Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about verbs in the past tense imperfect. Let's analyze this tense in the text about Miguel de Cervantes? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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Miguel de Cervantes was born in Spain in the 16th century. At the age of 58, when he no longer had the movements of his left hand, which he lost when he was injured during a battle, he wrote one of the most famous stories in the world: that of Don Quixote.
_______ the year 1605 and, in Spain, the so-called books of chivalry were successful, with fantastic stories, full of noble, pure characters, who fought for love, peace and justice. Miguel de Cervantes created a character who really enjoyed reading these books. He liked it so much that he went crazy: he went to Spain in search of adventures, imitating his heroes. […]
The work Miguel de Cervantes wrote – whose original title is The ingenious Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha – was translated into several languages and inspired plays, operas, ballets, films, programs and even cartoons.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 164. Available in:. (Fragment).
Question 1 - In the first paragraph of the text, there is a verb in the past tense. Identify it:
A:
Question 2 - Fill in the blank with the verb "to be" in the imperfect tense of the indicative:
“_______ the year 1605 […]”
Question 3 - In the passage “[…] the so-called books of chivalry were successful […]”, the verb is in the past tense to express:
( ) a continuous fact in the past.
( ) an occasional fact in the past.
( ) a fact closed in the past.
Question 4 – In the excerpt “[…] who fought for love […]”, the verb in the past tense required a complement with a preposition. Therefore, he is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
Question 5 - Highlight the adverb that intensifies the meaning of the verb in the past imperfect tense below:
“Miguel de Cervantes created a character who really enjoyed reading these books.”
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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