Portuguese activity, aimed at 7th grade students, aims to study the imperative verbs, through a text by the writer Pedro Bandeira.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
I wrote this book for you, reminding me of the time when I only heard: “Shut up, boy!”, “Shut up, boy!”, “Go to your room, boy, this is no talk for a child !”. And things like that. (…)
If you want to know more about me, I'll inform you that I was born in Santos, in 1942, and have lived in São Paulo since 1961, where I went to college, I was a theater actor, editor, journalist and publicist. But, today I'm no longer anything like that: since 1983 I've only been its writer.
FLAG, Peter. "More respect, I'm a Child!". São Paulo: Modern, 2009.
Question 1 - In the excerpt "shut up the mouth, boy!”, “For quiet, boy!”, the underlined verbs indicate:
a) a certainty
b) an advice
c) an order
d) a wish
Question 2 - The imperative verbs, underlined in the previous question, were written in informal language. Rewrite the prayers according to the cultured norm:
The) "shut up the mouth, boy!"
B) "For be quiet, boy!"
Question 3 - Why did the author write the verbs informally?
Question 4 – Use the imperative verb in the sentence:
a) “I wrote this book for you […]”.
b) “Go to your room, boy, this is not talk for children!”.
c) “If you want to know more about me […]”
d) "But today I'm not like that anymore [...]"
Question 5 - Identify the verb in the imperative that makes up the sentence highlighted in the previous question:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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