Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about verbs in the present tense. Let's analyze them in the text Why does the belly rumble when a person is hungry? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The stomach makes noise as it prepares to receive food. This process takes place at times when the person is used to eating. The stomach contracts and the walls of the abdomen act as a kind of amplifier.
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Question 1 - Highlight the verbs in the present tense below:
"Why does the belly rumble when a person is hungry?"
Question 2 - The verbs in the present tense underlined above refer to:
( ) 1st person singular.
( ) 2nd person singular.
( ) 3rd person singular.
Question 3 - In the period “The stomach makes noise when it is preparing to receive food.”, the present tense “does” required a complement without a preposition. Therefore, he is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
Question 4 - In “This process takes place at times […]”, the subject of the present tense:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 5 - In the prayer “The stomach contracts […]”, the “if” indicates:
( ) the active voice of the present tense.
( ) the passive voice of the present tense.
( ) the reflective voice of the verb in the present tense.
Question 6 – In the segment “[…] and the walls of the abdomen work as a kind of amplifier.”, the verb in the present tense expresses a certainty. That means it's in:
( ) indicative.
( ) subjunctive.
( ) imperative.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.