Concordância Verbal: This question presents a sentence, part of all of which is flagged by "||". Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the flagged part. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attentions to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the option that produce the most effective sentence. Fossils of the arm of a || sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal || of the Greater Antilles Islands.
This question presents a sentence, part of all of which is flagged by "||". Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the flagged part. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attentions to grammar, word choice and sentence construction. Select the option that produce the most effective sentence.
Fossils of the arm of a || sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal || of the Greater Antilles Islands.
sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of
sloth that was found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, making this the earliest known mammal of
sloth which, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, made the sloth the earliest known mammal of
sloth, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, have been dated at 34 million years old, making the sloth the earliest known mammal on
sloth, that they found in Puerto Rico in 1991, has been dated at 34 million years old, thus making it the earliest mammal known on
O sujeito da frase é plural: “Fossils of the arm of a sloth…”. Portanto, o verbo principal deve concordar no plural.
- A: usa “made”, no singular, e além disso o pronome “it” fica ambíguo (pode se referir ao fóssil, ao braço ou ao bicho).
- B: “sloth that was found…” cria a ideia errada de que o bicho foi encontrado, e não os fósseis; além disso, “was dated” fica estranho/ambíguo e a estrutura fica pesada.
- C: além de também tender ao singular (“made”), o trecho “made the sloth the earliest…” é ilógico: não é o bicho em si que “vira” o mais antigo; são os fósseis que constituem a evidência.
- D: mantém o foco correto nos fósseis (“have been dated”) e usa uma construção eficiente de consequência (“making…”). Também corrige a preposição final para “on” com ilhas (“on the Greater Antilles Islands”).
- E: “that they found” é coloquial e desnecessário; “has been dated” está no singular (erro de concordância com “Fossils”).
Assim, a opção D produz a frase mais correta e eficaz.
Alternativa correta: (D).