Portuguese activity, suitable for students in the seventh year of elementary school, addresses gerund verbs. Let's analyze the verbs in this noun in the text Mix of seasons? For this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Seasons have always existed. But you've probably heard that the weather has been a little weird for some time now. Don't think that our planet has decided to change the route of its walk around the Sun, stretching back and forth or resting here or there. The Earth's trajectory does not change. What is affecting the climate is human interference in nature, emitting polluting gases, dumping tons of garbage around, burning forests...
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 282. Available in:
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Question 1 – The excerpt below was transcribed without the comma that precedes the gerund. Put it on:
"Don't think that our planet has decided to change the route of its walk around the Sun by stretching it back and forth [...]"
Question 2 – Read back:
“What is affecting the climate is the interference of human beings in nature […]”
Identify a verb in the gerund that could take the place of what was used in this segment:
Question 3 – In the segment above, the verb in the gerund composes a phrase in tense:
( ) past.
( ) gift.
( ) future.
Question 4 – Highlight the verbs in the gerund below:
“[…] emitting polluting gases, dumping tons of garbage around, burning forests…”
Question 5 - The verbs in the gerund previously underlined express:
( ) actions.
( ) States.
( ) characteristics.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.