Portuguese activity, suitable for students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores the verbs in the present tense. Let's analyze the present tense verbs that make up the text the prince and the beggar, written by Mark Twain? So, answer the various questions proposed below!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Tom Canty and Edward Tudor are the same age. They are exactly the same. There is only one small difference - Edward is crown prince to the throne of England, and Tom is a beggar, a child in the dank slums of sixteenth-century London. "One day the destiny __________ and both _______ to live, for a while, the life of the other." They change clothes and roles. Tom is taken amidst the pomp and luxury of the court while Edward meets with horror the outcasts, the squalor and the depths of social inequality. Based on the classic theme of changing identities, Mark Twain (1835-1910) – perhaps the greatest accountant in 19th century American stories – masterfully reflects on the human habit of judging people by appearance. And he creates, at the same time, a fable about hypocrisy and injustice as well as an amusing comedy that have brought tears and laughter to successive generations of readers since their publication in 1882.
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Question 1 - In “They are exactly the same.”, who does the present tense refer to?
A.
Question 2 - In the part “There is only a small difference […]”, the subject of the present tense is:
( ) hidden.
( ) nonexistent.
( ) undetermined.
Question 3 - Reread this text fragment:
“[…] Edward is crown prince to the throne of England, and Tom is a beggar […]”
In this fragment of the text, the verb in the present tense “is” performs the syntactic function of:
( ) connecting verb.
( ) intransitive verb.
( ) direct transitive verb.
Question 4 – In the period “One day the destiny __________ and both _______ to live, for a while, the life of the other.”, the spaces must be filled with the verbs in the present tense:
( ) intervenes and has.
( ) intervenes and has.
( ) intervenes and has.
Question 5 - In the segment “Tom is taken into the midst of the pomp and luxury of the court […]”, the phrase formed with the verb in the present tense was used:
( ) in active voice.
( ) in passive voice.
( ) in the reflective voice.
Question 6 – In the part “From the classic theme of replacement of identities […]”, the term underlined is:
( ) an adjective.
( ) a noun.
( ) a present tense verb.
Question 7 – In “[…] reflects masterfully about human habit […]”, the highlighted excerpt modifies the meaning of the verb in the present tense “reflects”, indicating:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 8 – In the prayer “And performs, at the same time […]”, the verb in the present tense expresses:
( ) an action by Tom.
( ) an action by Edward.
( ) an action by Mark Twain.
Question 9 – The verbs in the present tense analyzed are:
( ) in indicative mode.
( ) in subjunctive mode.
( ) in imperative mode.
Question 10 – Identify the purpose of using the verbs in the present tense in the text:
( ) point to facts that are happening.
( ) bring the reader closer to the story told in the book “The prince and the beggar”.
( ) indicate the relevance of the story told in the book “The prince and the beggar”.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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