Portuguese Activity: Verbs in the gerund

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about gerund verbs. How about analyzing the verbs in this noun form in the text The plants and streams? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

The plants and streams

There are about 350 species of fish living in streams in the Atlantic Forest alone, more than 50 of them are officially threatened. Forest destruction affects the lives of fish. When we clear the banks of the streams, they are easily excavated by the force of the water, and the edge of the river starts to give way, falling into the water and forming sandbanks. The river, then, becomes more and more shallow, this is what we call siltation. In addition, the water becomes more turbid, and fish find it difficult to find food and breeding partners.

“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 282. Available in:
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Questions

Question 1 - Mark the passage that contains a verb in the gerund:

( ) “There are about 350 species of fish living in streams in the Atlantic Forest alone […]”

( ) “[…] they are easily excavated by the force of water […]”

( ) “[…] fish find it difficult to find food and partners […]”

Question 2 - In the segment “[…] the edge of the river begins to give way, falling into the water […]”, the verb in the gerund expresses:

( ) an action.

( ) a state.

( ) a feature.

Question 3 - In the passage “[…] forming sand banks.”, the verb in the gerund is:

( ) intransitive.

( ) direct transitive.

( ) indirect transitive.

Question 4 – Note this fragment of text:

"The river, then, becomes increasingly shallow, this is what we call siltation."

In this fragment, there is a phrase formed with a verb in the gerund. Identify it:

Question 5 - The previously identified verbal phrase was used in time:

( ) past.

( ) gift.

( ) future.

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

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