Portuguese activity: Verbs in the past perfect tense

Portuguese activity, focused on 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 Mauricio de Sousa? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Mauricio de Sousa

Born on October 27, 1935 in Santa Isabel, in the interior of São Paulo, Mauricio de Sousa began his career as an illustrator at an early age. At age 19, he was already making comics for local newspapers in Mogi das Cruzes, a city in Greater São Paulo. In 1959, he published a vertical strip featuring – for the first time – the blue dog Bidu as a character. In 1962, _________ the character Mônica. And, in the 1970s, he published the first Turma da Mônica comic book.

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Questions

Question 1 – Underline the verb in the past perfect tense below:

“[…] Mauricio de Sousa started his career as an illustrator early.”

Question 2 – The verb in the past perfect tense underlined above refers to:

( ) to the 1st person singular.

( ) to the 2nd person singular.

( ) to the 3rd person singular.

Question 3 – In the excerpt "In 1959, published a vertical strip […]”, the highlighted expression adds the verb in the perfect tense a circumstance of:

( ) place.

( ) mode.

( ) time.

Question 4 – In the passage “In 1962, _________ the character Mônica.”, the space must be filled in with the verb “to create” in the past perfect tense. Tick ​​it:

( ) "created".

( ) “created”.

( ) “created”.

Question 5 – In the segment “And, in the 1970s, he published the first Turma da Mônica comic book.”, the verb is in the past perfect tense to indicate:

( ) a hypothetical action in the past.

( ) an action completed in the past.

( ) an unfinished action in the past.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.