Vocabulário em Inglês - Respostas Palavras Confusas

Confusing Words

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Escolha a palavra  correta nas frases abaixo:

1) Many people nowadays are changing from large cars to small ones because they are far more (economic / economical).

2) Mrs Brown is really (efficient / effective), isn't she? I hate to think what would happen to the office if she ever decided to leave.

3) I can't read Bob's handwriting at all; it's quite (eligible / illegible).

4) 1066 is one of the most (historical / historic) moments in British history.

5) If animals have to be killed for food, then it should be done as (humanly / humanely) as possible so that the animal doesn't suffer needless pain.

6) Did you have (an opportunity / a possibility) to visit the Louvre when you were in Paris?

7) My teacher (complemented / complimented) me on my essay. She said it was the best thing she had read for a long time. 

8) What I thought was a genuine Van Gogh turned out to be a forgery. As a result, the painting is now quite (worthless / invaluable).

9) I just want to go to the (stationary / stationery) department to buy some envelopes.

10) I find it impossible to sleep because of the (continuous / continual) noise from the party in the flat above.

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Opportunity ou Possibility - Resposta 6

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Opportunity ou Possibility?

6) Did you have (an opportunity / a possibility) to visit the Louvre when you were in Paris?

TRADUÇÃO:

(Você teve a oportunidade de visitar o Louvre quando estava em Paris?)

Opportunity é usado para dizer que é possível fazer alguma coisa porque as circunstâncias são boas no momento.  É mais comumente seguida por um verbo na forma infinitiva, ou da forma + -ing:

Exemplo:

I had the opportunity to spend 2 years in New York while I was a student.

(Eu tive a oportunidade de passar 2 anos em Nova Iorque enquanto eu era estudante.)

Possibility é usado para dizer que algo pode acontecer ou ser verdade e é usado com "of" ou "that".

Exemplo:

There is a possibility that I might go to Rome to study for 2 years.
(Existe a possibilidade de eu ir a Roma para estudar por 2 anos.)

Observação:

Não é correto dizer ‘have the possibility’.

Falamos 'have an opportunity' e 'there is a possibility'.

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