(FUNDATEC) - QUESTÃO

The Bizarre Story of the Swedish Warship “Vasa”

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Although Vasa ________ (not work) out well for Gustav II Adolf, it’s a paradise for archaeologists: the cold, oxygen-poor water of the Baltic Sea ________ (protect) Vasa from the bacteria and worms that usually digest wooden wrecks, and perhaps 95 percent of Vasa’s wood ________ (be) intact when Sweden finally ________ (raise) the wreck in 1961. Now that the ship is stable, investigators have worked to uncover why it sank. The events of 1628 had such a big impact that the sinking is a case study business experts still read about. The management world has a name for human problems of communication and management that cause projects to founder and fail – Vasa syndrome. There was an overemphasis on the ship’s elegance and firepower and reduced importance on its seaworthiness and stability.

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(Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-vasa-ship-keeps-giving-180964328/ – text adapted).

Mark the alternative that best fills out the blanks in the text in order, using the simple past form of the verbs in the braces.

A) doesn’t work – did protect – had been – raised

B) worked not – protected – was been – rose

C) did not work – did protect – was – have raised

D) worked not – had protected – was – had rose

E) didn’t work – protected – was – raised

a) 

Doesn’t / does é verbo auxiliar usado no presente simples com verbos que não sejam o verbo to be.

Had been (past perfect) 

Did protect é uma forma de enfatizar uma ação no passado, chamamos de emphatic do ou emphatic did.

b) 

Rose é o passado de rise (verbo intransitivo).

Raised é o passado de raise (verbo transitivo regular).

c) 

have raised está no present perfect.

d) 

Had protected está no past perfect. 

Had rose não existe, a forma correta no past perfect é had risen (had + past participle do verbo to rise).

e) Todas as formas estão no passado simples.

Although Vasa didn't work (not work) out well for Gustav II Adolf, it’s a paradise for archaeologists: the cold, oxygen-poor water of the Baltic Sea protected (protect) Vasa from the bacteria and worms that usually digest wooden wrecks, and perhaps 95 percent of Vasa’s wood was (be) intact when Sweden finally raised (raise) the wreck in 1961.