Portuguese Activity: Verbs in the Participle

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the participle verbs. Are we going to study verbs in this noun form? To do this, answer the questions based on the curious text Do you know which was the first book published in Brazil?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Do you know which was the first book published in Brazil?

Brazil began publishing books in 1808 with the foundation of the Imprensa Régia by D. John VI. The first work to be ______________ was “Marília de Dirceu”, by Tomás Antônio Gonzaga.

At that time, it was the Emperor who decided which books would be published. Printing outside the royal workshops was prohibited. Therefore, only what did not offend the State, religion and customs was disclosed.

The first Brazilian newspaper published was Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro. Only after the repeal of the ban on printing books, in 1821, did newspapers, leaflets and magazines begin to spread. The first magazine was called As Varieties or Literature Essays.

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Questions

Question 1 - In the title of the text, there is a verb in the participle. Point it out:

( ) "You know".

( ) "was".

( ) “edited”.

Question 2 - Fill in the sentence below with the participle of the verb "print":

“The first work to be ______________ was 'Marília de Dirceu', by Tomás Antônio Gonzaga.”

Question 3 - In the passage “At that time, it was the Emperor who decided which books would be published.”, the phrase with the verb in the participle refers to:

( ) to the subject “the Emperor”.

( ) to the subject “books”.

( ) to an indeterminate subject.

Question 4 – In the excerpt “Therefore, only what did not offend the State was disclosed […]”, the phrase with the participle “disclosed” expresses:

( ) a continuous fact in the past.

( ) a hypothetical fact in the past.

( ) a passing fact in the past.

Question 5 - In “The first Brazilian newspaper published was Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro.”, the verb in the participle indicates:

( ) an action.

( ) a state.

( ) a feature.

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.