Portuguese activity: Verb voices

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about verb voices. Let's analyze these voices in the text Why do fish always have their mouths open? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Why do fish always have their mouths open?

They cannot breathe without an ever-renewing current of water passing over their gills. This circulation takes place through the mouth, towards the operacula, which are lowered and raised regularly. Thus, the water is filtered when it passes through the gills, obtaining the necessary oxygen for respiration.

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Questions 

Question 1 – Underline the following verb:

“This circulation occurs through the mouth [...]”

Question 2 – The verb underlined above is in the active voice, because the subject is:

( ) agent.

( ) patient.

( ) agent and patient.

Question 3 – Watch:

“[…] that rise and fall regularly.”

In this passage, the “if” indicates:

( ) the reflexive voice of verbs.

( ) the pronominal passive voice of verbs.

( ) the indeterminacy of the subject of verbs.

Question 4 – Read back:

“Thus, the water is filtered as it passes through the gills, obtaining the necessary oxygen […]”

Identify the verb in the passive voice in this segment of the text:

Question 5 – The verb in the passive voice identified above refers to:

( ) 1st person singular.

( ) 2nd person singular.

( ) 3rd person singular.

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