Why throw away a toaster that still clicks or a backpack with a loose strap? On Saturdays, the small street…

Questão

Why throw away a toaster that still clicks or a backpack with a loose strap? On Saturdays, the small street market in Brookfield has a “Fix-It Friday” corner where neighbors repair objects instead of buying new ones. Visitors can borrow basic tools, watch quick demonstrations, and ask questions. This month, the organizer wants a short poster in English because tourists often stop by the market. In her draft, she wrote two short sentences to introduce the team: “Meet the volunteers. Their tools were donated by local shops.” To make the poster smoother and avoid repetition, she decides to join the two sentences into one using a relative pronoun. Based on the text, identify the sentence that best combines the two draft sentences using a relative pronoun to keep the meaning clear.

1. A) Meet the volunteers that the tools were donated by local shops, and learn simple repairs at the market.
2. B) Meet the volunteers that tools were donated by local shops, and learn simple repairs at the market.
3. C) Meet the volunteers which tools were donated by local shops, and learn simple repairs at the market.
4. D) Meet the volunteers whose tools were donated by local shops, and learn simple repairs at the market.
5. E) Meet the volunteers who tools were donated by local shops, and learn simple repairs at the market.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa D

Resolução passo a passo

1. Primeiro, identifique o sentido das duas frases do rascunho. A frase 'Meet the volunteers.' apresenta os voluntários. A frase 'Their tools were donated by local shops.' diz que as ferramentas (que pertencem aos voluntários) foram doadas por lojas locais. Passo 2: As duas frases se ligam pela ideia de posse: as ferramentas são dos voluntários. O pronome 'their' expressa essa posse, e o pronome relativo que une as frases e mantém esse sentido deve ser 'whose', que significa 'cujo/cuja/cujos/cujas'. Passo 3: Portanto, a alternativa D, 'Meet the volunteers whose tools were donated by local shops', é a correta, pois 'whose tools' substitui 'their tools' e preserva a relação de posse com clareza. Passo 4: Por que as outras estão erradas: A) 'that the tools' cria uma oração incompleta, pois o pronome 'that' fica sem função clara e a relação de posse desaparece. B) 'that tools' elimina o artigo e a posse, deixando a frase sem o sentido de pertencimento. C) 'which' é usado para coisas e não para pessoas, além de não expressar a posse. E) 'who tools' é gramaticalmente errado, pois 'who' é pronome de sujeito e não pode ser seguido diretamente de um substantivo para indicar posse. Passo 5: Conclusão: o gabarito oficial D está correto, pois 'whose' é o único pronome relativo de posse entre as opções e mantém o sentido original do texto.

💡 Dica: Use o pronome relativo correto para indicar posse e evitar repetição.

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