Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores noun forms of the verb. Infinitive, gerund and participle! We will analyze them in the text about the Barauna? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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Baraúna, also called braúna, is a typical Caatinga tree that can reach up to 15 meters in height. It is a plant used for different purposes: wood is used in the construction of houses, while fruits and bark of this tree has a medicinal function, whether for relieving toothaches or earaches, as well as syrup for cough.
During the dry season, when animals have little food in the Caatinga, the leaves and fruits of the baraúna are also used to feed goats, goats, sheep and sheep.
Baraúna fruits have a "wing" that helps disperse. When the wind hits the trees, they go flying and spinning like the blades of a helicopter propeller.
Baraúna is also important for honey production, as bees from the Caatinga love to visit its flowers. […]
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 256.
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Question 1 - In “A baraúna, also called braúna, is a typical Caatinga tree that can reach up to 15 meters in height.”, there is an infinitive verb. Identify it:
Question 2 – Cite an infinitive verb that could take the place of the one identified in the previous question:
Question 3 – In the segment “[…] the leaves and fruits of the baraúna are also used to feed the goats […]”, the verb in the participle composes a locution:
( ) in the past tense.
( ) in the present.
( ) in the future.
Question 4 – Highlight the verbs in the gerund below:
“[…] they go flying and spinning like the blades of a helicopter propeller.”
Question 5 - The verbs in the gerund highlighted above express:
( ) actions.
( ) States.
( ) characteristics.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
