Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, aims to study the noun forms of the verb (infinitive, participle and gerund). Are we going to differentiate them? The proposed questions are based on a text about the book the secret of the yellow house.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read this text about the book
In the secret of the yellow house, Giselda Laporta Nicolelis creates a thriller just right for teenage readers. With all her experience as a writer, she brings together adventures and dangers worthy of the best espionage and detective stories, set in a village of modest and hardworking people. To unravel what is happening in the yellow house in front of the little field, where our heroes usually play ball, it's worth taking any risk… That's what Wanderlei, Zarolho do, Camaleão, Jaime and Pedro, a group of nosy, smart kids, very friendly to each other and who, when they're not working or studying, can't do without a good adventure, full of emotion and mystery.
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Question 1 - Register the use of the verb in the participle in the passage:
a) "In the secret of the yellow house, Giselda Laporta Nicolelis creates a thrillerin the right measure […]"
b) “[…] and detectives, set in a village of modest and hardworking people.”
c) “[…] where our heroes usually play ball […]”
d) “That's what Wanderlei, Zarolho, Camaleão, Jaime and Pedro do […]”
Question 2 - In the excerpt “To unravel what is happening in the yellow house […]”, the preposition “to” plus the infinitive verb “to unravel” indicate the idea of:
purpose
b) conclusion
c) explanation
d) comparison
Question 3 - “[…] it's worth taking any risk…”. Point the verb, used in the nominal form, in this part of the text:
Question 4 – Reread the last sentence of the text. Next, identify the verbs in the gerund, referring to actions of the nosy boy class:
Question 5 - "[…] no dispense a good adventure, full of emotion and mystery.”. Pass the underlined verb into the following forms:
a) impersonal infinitive:
b) participle:
c) gerund:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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