Averbal agreementis a branch of the concordance syntax. It happens with the intention of the verb to agree with the subject in person and number in different circumstances.
Below we highlight questions from renowned contests and selection processes on this subject.
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01. (UFG) Indicate the only sentence that is correctly filled in only with the first verbal form in parentheses.
a) Many of us ___ for the literacy of peoples. (fight - fight)
b) Most individuals ___ with a dignified life. (dream - dream)
c) ___ if, formerly to extremely severe laws. (obeyed - obeyed)
d) ___ from ignorance to underdevelopment and misery. (born - born)
e) ___side by side poverty and disease. (find - meet)
02. (FCC) Verb agreement rules are fully respected in the sentence:
a) Today's teenagers should not be held solely responsible for the regrettable fact that they aspire to so little.
03. (UFRJ) Check the option in which the cultured norm of the language admits only one verb agreement:
a) Most people here don't know what they are talking about.
b) Both protested against the felling of eucalyptus trees.
c) The community and the vicar defended the environment.
d) There is no need for eucalyptus and termites.
e) It was going to strike six o'clock on the clock in the square.
04. (Santa Casa) There is no agreement error in this alternative:
a) Apartments are rented with great difficulty around here.
b) There are still some grammar questions to solve.
c) After I met him, many joys happened.
d) Waking up, working and sleeping are, currently, the activity of my day.
e) It was eleven o'clock at night when we concluded the matter.
05. (FCC) Select the alternative in this exercise that correctly fills in the gaps in the text.
“The Civil Police seized 415.4 kilos of crack ___ in a house on Avenida Salim Farah Maluf. At the scene, also ___ two kilos of marijuana. A 28-year-old male and a 17-year-old teenager ___.”
a) hidden, there were, were arrested
b) hidden, there were, were arrested
c) hidden, had, been arrested
d) hidden, had, were arrested
e) hidden, there were, were arrested
06. (FGV) The only sentence in which the verb forms are correctly used is:
a) Experts fear that organs of other species can transmit dangerous viruses.
b) Furthermore, even if some kind of immediate fiscal adjustment is adopted, Brazil will still be a long way from becoming an active participant in the world game.
c) The Prime Minister and the President must be from the same party, although neither will make the society I believe in.
d) Intelligence is like a tiger loose in the house and it will only cause no problem if you supply it with meat and keep it in a cage.
e) The secret name of God was the active principle of creation, but to say it in full was equivalent to sacrilege, to the sin of knowing more than was convenient for us.
07. (UFRGS) Read: “[I] said that competence was not such a relative thing, that they would be the same, for for him and for me, the expectations about the competence that the cardiovascular surgeon should bring with him what…"
If we were to replace “expectations” with “expectation”, how many other words would necessarily need to be adjusted for agreement purposes?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
and five
08. (UNIFESP) “The Hatha yoga pradipika, sacred scripture of hatha yoga, written in the 15th century AD current situation, says that, before venturing into the practice of austerity and moral codes, we must prepare. Self-control and discipline without proper preparation ___ create more mental and personality problems than peace of mind. The beauty of this scripture is that it solves the big problem every beginner faces: mastering the mind.
Because of ___ body approach, hatha yoga became known – mistakenly – as a category of yoga ___ works only the physical valences (strength, flexibility, resistance, balance and others), almost like gymnastics Eastern. This is not true". (Science Today, July 2012. Adapted.)
According to the standard rule of the Portuguese language, the gaps in the text must be filled, respectively, with
a) may, to that, where
b) may, to that one, that
c) may, to that, which
d) can, this, with what
e) can, this, where
09. (Fuvest) Indicate the correct alternative:
a) These were fundamental questions.
b) Land was purchased in the suburbs.
c) Typists are needed.
d) Suits are reformed.
e) Strict regulations were obeyed.
10. (Cesgranrio) In view of the agreement rules, mark the option in which the verbal form is wrong:
a) There are currently different types of insecticides harmful to human health.
b) Agricultural pesticides based on DDT can cause serious liver damage.
c) Underdeveloped countries lack stricter legislation on pesticides.
d) The harmful effects of chlorinated insecticides persist for a long time in the environment.
e) Phosphorous pesticides have a high degree of toxicity.
11.(BB) Incorrect verb agreement:
a) v. Ex. is generous.
b) More than one newspaper commented on the game.
c) Great plans were drawn up.
d) My family and I went to the market.
e) The United States is located in North America.
12. (PUC-RS). “I assure you. not ___ bother ___ with the preparation of the tests; ___ Keep calm."
a) need, if, can
b) need, if, you can
c) you need, you, you can
d) need, you, can
e) need, you, can
13. (CESCEM–SP) “For ___ years, ___ trees and flowers in this place. Today, just ___ weeds.”
a) do, there was, there is
b) do, there was, there is
c) do, had, exist
d) does, there were, there are
e) does, was, exists
14.(FUVEST) Complete the sentences below with the correct forms of the verbs indicated in parentheses.
I – The alienated always ______________ neutral. (keep yourself)
II – When he ______________ a song of peace, he will be able to rest. (to compose)
III – Proofs that ______________ more errors would be commented on. (to contain)
IV – When I ______________ the books, I will never lend them again. (retrieve)
a) I maintain/maintained, II compose, III contain, IV recover.
b) I maintain, II compose, III contain, IV recover.
c) I maintained, II compose, III contain, IV retrieve.
d) I keep/kept, II compose, III contain, IV retrieve.
e) I maintain/maintained, II compose, III contain, IV recover.
15. Analyze below the sentences with subjects formed by expressions and indicate the one with the wrong verbal agreement.
a) More than one writer represented Brazil at the international literary conference.
b) Today, one or the other travel to Bahia.
c) they it was one of the most did mess.
d) More than a thousand people died with this virus.
e) Most scientists it needs of government funds.
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