Portuguese Activity: Verbal Phrases in the Past

Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, addresses the verbal phrases in the past. How about analyzing them in the text about the seal? Do you know when and where this feature in correspondence was invented? Find out by reading the text and, of course, be sure to answer the questions that explore verbal locutions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

stamp day

The seal was invented in England in 1840 and became known as Penny Black. The intention was to charge mailings based on the weight of the letter and the distance traveled to its destination. Until that date, the charge was made upon delivery. The seal revolutionized the Post Office worldwide and we were the second country in the world to adopt this system. In Brazil, the first stamp, part of the famous “Olho de Boi” series, was published on August 1, 1843.

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Questions

Question 1 - Identify the phrase in which there is a past tense:

( ) "The stamp revolutionized the Post Office worldwide […]"

( ) “[…] we were the second country in the world to adopt this system.”

( ) “[…] was published on August 1, 1843.”

Question 2 - In the text above, the verbal phrase in the past “was done” has as subject:

( ) "the correspondence"

( ) "the letter"

( ) "the charge"

Question 3 – The verbal phrase "was done" expresses:

( ) a continuous fact in the past.

( ) a sporadic fact in the past.

( ) a hypothetical fact in the past.

Question 4 – In the prayer “[…] he became known as Penny Black.”, the phrase in the past indicates:

( ) the active voice of the subject “The seal”.

( ) the passive voice of the subject “The seal”.

( ) the reflective voice of the subject “The seal”.

Question 5 - Watch:

“The seal was invented in England, in 1840 […]”

Check the alternative where the past tense was correctly replaced by the equivalent verb:

( ) England invented the seal in 1840.

( ) England invented the seal in 1840.

( ) England invented the seal in 1840.

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

At answers are in the link above the header

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