Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores the adverbs of time. These are those terms that indicate the idea of time, in relation to the occurrence of facts! How about breaking them down in the exciting text the discipline of love, written by Lygia Fagundes Telles? In it, the author tells us about a dog that, even after its owner died in World War II, continued to wait for him on the corner… Be sure to read it and then answer the questions about the adverbs of time!
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
Download this Portuguese exercise at:
SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
It was in France, during World War II. A young man had a dog that every day, punctually, would wait for him to come home from work. He posted himself on the corner, just before six in the afternoon. As soon as he saw the owner, he ran to meet him and, in the greatest joy, accompanied him with his bouncy step back to the house.
The whole village already knew the dog and people who passed him petted him and he responded, he even ran all over excited behind the closest ones to soon return attentive to his post and stay there until the moment his owner pointed there far away.
But I warned you that it was wartime, the young man was summoned. Do you think the dog stopped waiting for you? He continued to go every day to the corner, his anxious gaze fixed on that one spot, ear cocked, listening for the slightest noise that might indicate the presence of the beloved owner. As soon as it got dark, he came home and went about his normal dog life until the next day. Then, disciplinedly, as if he had a watch attached to his paw, he would return to his waiting post.
The young man died in a bombing, but in the little heart of the dog, hope did not die. They wanted to arrest him, distract him. All in vain. When that time came, he would shoot for his commitment every day. Every day.
Over the years (the memory of men!) people have been forgetting about the young soldier who did not return. He married the bride to a cousin. Family members turned to other family members. Friends, for other friends. Only the very old dog (he was young when the young man left) continued to wait for him on his corner. People wondered, "but who is this dog waiting for?" One afternoon (it was winter) he stayed there, his snout always turned to “that” direction.
Lygia Fagundes Telles. “The Discipline of Love”. Rio de Janeiro: New Frontier, 1980, p. 99-100.
Question 1 - Identify the phrase in which the highlighted term is an adverb of tense:
The) "As soon as I saw the owner, I ran to meet him […]"
b) “So, disciplinedly, as if he had a watch attached to his paw […] ”
c) "One evening (it was winter) he stayed there […]"
d) “[…] the muzzle ever facing "that" direction."
Question 2 - In the first paragraph of the text, the adverb “punctually” expresses:
rent
b) time
c) mode
d) middle
Question 3 - The adverb of time "punctually" points to a fact:
a) predictable in the dog's life.
b) completed in the dog's life.
c) continuous in the dog's life.
d) hypothetical in the dog's life.
Question 4 – In “The entire village already he knew the dog and people who passed him petted him and he responded […]”, the underlined tense adverb modifies the meaning of the verb:
a) "knew"
b) "passed"
c) "made"
d) "corresponded"
Question 5 - The excerpt “[…] to soon return to his post and stay there until the moment his owner pointed out there.” features an adverb of time. Tick it:
a) "soon"
b) "there"
c) "there"
d) "far"
Question 6 – In the passage “He continued to go to the corner daily […]”, the adverb of time “daily” could be replaced by:
a) commonly
b) immediately
c) daily
d) sporadically
Question 7 – In the segment "When that time came, he would shoot for the commitment made […]”, the term underlined plays the role of:
( ) adverb of time
( ) temporal subordinate conjunction
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
report this ad