Portuguese activity, focused on students in the sixth year of elementary school, explores verbs in the present tense. Let's analyze this verb tense in the text about the movie The Boss Baby 2 – Family Business? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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“The Boss Baby 2 – Family Business” once again follows brothers Tim and Ted, now adults and living separate lives. While Tim has built a quiet suburban life with his wife, Carol, and daughters, Tabitha and Tina, Ted has grown into a mega-entrepreneur who solves all his money problems. But when Tim discovers that his youngest daughter also ________ a BabyCorp agent, he will need his younger brother's help to deal with the situation.
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Question 1 - Identify the passage that contains a verb in the present tense:
( ) “The Boss Baby 2 – Family Business’ accompanies the brothers again […]”
( ) “While Tim built a quiet suburban life with his wife […]”
( ) “[…] he will need the help of his younger brother to deal with the situation.”
Question 2 – The verb in the present tense, in the passage identified above, refers to:
( ) to the 1st person singular.
( ) to the 2nd person singular.
( ) to the 3rd person singular.
Question 3 – Underline the verb in the present tense below:
“[…] Ted has turned into a mega-entrepreneur who solves every problem with money.”
Question 4 – Read back:
“[…] your youngest daughter also ________ BabyCorp agent […]”
The space must be filled with the verb in the present tense:
( ) “I am”.
( ) “é”.
( ) "are".
Question 5 – The verbs in the present tense, used in the text, are in the indicative mood, because:
( ) express certainties.
( ) express guidelines.
( ) express possibilities.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.