🟨 Texto III
The world is changing
Posted on April 4, 2020 by Sandy Millin
The title of this week’s post is inspired by this cartoon from Michael Leunig which appeared on my Facebook stream this week:
Man: The world is changing.
Duck: It's always changing.
Man: Our lives are in danger. We are in lockdown.
Duck: Life is always dangerous. We were never free.
Man: Many of us could die.
Duck: We all get our turn.
Man: Nobody knows what's going to happen.
Duck: Nobody ever knows. This makes life interesting.
Man: We don't know what to believe anymore.
Duck: Keep an open mind. This also makes life interesting.
Man: We are living in strange times.
Duck: Were we not living in strange times?
🔗 Adapted from: Sandy Millin — https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/the-world-is-changing/ (Accessed on March 6th, 2024)
🟨 QUESTÃO 12
The underlined word “ever” in the sentence below:
“Nobody ever knows. This makes life interesting.”
is used to
(A) can be replaced by never.
(B) expresses a definite period of time.
(C) highlight a repeated or universal situation.
(D) means always without changing the meaning.
Gabarito: C
📜 RITO B3GE™
🧭 1️⃣ Leitura orientada
O advérbio ever aparece em uma frase negativa (Nobody ever knows) para reforçar a ideia de que a incerteza é constante e recorrente na vida humana.
🔎 2️⃣ Análise técnica das alternativas
(A) can be replaced by never. ❌
🚩 Pegadinha de sinonímia: “ever” reforça frequência,
enquanto “never” muda o foco para negação absoluta.
(B) expresses a definite period of time. ❌
🚩 Pegadinha temporal: “ever” não indica período definido,
mas generalização.
(C) highlight a repeated or universal situation. ✅
✔️ Uso clássico de ever em frases negativas para enfatizar
algo que ocorre sempre, sem exceção.
(D) means always without changing the meaning. ❌
🚩 Pegadinha semântica: embora próximos, “ever” tem valor
enfático e retórico diferente de “always”.
🧠 3️⃣ Resumo B3GE™ Master
Em frases negativas, ever intensifica a ideia de repetição universal — ninguém nunca sabe o que vai acontecer, em nenhum momento.