Portuguese activity: Verbs in the past perfect tense

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses verbs in the perfect past tense. Let’s analyze this verb tense in the text The origin of Circus Day? To do this, answer the questions proposed!

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The origin of Circus Day (03/27)

It is a tribute to the clown Piolin, one of the most famous in Brazil, who ran Circo Piolin for more than 30 years. Abelardo Pinto, known as Piolin, was born in Ribeirão Preto (SP), on March 27, 1897, into a traditional circus family. At his father's American Circus, he learned to do acrobatics and contortionism and to play the violin and mandolin. The name of the work ______ suggestion from Spanish artists who performed alongside him during a benefit show. As he was thin and had long legs, he earned the nickname Piolin (string). At the Modern Art Week in 1922, intellectuals hailed Piolin as an example of a typically Brazilian popular artist. He passed away in São Paulo, on September 4, 1973.

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Questions 

Question 1 – Highlight the verb in the past perfect tense below:

“It is a tribute to the clown Piolin, one of the most famous in Brazil, who ran Circo Piolin for more than 30 years.”

Question 2 – In “[…] learned to do acrobatics […]”, the verb in the perfect past tense refers:

( ) in the 1st person singular.

( ) to the 2nd person singular.

( ) to the 3rd person singular.

Question 3 – Complete the space with the verb “to be” in the perfect past tense:

“The work name ______ suggestion from Spanish artists […]”

Question 4 – In the passage “As he was thin and had long legs, he got the nickname Piolin (string)”, there is a verb in the past perfect tense. Identify it:

( ) "it was".

( ) "he had".

( ) "it won".

Question 5 – In the excerpt “[…] in 1922, intellectuals hailed Piolin as an example of a typically Brazilian popular artist.”, the verb is in the perfect past tense, as it expresses:

( ) a fact completed in the past.

( ) a fact taking place in the past.

( ) a fact prior to another in the past.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.