ACTIVITY TIPS ON VERBAL VOICES

Thinking about the importance of the Portuguese language, we decided to select some activities about verbal voices. In this way, teachers can take each of them and apply them in the classroom or as homework.

inventor day
There are people who really like to invent and there are so many people that the world is full of inventions. From the craziest, like a shoe that warms your foot, to a simple can opener or a light bulb. Yeah… Looking like that, it sounds simple, right? But it wasn't. Everything that exists in the world was once created by someone who liked to invent.

In Brazil, we have many inventions. Did you know, for example, that the Escorredor de Arroz is a Brazilian discovery? So it is. And it was created in 1959 by dentist surgeon Therezinha Beatriz Alves de Andrade Zorowich, who had the help of husband to develop the aluminum prototype, which was presented to the world at the Housewares Fair in May of 1962.

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Questions
Question 1 - The text read aims to:

Question 2 – In the excerpt “But it wasn't.”, the highlighted conjunction establishes the relationship of:

Question 3 - In all passages, the use of active voice is registered, except in:

a) “Some people really like to invent […]”

b) "In Brazil, we have many inventions."

c) "Did you know, for example, that the Ecorredor de Arroz is a Brazilian discovery?"

d) “And it was created in 1959 by dental surgeon Therezinha Beatriz Alves de Andrade Zorowich […]”

Question 4 – Reread the text carefully and, then, move the sentence marked in the previous question to the active voice:

Question 5 – Switch from passive to active voice:

a) "Everything that exists in the world was once created by someone who liked to invent."

b) “[…] the aluminum prototype, which was presented to the world at the Domestic Utilities Fair, in May 1962.”