Portuguese Activity: Verbs in the Participle

Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, explores the participle verbs. Let's analyze them in the text on two wheels? So, answer the proposed questions and, in addition, you will know the origin of the bicycle! Not cool?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

on two wheels

The bicycle was invented in the 19th century. Before having that name, given by a Belgian newspaper, she had other names, like tricycle. In the beginning, bicycles did not have pedals: the user had to place his feet on the ground and push the bicycle with the movement of his legs. In the second half of the 19th century, mechanical systems with pedals appeared. After 1888, bicycles had tube tires. Throughout the 20th century, they were perfected to current models, which have brakes, belt system, gearshift and much more!

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Questions

Question 1 - In the passage “The bicycle was invented in the 19th century.”, the phrase with a verb in the participle expresses:

( ) an action completed in the 19th century.

( ) a hypothetical action in the 19th century.

( ) an unfinished action in the 19th century.

Question 2 - In the passage above, the participle indicates the use of the voice:

( ) reflective

( ) passive analytical

( ) pronominal passive

Question 3 - Point out the excerpt that contains a verb in the participle:

( ) “Before having that name, given by a Belgian newspaper […]”

( ) “[…] the user had to support his feet on the floor […]”

( ) “[…] mechanical systems with pedals appeared.”

Question 4 – In the excerpt mentioned above, the participle expresses:

( ) an action

( ) a state

( ) a feature

Question 5 - At the end of the text, the phrase with the participle "perfected" has as its subject the pronoun "they", which takes up:

( ) “the bicycles”

( ) "cameras"

( ) "marchs"

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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