(EsPCEx - 2016)
Operation Desert Storm Was Not Won By Smart Weaponry Alone
Technology has long been a deciding factor on the battlefield, from powerful artillery to new weaponry to innovations in the seas and the skies. Twenty-five years ago, it was no different, as the United States and its allies proved overwhelmingly successful in the Persian Gulf War. A coalition of U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters, cruise missiles from naval vessels, and Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk “stealth fighters” soundly broke through Saddam Hussein’s army defenses in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, which became known as the “100-hour war”.
But for all the possibilities that this “Computer War” offered, Operation Desert Storm was not won by smart weaponry, alone. Despite the “science fiction”-like technology deployed, 90 percent of the pieces of ammunition used in Desert Storm were actually “dumb weapons”. The bombs, which weren’t guided by lasers or satellites, were lucky to get within half a kilometer of their targets after they were dumped from planes. While dumb bombs might not have been exciting enough to make the headlines during the attack, they were cheaper to produce and could be counted on to work. But frequency of use doesn’t change why history will remember Desert Storm for its smart weapons, rather than its dumb ones.
Adapted from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/operation-desert-storm-was-not-won-smart-weaponry-alone-180957879/
Choose the alternative that has the sentence “Operation Desert Storm was not won by smart weaponry” (paragraph 2) correctly changed into active voice.
Smart weaponry hasn’t won operation desert storm.
Smart weaponry didn’t win operation desert storm.
Smart weaponry doesn’t win operation desert storm.
Smart weaponry isn’t winning operation desert storm.
Smart weaponry won’t win operation desert storm.
Gabarito:
Smart weaponry didn’t win operation desert storm.
A frase do enunciado está conjugada no Simple Past na Passive Voice, o que podemos verificar por causa do uso do auxiliar "was", característico desse tempo verbal. É importante notar, no entanto, que a frase está negando algo, ou seja, ao analisar as alternativas devemos buscar por aquela que apresenta o auxiliar "did", que é o que caracteriza o Simple Past na Active Voice na negativa.
A) INCORRECT: pois aqui o auxiliar utilizado foi o hasn't, que não caracteriza o Simple Past na Active Voice e na negativa.
B) CORRECT: pois aqui foi utilizado corretamente o auxiliar didn't, que marca o passado, indicando a voz ativa referente ao exemplo do enunciado da questão.
C) INCORRECT: pois o auxiliar doesn't não demarca o Simple Past, mas é um auxiliar que marca o presente.
D) INCORRECT: pois o verbo isn't também é um verbo do presente, não demarcando o passado indicado pelo Simple Past.
E) INCORRECT: pois o verbo won't é um verbo que demarca o futuro, e não o passado como está sendo indicado na frase na voz passiva