Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo. Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our…

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Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.

Adapted from: PINKER, S. The better angels of our nature: why violence has declined. London: Viking Penguin, 2011.

Consider the different uses of the -ing form.

1. Verb as the subject of the sentence.

2. Verb as part of the present progressive structure.

3. Verb preceded by a preposition (collocation).

Select the alternative which contains words that exemplify each of the uses presented above, in the same sequence.

Accepted Answer

D) reading (l. 61) – taking (l. 18) – feeling (l. 39)

Answer

A) Adopting (l. 23) – writing (l. 32) – perspective-taking (l. 15)

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B) expanding (l. 72) – thinking (l. 39) – interesting (l. 12)

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C) exposing (l. 48) – observing (l. 17) – seducing (l. 38)

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E) feeling (l. 24) – experiencing (l. 55) – distancing (l. 51)

Instrução: A questão está relacionadas ao texto abaixo.