IGEDUC — 2026

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

The article states that Anne Young's game set cost more than a laborer's annual wages and "would have been affordable only for the very wealthy." The modal construction expresses a conclusion based on historical economic evidence. Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT interpretation of "would have been affordable."

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

The article explains that an industry of instructional games "sprang up" in the late eighteenth century. The verb phrase describes the appearance of a new commercial and educational activity in response to changing ideas about childhood education. Mark the alternative that replaces "sprang up" without changing the meaning of the passage.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

Read the excerpt: "A handful of Young's Musical Games can be found in libraries, museums, and private collections today. They're luxury items: the boards were made of mahogany..." In this passage, the pronoun "they" refers to:

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

An English teacher wants to adapt Anne Young's educational principles to a language lesson. The objective is to help students distinguish phrasal verbs through repeated contextual use, collaborative decision-making, and immediate feedback rather than isolated memorization. Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT activity design.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

Consider the following statements about the chronology described in the article. I. Anne Young received a royal patent in 1801. II. She published her companion treatise two years later. III. The patent had been granted before the treatise appeared. IV. Her treatise has remained the first British patent ever granted for a game. Mark the alternative that presents the propositions that are CORRECT.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

In the opening paragraph, the author states that educational games "were all the rage" in the early nineteenth century. The same paragraph describes a rapidly expanding market for instructional card, dice, and board games. Considering this context, mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT meaning of the expression "all the rage."

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

The article contains the expression "The County Gaol," quoted from a British educational game, and later uses the word "laborer" when explaining the price of Anne Young's game set. These forms reflect different spelling traditions. Match the words in Column I with the descriptions in Column II. Column I 1. Gaol. 2. Jail. 3. Laborer. 4. Labourer. Column II I. Traditional British spelling for a place of imprisonment. II. Common modern spelling in both American and British usage. III. American spelling without the letter "u." IV. British spelling retaining the letter "u." Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT matching.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

The article reconstructs the participation of women in the development of educational games from the late eighteenth century onward. Rather than presenting their work as an isolated curiosity, the author connects game design with access to education, gender restrictions, technological change, and the preservation of historical records. Based on the text, mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT interpretation of its central argument.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

The article includes the proverb "she cannot see the wood for the trees" and repeatedly uses the modal verb "would." Although "wood" and "would" differ in spelling and meaning, they are pronounced alike in standard varieties of English. Evaluate the statements and mark them as true (T) or false (F). ( ) "Wood" and "would" form a pair of homophones. ( ) Their pronunciation is generally represented by the same phonemic sequence. ( ) Their grammatical functions are identical because their pronunciation is the same. ( ) Context allows listeners to distinguish their meanings in connected speech. Mark the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence.

Ano: 2026·Banca: IGEDUC·Cargo: PI - Professor Língua Inglesa·Concurso: Prefeitura de Altos

Com texto de apoio

Women in the period were generally excluded from higher education, yet educational game design created an alternative intellectual outlet. A researcher formulates a counterfactual statement about this historical situation. Mark the alternative that presents a CORRECT third conditional sentence.