The main communicative function of the second paragraph is to:

Many English verbs consist of two parts: a lexical verb followed by one or two particles. In this way the only two phrasal verbs as they appear in the text are:

Indirect speech/thought is a reconstruction of the words/thoughts of a speaker conveyed in a reported clause. The acceptable way to report “Would it be possible to experience Rio with maximum pleasure and minimal risk?” (lines 34-35) is conveyed by:

Conjunctions are items used to mark logical relationships between words, phrases, clauses or sentences. The conjunction which could be inserted before the sentence “I booked two tickets." (line 30) in order to emphasize its logical relationship with the preceding sentence is:

Verb phrases signal certain concepts. In the excerpt “(…) a strong national economy has been motivating the city of six million to remake itself.” (lines 21-23) and “Brazilian authorities have boasted that Rio’s murder rate has plunged.” (lines 23-24), the concept being signalled is that of:

The passive voice in the excerpt “Until recently, it had been considered a laughably inappropriate destination for a mother- daughter trip.” (lines 16-17) is being used because the agent:

The function of does in “The place does make Miami look like Cleveland” (line 14) is typical of :

Demonstrative pronouns in English may be used in different ways to refer to segments of a text or ideas within a text. In the excerpt “This was part of why my 7-year-old daughter and I traveled to Rio in December.”, (lines 8-9) the pronoun this refers to the fact that the writer wanted to:

In order to understand the core meaning of verbs, one must take into consideration the notions of time and tense. In the passage: “At the moment when the neon-pink sun slips below the horizon, everyone stops, stands and claps: a nightly salute to city, beach and sky.” (lines 5-7), the tense used conveys the idea of:

One way in which a text is bound together is through cohesion. In the excerpt “If you want to know why people come to Rio de Janeiro,and came even during its years of bloody, decadent decline (…)" (lines 1-2), cohesion operates in the underlined elements by means of: