Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, explores the past tense verbs. Let's analyze the functions performed by verbs in this tense? So, answer the various questions posed based on the text about the book release the thrush! In it, the writer Ruth Rocha takes us on a journey, full of reflections, to colonial Brazil! Want to know more about the book? So, read the text and be sure to study the past tense verbs, ok?
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:
Francisco was born in Portugal, in the 17th century, and came to Brazil at the age of thirteen to visit his uncle Gaspar's farm, which was in São Paulo. Arriving here, “an entirely new life began for Francis”. For a start, the customs were completely different. People slept in a hammock, ate manioc, sailed in canoes, fished with bows and arrows. Not to mention the vegetation, which was dense and closed, full of animals: snakes, parrots, jaguars, coatis, pacas, armadillos.
One day Francisco was invited by the pioneer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, known as Anhanguera, to go with him to the sertão. What an adventure! He had to take a garrucha (a firearm) to safely penetrate the interior of Brazil at that time.
But not everything was a party. The way in which the Indians and blacks were treated by the Portuguese made Francisco upset…
Based on extensive documentation, this historical children's novel is an unparalleled introduction to colonial Brazil. For better or for worse, it places the reader inside the reality of the country in its second century of existence - with the privilege of being led there by the tasty writing of Ruth Rocha.
Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “Francisco was born in Portugal, in the 17th century […]”, the highlighted expression adds to the verb in the past tense “was born” the circumstance of:
rent
b) time
c) origin
d) mode
Question 2 - In the segment “[…] and came to Brazil at the age of thirteen to Brazil […]”, the past tense verb “came” points to:
a) an action of the character Francisco.
b) a state of the character Francisco.
c) a way of being of the character Francisco.
d) a characteristic of the character Francisco.
Question 3 – Underline the past tense verbs that make up this text fragment:
“People slept in a hammock, ate cassava, sailed in canoes, fished with […]”
Question 4 - The verbs in the past tense, underlined above, express:
a) occasional facts in people's lives.
b) hypothetical facts in people's lives.
c) common facts in people's lives.
d) presumable facts in people's lives.
Question 5 - In the sentence "Not to mention the vegetation, which was dense and closed […]”, the verb in the past tense is:
a) connection
b) intransitive
c) direct transitive
d) indirect transitive
Question 6 – In the prayer “One day Francisco was invited by the pioneer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva […]”, the character “Francisco” is patient with the action expressed by the verbal phrase in the past tense. In this context, it can be said that this prayer was constructed:
a) in active voice
b) in the passive analytical voice
c) in the pronominal passive voice
d) in reflective voice
Question 7 – In the excerpt “He had to take him to a garrucha […]”, the phrase with the verb in the past tense expresses:
a) a wish
b) a request
c) an obligation
d) a suggestion
Question 8 – In “[…] it made Francisco upset…”, the verb “left” was inflected:
a) in the past tense perfect tense.
b) in the more-than-perfect tense of the indicative.
c) in the imperfect past tense of the subjunctive.
d) in the imperfect tense of the indicative.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
report this ad