Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about participle verbs. Let's analyze this nominal form in the text about genes? So, answer the proposed questions!
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PROF: CLASS:
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Read:
In 1903, the American geneticist Walter Sutton discovered that the units of heredity, described by Mendel, were located in one of the elements that make up the cell, the chromosomes.
These units of heredity were later called “genes” by Wilhelm Johansen, a Danish botanist. The name stuck and everyone now wanted to know what ___________ the genes were for. It was then that another American geneticist, Thomas Hunt Morgan, who worked with the banana flies (
Drosophila melanogaster), found that the genes were distributed along the chromosomes.“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 248. Available in:. (With cut).
Question 1 - In the segment below, there is a verb in the participle. Underline it:
“In 1903, the American geneticist Walter Sutton discovered that the units of heredity, described by Mendel, were located in one of the elements […]”
Question 2 - The verb in the participle underlined above expresses:
( ) an action.
( ) a state.
( ) a feature.
Question 3 - In the excerpt “Later, these units of heredity were called 'genes' by Wilhelm Johansen […]”, the phrase with the participle refers to a subject:
( ) hidden.
( ) simple.
( ) composite.
Question 4 – Fill in the space with the participle of the verb “to do”:
"The name stuck and everyone now wanted to know what ___________ the genes were for."
Question 5 - In the text, the verbs in the participle were used to indicate:
( ) the active voice.
( ) the passive voice.
( ) the reflective voice.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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