INSTRUÇÃO: Responder à questão com
base no texto, que apresenta comentários de
especialistas sobre o gráfico.
Comment 1 – (…) the proportion of the population living in
their own home has gone into decline. It peaked around
the middle of the last decade, at just over 70 per cent.
Comment 2 – Owner occupiers spend an average of
18 per cent on their mortgage. That average may be
misleading – those who’ve paid off their mortgage will be
zilch. At least they’re building up an asset.
Comment 3 – The proportion in council homes has
fallen too, thanks largely to Right to Buy. As a result, the
proportion renting their own home has more than doubled
in the last two decades, from under 10 per cent to over 20.
Comment 4 – (…) housing which costs more than 30 per cent of your income should count as unaffordable. This is a
problem faced overwhelmingly by young renters.
Comment 5 – Soon, the rates of the population living in their own home will be back under 60 per cent, for the first
time since the mid 1980s.
Adapted from: http://www.citymetric.com/politics/british-housing-crisis-five-charts
Read these assertions.
I. The word “living”, in the context of comment 1, plays the same grammatical function as in How do young
people make a living in London?
II. If the grammatical structure “may be misleading” (comment 2) were in reported speech, it would be: The
expert said that average might mislead.
III. By reading comment 3, one can say that some people who had the opportunity to buy their houses from the
council are now renting them to others.
IV. “(…) should count as unaffordable”. (comment 4) means are to be considered financially unfeasible.
V. By reading comment 5, one can say that the population living in their own home did not reach 60 per cent in
the mid 1980s.
The correct assertions are only
