FCC 2012 • Inglês • SEPLAG (Polícia Militar/MG) • Questão 34 • Professor

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B3GE™ • Questão Comentada
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B3GE™ • Concursos Públicos Questão
FCC 2012 • Seplag & PM/MG • Professor de Inglês
📝 Grammar in Context | 21. Verb Tenses | 03. Social Media & Digital Communication
Attention: Read the text and answer questions 34 to 40.
Text III
Our Plugged-in Summer
By Bruce Feiler
         I [TO SET OUT] to spend my summer vacation online. A few things conspired to give me the idea. The first was the insistent finger wagging one now encounters that the only way to spend quality time with one’s children is to disengage from technology.
         The same day, my brother sent along a link for a new app (leafsnap) that allows users to identify trees by submitting photos of leaves. What a smart way to juice that nature walk, I thought. The next day I saw a Twitter message from Pierre Omidyar (@pierre), the eBay founder, in which he attached a photo and asked, “What is the name of this purple and white flower bush?” Seconds later he had his answer: lilac.
         Then my sister wrote to ask how she could identify the bird building a nest on her deck. “Take a picture and put it on Facebook,” I said. “You’ll have an answer within the hour.” She bet me it wouldn’t work, but within 19 minutes two friends had confirmed it was a Carolina wren.
         I concocted a scheme. During weekends this summer, I would pursue the opposite of an unplugged vacation: I would check screens whenever I could. Not in the service of work, but in the service of play. I would crowd-source new ideas for car games and YouTube my picnic recipes. I would test the prevailing wisdom that the Internet spoils all the fun. With back-to-school fast approaching, here’s my report.
         For starters, the Web supplied an endless font of trivia and historical tidbits to enliven our days. I learned that a great debate still rages over who was the “Benedict” in eggs Benedict; that ancient mythologists believed fish were so afraid of the ospreys that they turned up their bellies in surrender; and that care packages like the one we sent my nephew at camp had their origins feeding starving Europeans in World War II.
         Online videos are another boon to summer. When my 6-year-old daughters were upset that we didn’t awaken them at midnight to watch a brief light show on the Eiffel Tower, a quick trip to YouTube did the trick. My father used seaturtle.org to teach my girls how sea turtles emerge from the Atlantic near our home on Tybee Island, Ga., and lay eggs. Injured turtles are implanted with G.P.S.devices, allowing them to be tracked online. One surprising way that being plugged in improved our vacations was using newfangled resources to solve oldfangled problems. Bugs, for one. I used the Internet to find a home remedy for the slugs eating my begonias (broken eggshells).
         The Web also helped give us the feeling that we saw people more than we did. While it’s fashionable to complain that we’re overly connected, I still found an occasional, virtual interaction with a friend or family member to be as pleasant as running into them on the beach. I texted with my 12-year-old nephew about geocaching when we get together. My kids Skyped with my parents about learning to swim.
         And our devices were lifesavers when my daughter Tybee took a spill and had to be hurried to the hospital for stitches. A friend who took care of Tybee’s twin, Eden, e-mailed us a photo of her noshing on pizza to assure us she was fine. When Tybee got nervous, the doctor asked her what movies she should download on her iPad for her son. And just before the procedure, I received a heartwarming text: “Dear Tybee, you are such a brave girl, love Eden.”

🔗 Texto adaptado de:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/fashion/this-life-a-plugged-in-summer.html?agewanted=all.

The correct form of [TO SET OUT] is

A

set out.

B

am setting out.

C

am not setting out.

D

did not set out.

📊 Revisão da questão
B3GE™ Simulados • Concursos Públicos • Inglês
FCC • SEPLAG (Polícia Militar/MG) • Professor
Questão 34 • Gabarito: (A)
Enunciado:

The correct form of [TO SET OUT] is

(A) set out.

(B) am setting out.

(C) am not setting out.

(D) did not set out.
🔎 Leitura Orientada
O comando pede a forma verbal correta de [TO SET OUT]. O gatilho contextual está na construção “I ___ to spend my summer vacation online”, inserida em uma narrativa desenvolvida no passado.

O ponto decisivo é reconhecer o comportamento irregular do verbo set. Diferentemente de muitos verbos irregulares, sua forma permanece invariável: set → set → set. Assim, a forma de Simple Past de set out continua sendo set out.

As alternativas B e C deslocam a construção para o Present Continuous, enquanto D mantém o Simple Past, mas acrescenta a negação did not, alterando a polaridade exigida pelo contexto.
Narrativa passada + set → set → set + construção afirmativa ➔ set out ➔ Option A
A chave B3GE™ é não procurar uma terminação típica de passado, como -ed. Em set out, o verbo principal já possui a mesma forma no presente e no passado; o contexto temporal é que determina sua função.
🟢 GABARITO VERDÃO: (A)
A alternativa A está correta porque set é um verbo irregular cuja forma permanece invariável no presente, no Simple Past e no Past Participle: set → set → set.

No contexto narrativo passado, set out funciona como a forma afirmativa de Simple Past do phrasal verb. As alternativas B e C empregam Present Continuous, enquanto D acrescenta uma negação que não corresponde ao sentido afirmativo exigido.
🧠 Regra B3GE™ • Régua das 7 Inteligências Cognitivas:

01. Comando (Command): Selecionar a forma verbal correta para completar a construção com TO SET OUT.
02. Gatilho (Trigger): A construção “I ___ to spend my summer vacation online”, inserida em uma narrativa no passado.
03. Operação (Operation): Reconhecer o tempo verbal exigido pelo contexto e aplicar a forma irregular invariável do verbo set.
04. Evidência (Evidence): O verbo apresenta a sequência set → set → set; portanto, sua forma de Simple Past permanece set.
05. Discriminação (Discrimination): Distinguir a forma afirmativa de Simple Past das formas de Present Continuous e da forma negativa did not set out.
06. Validação (Validation): Set out corresponde simultaneamente ao contexto narrativo passado e à forma irregular invariável de set.
07. Decisão (Decision): Selecionar a alternativa A como a forma verbal adequada no contexto.
📝 Análise das alternativas (Mapeamento de Restrições Sintático-Regenciais)
🟢 (A) set out.

Classificação: Correta • Simple Past / Irregular Verb
Set é um verbo irregular cuja forma permanece invariável: set → set → set. No contexto narrativo passado, set out funciona como a forma afirmativa de Simple Past do phrasal verb. A alternativa preserva tanto o tempo verbal quanto a polaridade exigidos.
🔴 (B) am setting out.

Classificação: Distrator • Deslocamento de Tempo Verbal
A alternativa emprega Present Continuous (am + setting). Essa forma apresenta uma ação em desenvolvimento no presente, enquanto a construção analisada pertence a uma narrativa situada no passado. O distrator desloca o eixo temporal da sentença.
🔴 (C) am not setting out.

Classificação: Distrator • Deslocamento de Tempo Verbal
A alternativa utiliza o Present Continuous negativo, introduzindo dois deslocamentos em relação à construção exigida: altera o tempo verbal para o presente progressivo e acrescenta a negação not. O contexto requer uma forma afirmativa de Simple Past.
🔴 (D) did not set out.

Classificação: Distrator • Inversão de Polaridade
A alternativa utiliza corretamente o auxiliar did para construir o Simple Past negativo e mantém set em sua forma base. O problema está na polaridade: did not set out afirma que o sujeito não realizou a ação, enquanto o contexto exige a construção afirmativa set out.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
🔹 Filtro temporal:
A narrativa está situada no passado; portanto, a forma exigida é compatível com o Simple Past.
🔹 Filtro morfológico:
Set é invariável: set → set → set. O passado não recebe -ed.
🔹 Filtro estrutural:
O phrasal verb mantém sua unidade: set + out = set out.
🔹 Filtro de tempo verbal:
am setting out e am not setting out deslocam a construção para o Present Continuous.
🔹 Filtro de polaridade:
did not set out mantém o Simple Past, mas transforma a construção afirmativa em negativa.
🔹 Filtro decisório:
Simple Past + verbo irregular invariável + polaridade afirmativa ➔ set out ➔ A.
🏛️ Classificação B3GE™ Final
SILO 2 • Macroárea: 📝 Grammar in Context
Theme: 21. Verb Tenses
SILO 3 • Content Topic: 03. Social Media & Digital Communication
Subtema Técnico: Simple Past de verbo irregular invariável — set → set → set na construção set out