Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verbs in the past perfect tense. Let's analyze this verb tense in the text about Sidney Sheldon? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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The writer started his career by writing songs for a band. He created “Jeannie Is Genius” and “Couple 20”, two famous American television series. Just ___________ writing novels at the age of 52. Sidney Sheldon never touched a computer. He dictated his books to his secretary, who typed them. He entered the Book of Records as the most translated author in the world. Your
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Question 1 – Underline the verb in the past perfect tense below:
“The writer started his career writing songs for a band.”
Question 2 – The verb underlined above is in the past perfect tense because it indicates:
( ) a continuous fact in the past.
( ) a hypothetical fact in the past.
( ) a fact completely completed in the past.
Question 3 – In “Só ___________ writing novels aged 52.”, the space must be filled in with the verb “to pass” in the past perfect tense. Tick it:
( ) "it happened".
( ) “passed”.
( ) "it will pass".
Question 4 – In the excerpt “Sidney Sheldon never touched a computer.”, the adverb adds to the verb in the past perfect tense a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 5 – In the period “It entered the Book of Records as the most translated author in the world.”, the verb in the perfect tense refers to:
( ) to the 1st person singular.
( ) to the 2nd person singular.
( ) to the 3rd person singular.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.