organization to commit crime; hierarchical links or personal b) What
relationships which permit leaders to control the group: violence, c) Where
intimidation and corruption used to earn profits or control territories d) Whom
or markets; laundering of illicit proceeds both in furtherance of criminal
e) Whose
activity and to infiltrate the legitimate economy; the potential for
expansion into any new activities and beyond national borders; and
cooperation with other organized transnational criminal groups.”
It is increasingly global. Although links between, for example,
RESOLUÇÃO EM VÍDEO
mafia groups in Italy and the USA have existed for decades, new and Abra o ProApp, leia o QR Code, assista à resolução
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rapid means of communication have facilitated the development of
international networks. Some build on shared linguistic or cultural
ties, such as a network trafficking drugs and human organs, which
links criminal gangs in Mozambique, Portugal, Brazil, Pakistan, Dubai
and South Africa. Others bring together much less likely groups, such
GABARITO
as those trafficking arms, drugs and people between South Africa, TEXT COMPREHENSION
Nigeria, Pakistan and Russia, or those linking the Russian mafia with
Colombian cocaine cartels or North American criminal gangs with the 01. A 03. C 05. E
Japanese Yakuza. 02. A 04. C 06. B
Em THOSE linking the Russian mafia with Columbian cocaine cartels EXERCÍCIOS DE FIXAÇÃO
or North American criminal gangs with the Japanese Yakuza – a 01. B 04. C 07. B 10. A
palavra those refere-se a: 02. C 05. D 08. D
a) Criminal gangs 03. A 06. D 09. C
b) International networks EXERCÍCIOS DE TREINAMENTO
c) Mafia groups 01. A 04. C 07. C 10. E
d) Trafficking arms 02. B 05. A 08. D
e) Cocaine cartels 03. A 06. E 09. D
EXERCÍCIOS DE COMBATE
06. (PM MT) “Biologists have found a virus that causes obesity in
animals such as dogs. Nowadays, the researchers are testing people 01. A 04. A 07. C 10. E
for it.” 02. C 05. B 08. E
A que se referem os pronomes destacados, respectivamente? 03. B 06. A 09. E
a) Vírus e vírus
ANOTAÇÕES
b) Vírus e pessoas
c) Obeso e vírus
d) Biólogos e vírus
e) Vírus e animais

07. Assinale a alternativa correta.

_____ organisms pose no danger to human life.
a) A c) Those e) This
b) An d) That

08. ________ is the Money you lent to me. Thank you very much!
a) Many
b) None
c) Those
d) These
e) This

09. (EFOMM) Mark the alternative that presents the right sequence of
pronouns to fill in the gaps.
_____ cat is sick because _____ ate _____ spoiled food over there.
a) Its – he – that
b) Its – he – this
c) His – its – this
d) Its – it – that
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