Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, aims to study the gerund verbs. The questions are based on a strip! Would you be able to say, for example, which verb is in the form of gerund in the sentence “I could have already graduated, working […]”? “Being”, “graduated” or “working”? Are we going to answer this and the other questions proposed below?
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
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Question 1 - In the following fragment, the three nominal forms of the verb appear. Underline the verb in the form of gerund:
“I could have already graduated, working […]”
Question 2 - The verb in the gerund, underlined in the previous question, indicates:
( ) a characteristic of the subject.
( ) a state of the subject.
( ) an action of the subject.
Question 3 - In the first square of the strip, the verb in the gerund “morando” has full meaning. So it is:
( ) intransitive
( ) binding
( ) direct transitive
Question 4 – The verb in the gerund “paying”, in the second square, composes a phrase with:
( ) the verb “to study”.
( ) the verb “could”.
( ) the verb “to be”.
Question 5 - According to grammarians, phrases like "I'll be working." should be avoided. This type of verbal construction is called:
( ) neologism
( ) gerundism
( ) foreignness
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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