(Originais Teachy 2023) - Question Medium of English

Consider the following excerpt from an explorer's log: 'As we were sailing through the vast ocean, the sun slowly disappeared on the horizon, creating a spectacular display of colours in the sky. The captain was sharing tales of his past adventures, when suddenly, we spotted an unfamiliar island in the distance.' Based on the use of the past continuous in the excerpt above, what is the function of this verb tense in the context presented?

Select one of the poems provided below and, considering the use of if-clauses, answer the following questions: 1. Identify and explain the meaning of an if-clause in a stanza of the chosen poem. 2. Rewrite the selected stanza replacing the if-clause with its result, maintaining the original meaning of the poem. Poem 1: 'If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.' - Emily Dickinson. Poem 2: 'If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love.' - Christopher Marlowe. Choose one of the poems to perform the proposed activities.

Consider the following excerpt from the short story 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett: 'The door of her room was ajar and the sound came down the corridor, a far-off faint sound of fretful crying.' In this context, which word is a false friend, meaning it does not have the same meaning in Portuguese and English, even though it may seem similar?