Event log from a live show: At 8 p.m., the lights went off during the band's performance. At that moment, the…

Questão

Event log from a live show: At 8 p.m., the lights went off during the band's performance. At that moment, the audience was silent. The singer continued the show. The editor's instructions are to use the past continuous for the action in progress, the simple past for completed actions, and the correct forms of negation and question. Read the event log and choose the sentence that follows the editor's instructions, using affirmative, negative and interrogative forms correctly.

1. A) The lights went out while the band was playing; the audience was not applauding; was the singer continue the show?
2. B) The lights were going out while the band played; the audience was not applauding; did the singer continue the show?
3. C) The lights went out while the band was playing; the audience did not applauding; did the singer continue the show?
4. D) The lights went out while the band was playing; the audience was not applauding; did the singer continued the show?
5. E) The lights went out while the band was playing; the audience was not applauding; did the singer continue the show?

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa E

Resolução passo a passo

1. Identifique as ações do registro. 'The lights went out' é uma ação concluída, instantânea, no momento das 20h, então leva simple past (went). 'The band was playing' é uma ação em andamento naquele momento, então leva past continuous (was playing). Assim, a oração inicial é 'The lights went out while the band was playing'.
2. Analise a segunda oração. 'The audience was silent' descreve um estado em andamento naquele momento, e a instrução pede a forma negativa de past continuous para a ação de aplaudir: 'the audience was not applauding'.
3. Analise a pergunta. Como 'continue' é um verbo principal no simple past, a interrogativa exige o auxiliar 'did' seguido do verbo na forma base: 'did the singer continue the show?'.
4. Verifique as alternativas erradas. A usa 'was' com verbo no simple past ('was the singer continue'), o que é uma estrutura de pergunta inválida. B inverte os tempos: 'lights were going out' trata uma ação pontual como em andamento, e 'the band played' trata uma ação em andamento como concluída. C usa 'did not' seguido de 'applauding', quando depois de 'did not' o verbo deve estar na forma base ('applaud'). D usa 'did' seguido de 'continued', duplicando a marca de passado; após 'did' o verbo fica na forma base.
5. Conclusão. Somente a alternativa E respeita simultaneamente o uso do past simple para ações concluídas, do past continuous para ações em andamento e as formas corretas de negação e interrogação. Ela coincide com o gabarito oficial.

💡 Dica: atentar para a forma correta da negação e a estrutura da pergunta no passado

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