Portuguese activity, focused on 8th grade students, about the participle verbs. Are we going to analyze verbs in this noun form? To do this, answer the questions that refer to the text on the origin of Bonfire!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
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Did you know that bonfires are originally associated with protecting and celebrating the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere? For this reason, they were used at the time when June festivals had no religious influence. Later, the Catholic Church gave them new meaning. According to the tradition of the religion, the mother of St. John the Baptist would have ____________ a fire to let the family know that the child had been born.
Today, in the most traditional festivities, the bonfire has the role of uniting friends, neighbors and family, called “compadres” (men) and “comadres” (women). […]
The format of the bonfires varies according to the celebration of each saint: on the feast of St. Anthony, it is square; that of Saint Peter, triangular; and, in São João, it has a rounded shape at the base and a pyramid at the top.
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Question 1 - Highlight the phrase, formed with a verb in the participle, in this period:
"Did you know that bonfires are originally associated with protecting and celebrating the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere?"
Question 2 - The phrase with the verb in the participle underlined above refers to the subject:
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Question 3 - Complete the space below with the participle of the verb "to light":
“[…] the mother of St. John the Baptist would have a bonfire to warn the family […]”
Question 4 - In the sentence “For this reason, they were used at the time […]”, the subject of the phrase formed with the verb in the participle:
( ) resumes an expression.
( ) announces an expression.
( ) complements an expression.
Question 5 - There is a verb in the participle in the passage:
( ) “[…] notify the family that the child was born.”
( ) “[…] the bonfire has the role of uniting friends […]”
( ) “[…] it has a rounded shape at the base and a pyramid at the top.”
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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