Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the noun forms of the verb. Infinitive, gerund and participle! Let's analyze them in the text about the movie. Freedom Writers? So, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
In Freedom Writers, a young and idealistic teacher arrives at a school in a poor neighborhood, which is corrupted by aggression and violence. Students are rebellious and unwilling to learn, and there is constant racial tension between them. So, to make students learn and also talk more about their complicated lives, Professor Gruwell (Hilary Swank) uses different teaching methods. Gradually, students regain confidence in themselves, accepting more knowledge, and recognizing values such as tolerance and respect for others.
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Question 1 - Identify the part that contains a verb in the participle:
( ) “[…] a school in a poor neighborhood, which is corrupted by aggression and violence.”
( ) “[…] there is a constant racial tension between them.”
( ) “[…] Professor Gruwell (Hilary Swank) uses different teaching methods.”
Question 2 - In the segment “Students are rebellious and unwilling to learn […]”, the infinitive verb expresses:
( ) an action.
( ) a state.
( ) a way of being.
Question 3 - In “So, to make the students learn and also talk more about their complicated lives […]”, there is an infinitive verb. Point it out:
( ) "to do".
( ) “learn”.
( ) “speak”.
Question 4 – Highlight the verbs in the gerund in this period of the text:
"Gradually, students regain confidence in themselves, accepting more knowledge, and recognizing values such as tolerance and respect for others."
Question 5 - The verbs in the gerund, underlined above, form a phrase:
( ) in the past tense.
( ) in the present.
( ) in the future.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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