Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the future tense verbs. Are we going to study the verbs in this tense? To do so, read the text directly from Bonito, which tells us about the work of Brazilian and foreign scientists in Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul! Then answer the various proposed questions that explore the verbs in the future!
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Read:
Currently, scientists from Brazil, France, Australia and the United States are setting up large experiments in the municipality of Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul. The work of this group is part of the Long Term Ecological Program (PELD). They will surround areas of vegetation to prevent the entry of large animals (tairs, jaguars, deer and others) and observe what happens in these places years later. They are also fencing the bottom of nearby streams to see what would happen to the rivers if fish in the area disappeared.
Another part of the research is to prevent some plants from receiving rain to predict the effect of drought in the region. What will happen to the animals, the plants and the environments where they live? Imagine what a drier place would be and, worse, without these animals walking, swimming, eating or pooing or peeing... Researchers assume that this new situation will cause changes in the vegetation, in the amount of seeds and native fruits, change the amount of material deposited in the soil and rivers, in addition to messing with the life of small beings that depend on manure and debris vegetable.
But in science it is not enough to just imagine these or other results. It is necessary to have data to confirm these suspicions.
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“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 284. Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “They go surround areas of vegetation to prevent the entry of large animals […]”, the underlined expression is equivalent to the verb:
( ) “will surround”.
( ) “would surround”.
( ) “surround”.
Question 2 - The verb identified in the question above expresses:
( ) an action of the scientists who are part of the group.
( ) a state of the scientists who are part of the group.
( ) a characteristic of the scientists who are part of the group.
Question 3 - Reread this period of the text:
"They're also fence in the bottom of nearby streams to see what would happen to the rivers if fish in the region disappeared."
In this period of the text, there is a verb in the future tense. Point it out:
( ) "they are".
( ) "would happen".
( ) “disappear”.
Question 4 – Note the future verbs highlighted below:
"What it will be what will happen to the animals […]"
"Imagine how would be a drier place […]"
Read what is said about the highlighted verbs:
I. Both verbs were used in indicative mode.
II. Both verbs were inflected in the present tense.
III. The two verbs were inflected in the future past tense.
What is stated in:
( ) I.
( ) I and II.
( ) I, II and III.
Question 5 - Look carefully at the sentences. Then tick the one that presents the future tense:
( ) “Another part of the research is to prevent some plants from receiving rain […]”
( ) “[…] it will happen to animals, plants and environments […]”
( ) “But in science it is not enough to just imagine these or other results.”
Question 6 – The verbs in the future tense analyzed, along the previous questions, compose a text written predominantly in a language:
( ) cultured.
( ) informal.
( ) scientific.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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