Portuguese activity: Verbs in the imperfect past tense

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores verbs in the imperfect past tense. Let's analyze these verbs in the text How does velcro work? To do this, answer the questions proposed!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

How does velcro work?

Velcro was invented by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer who, when he went for a walk with your dog, came back full of burrs stuck to your clothes and your pet's fur. One day, overcome by curiosity, Georges decided to examine how they clung so tightly together. He placed the burrs under a microscope and observed that they _____________ hooks similar to those on crochet needles. Soon, he had the idea of ​​using the same principle in Velcro, created in 1948.

“Science Today for Children” magazine. Edition 174.
Available in:. (Fragment).

Questions 

Question 1 – Underline the verbs in the imperfect past tense below:

“[…] a Swiss engineer who, when he went out for a walk with his dog, came back full of burrs stuck to his clothes and his pet’s fur.”

Question 2 – The verbs highlighted above are in the imperfect past tense, as they express:

( ) continuous facts in the past.

( ) facts concluded in the past.

( ) facts prior to others in the past.

Question 3 – Identify the passage that contains a verb in the imperfect past tense:

( ) “Georges decided to examine how they held each other so tightly.”

( ) “He placed the burrs in a microscope […]”

( ) “So, he had the idea of ​​using the same principle in Velcro […]”

Question 4 – The verb in the imperfect past tense, used in the passage identified in the previous question, refers to:

( ) 1st person plural.

( ) 2nd person plural.

( ) 3rd person plural.

Question 5 – In “[…] they _____________ hooks similar to those on crochet needles.”, the space must be filled with the verb “to have” in the imperfect past tense of the indicative. Mark it:

( ) “had”.

( ) “had”.

( ) “would have”.

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