Teoria: Língua Inglesa

Língua Inglesa para Policial Legislativo (Cebraspe)

1. Reading Comprehension Strategies

The Cebraspe English test for Policial Legislativo focuses primarily on reading comprehension. Texts are typically drawn from international newspapers (The Guardian, The New York Times, The Economist), academic journals, or official documents. Strategies: (1) read the items FIRST to know what to look for; (2) identify the main idea of each paragraph; (3) pay attention to cognates (but beware of false cognates: "actually" ≠ atualmente, "pretend" ≠ pretender, "realize" ≠ realizar); (4) use context clues for unknown vocabulary.

2. Verb Tenses and Modal Verbs

Key tenses for comprehension: Simple Present (facts, routines), Present Continuous (ongoing actions), Simple Past (completed actions), Present Perfect (past action with present relevance — "have/has + past participle"), Past Perfect (action before another past action). Modal verbs convey degrees of certainty and obligation: "must" (strong obligation/certainty), "should" (advice/probability), "may/might" (possibility), "can/could" (ability/permission), "shall" (formal future/legal obligation). In legal texts, "shall" means obligation.

3. Connectors and Discourse Markers

Understanding logical relationships is crucial: Addition (moreover, furthermore, in addition, besides); Contrast (however, nevertheless, although, despite, whereas, on the other hand); Cause/Effect (therefore, consequently, thus, hence, due to, owing to); Condition (provided that, as long as, unless); Exemplification (for instance, such as, namely); Concession (even though, notwithstanding). Cebraspe often asks about the meaning or function of these connectors in context.

4. Vocabulary in Context — Security and Law Enforcement

Essential vocabulary for Policial Legislativo: law enforcement (aplicação da lei), investigation (investigação), surveillance (vigilância), threat assessment (avaliação de ameaça), security breach (violação de segurança), intelligence gathering (coleta de inteligência), counterterrorism (contraterrorismo), access control (controle de acesso), legislative body (corpo legislativo), parliamentary immunity (imunidade parlamentar), due process (devido processo legal), jurisdiction (jurisdição), custody (custódia), warrant (mandado).