Portuguese activity: Verbs in the past perfect tense

Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, about verbs in the past perfect tense. Let's analyze this tense in the text that presents the film the aviator? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

“The Aviator”

Howard Hughes became a millionaire at the age of 18, due to the inheritance that his father, a Texan inventor, left him. Shortly after, he moved to Los Angeles, where he __________ to invest in the film industry. Hughes helped the careers of several stars, such as Jean Harlow, and even worked on highly successful films, such as “Hell’s Angels”, which he directed. At the same time, he devoted himself to one of his greatest passions, aviation, and became involved with actresses Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner.

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Questions

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

“Howard Hughes became a millionaire at the age of 18, due to the inheritance that his father, a Texan inventor, left him.”

Question 2 – In “[…] moved to Los Angeles […]”, the past perfect tense refers to:

( ) to the 1st person singular.

( ) to the 2nd person singular.

( ) to the 3rd person singular.

Question 3 – In the passage “[…] where __________ to invest in the film industry.”, the space must be filled in with the verb “to pass” in the perfect tense. Identify it:

( ) "it happened".

( ) “passed”.

( ) "it will pass".

Question 4 – In the section “At the same time, he devoted himself to one of his greatest passions, aviation [...]”, the verb is in the past perfect tense, as it indicates:

( ) a continuous fact in the past.

( ) a fact completed in the past.

( ) a fact prior to another past.

Question 5 – In the segment “[…] and got involved with actresses Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner.”, the verb in the past perfect tense was used:

( ) in the active voice.

( ) in the passive voice.

( ) in the reflective voice.

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