Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores verb moods. Indicative mood, subjunctive mood and imperative mood. Let's analyze them in the text Play without wasting? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
How many of your toys once belonged to your parents? One? Two? None? Today's toys last less and less, and when they break, they almost always go straight to the trash. And people have produced so much waste that there is no space to store it. Want to help? Next time you buy a toy, make sure the material is of good quality, that the toy is really interesting and not just a fad, and make sure it lasts a long time.
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 183.
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Question 1 - Underline the following verb:
“Today’s toys last less and less […]”
Question 2 – The italicized verb above is in the indicative mood, as it expresses:
( ) assurance.
( ) possibility.
( ) recommendation.
Question 3 – Identify the segment that contains an imperative verb:
( ) “How many of your toys were your parents’ toys?”
( ) “[…] people have produced so much garbage […]”
( ) “[…] see if the material is of good quality […]”
Question 4 – In the passage “Next time you go to buy a toy […]”, the verb “ser” was used in the subjunctive mood, in the tense:
( ) gift.
( ) imperfect tense.
( ) future.
Question 5 – Note the verbs in the excerpt below:
“[…] and take care of it so that it lasts a long time.”
It can be said that:
( ) “take care” and “durate” are in the imperative mood.
( ) “take care” is in the subjunctive mood and “dure” is in the imperative mood.
( ) “take care” is in the imperative mood and “dure” is in the subjunctive mood.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
