Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about the connecting verbs. Do you know how to locate them? Do you know the role they play in the text? Are you in doubt? Then answer the text-based questions a stylistic job, extracted from the book “O Brasil anecdotico”, written by Humberto de Campos.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
He knew Canon Januário da Cunha Barbosa, founder of the Historical Institute, an individual whose feet were exceedingly large. When referring to this guy's plants, he always said “peses” instead of feet.
Astonished by the case, a friend asked him why.
'Yes,' replied the canon, 'because that way it becomes more expressive.
And in a gesture:
– The word gets bigger…
Humberto de Campos. “Anecdotal Brazil”.
Question 1 - The first paragraph of the text contains a connecting verb. Identify the phrase in which it is present:
( ) “I knew Canon Januário da Cunha Barbosa […]”
( ) “[…] an individual whose feet were excessively large.”
( ) “[…] I always said “pests” instead of feet.”
Question 2 - The linking verb, identified above, was used:
( ) in the past perfect tense
( ) in the past tense imperfect
( ) in past tense more-than-perfect
Question 3 - In the passage “[…] because that way it becomes more expressive.”, the connecting verb “makes” indicates an aspect:
( ) mutative
( ) apparent
( ) permanent
Question 4 – The connecting verb “make” introduces:
( ) an action
( ) a way of being
( ) a feature
Question 5 - In the sentence “– The word gets bigger…”, the complement of the connecting verb “gets” is called:
( ) bet
( ) adnominal assistant
( ) predicative of the subject
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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