In the fragment in the fourth paragraph of the text, “It was the Lydians, around 600 BC, who get credit for a critical step in this process: fashioning the first known coins, which were made of a gold and silver alloy” the words in bold refer respectively to:
In the sentence “The book begins by cataloguing the various components that typically comprise a nun's habit” (third paragraph), the word “that” is a pronoun used at the beginning of an adjective clause (a dependent clause that modifies a noun). Besides “that”, other English relative pronouns are “who” and “whose”.
Based on the information above and on formal grammar rules, choose the option that provides a sentence in which the relative pronoun is used correctly.
In the extract “now they struggle” (5th paragraph), the pronoun refers to
Identify the alternatives below as ( T ) true or ( F ) false.
( ) The underlined word in “… it helps to know more about hot air balloons themselves.“ is a relative pronoun.
( ) The preposition in the following sentence “…keeping the balloon floating above the ground.” means that the balloon is floating over the ground.
( ) The words ‘actually’, ‘push’, and ‘major’ mean in Portuguese: ‘atualmente’, puxar’ and ‘maior’.
( ) The negative form of “A hot air balloon has three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.” is “A hot balloon doesn’t have three major parts: the basket, the burner, and the envelope.”
( ) The tense used in the question “Have you ever wondered what keeps a hot air balloon flying?”, is an example of Past Perfect.
Choose the alternative which presents the correct sequence, from top to bottom.