Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses the present tense. Shall we analyze it? To do this, answer the various questions that explore this tense in the text about the Jaguar! Did you know that she is the biggest cat on the American continent? Learn more about the jaguar by reading the text! And, of course, be sure to study the present tense verbs!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
It is the largest cat on the American continent. It is up to 1.90 meters long and 80 centimeters high (up to the shoulder). Males weigh about 20% more than females, reaching 135 kg.
The jaguar can live in various types of habitat, as long as part of the vegetation is dense. It is a solitary and territorial animal. Has nocturnal habits. It can occupy areas from 22 km2 to more than 150 km² (depending on prey availability). The species was found from the Southwest of the United States to the North of Argentina.
Lives about 12 years. It is a solitary animal and only looks for a pair in the breeding season. Females take care of the offspring and stay with them for around a year and a half, when they separate. The jaguar also uses its coat to camouflage itself and has a lot of strength when attacking.
_____ populations decreasing due to confrontation with human activities such as livestock. The species is classified by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) as vulnerable and is in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), ie the risk of extinction is associated with trade and its sale is only allowed in exceptional cases, with authorization express.
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Question 1 - In the period “It's the biggest feline on the American continent.”, the present tense verb indicates:
( ) a jaguar action.
( ) a jaguar state.
( ) a characteristic of the jaguar.
Question 2 - In view of the function performed by the present tense in the above period, we should classify it as:
( ) connecting verb
( ) intransitive verb
( ) direct transitive verb
Question 3 - Underline the present tense verbs in this segment of the text:
"The females take care of the puppies and stay with them for around a year and a half [...]"
Question 4 - The verbs in the present tense, underlined in the question above, were inflected in the indicative way, as they express:
( ) orders
( ) certainties
( ) hypotheses
Question 5 - In the sentence “[…] when they separate.”, the verb in the present tense was used:
( ) in active voice
( ) in passive voice
( ) in reflective voice
Question 6 – In view of the communicative situation, point out an alternative in which the space indicated in the text was correctly filled with the verb in the present tense:
( ) “The populations have been decreasing, due to the confrontation with human activities […]”
( ) “The populations have been decreasing, due to the confrontation with human activities […]”
( ) "The populations have been decreasing, due to the confrontation with human activities [...]"
Question 7 – Reread this excerpt:
"The species is classified by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) as vulnerable [...]"
Note that the above excerpt was written in passive voice. Convert it into the active voice, paying attention to the tense used:
Question 8 – The verbs in the present tense, analyzed along the previous questions, compose a text, whose objective is:
( ) report a fact about the jaguar.
( ) give an opinion about the jaguar.
( ) provide explanations about the jaguar.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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