Portuguese Activity: Past Imperfect

Portuguese activity, aimed at seventh-year students, addresses the past tense imperfect. What does this tense indicate? A sporadic fact, a hypothetical fact or a constant fact? Learn by answering questions based on the curious text Why is the wedding band worn on the left hand?

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Why is the wedding band worn on the left hand?

The Egyptians, around 2800 BC, already wore a ring to symbolize marriage. To them a circle, having neither beginning nor end, meant the eternity for which marriage was destined. Two thousand years later, the Greeks discovered the mysteries of magnetism. Hence the belief that a magnet could also attract the heart. The Greeks also believed that the left ring finger had a vein that led directly to the heart. So they began to wear an iron ring magnetized on that finger, so that the hearts of lovers would be attracted forever. The custom passed to the Romans and the Church kept the tradition.

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Questions

Question 1 - Identify the sentence in which the underlined verb was used in the past tense:

( ) “For them, a circle, having neither beginning nor end, meant eternity […]"

( ) "So emerged the belief that a magnet could also attract the heart.”

( ) “The custom passed to the Romans and the Church kept the tradition."

Question 2 - In the period “The Egyptians, around 2800 BC. already wore a ring to symbolize marriage.”, the verb “to wear” is in the imperfect past tense to indicate:

( ) a sporadic fact in the life of the Egyptians.

( ) a hypothetical fact in the life of the Egyptians.

( ) a constant fact in the life of the Egyptians.

Question 3 - In the text above, the verb in the past tense “led” has as its subject:

( ) “the ring finger”.

( ) “a vein”.

( ) "the heart".

Question 4 - In the excerpt “[…] so that the hearts of lovers would be attracted forever.”, the verb in the highlighted past tense was used:

( ) in indicative mode, as it expresses a certainty.

( ) in the subjunctive mode, as it expresses a desire.

( ) in imperative mode, as it expresses a recommendation.

Question 5 - In “[…] for which the marriage was intended.”, the verb in the past tense “was” forms a phrase with:

( ) an infinitive

( ) a gerund

( ) a participle

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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