Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, on verbs in the past perfect. Let's analyze the verbs in this tense in the text the miser? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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Read:
A miser had a bar of gold, which he kept buried in the ground. Every day _______ there take a look.
One day, he discovered that the bar had been stolen, and he began to ruffle his hair and wail loudly.
A neighbor, seeing him in that state, said:
— But why so much sadness? Bury a stone in the same place and pretend it's gold. It's all the same, because when the gold was there you didn't use it for anything!
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Question 1 - Underline the following verb:
“A miser had a bar of gold […]”
Question 2 – The italicized verb above is in the past tense, as it expresses:
( ) a continuous fact in the past.
( ) a fact closed in the past.
( ) a passing event in the past.
Question 3 – In “Every day _______ there take a look.”, the space indicated must be filled in with the verb “ir” in the imperfect tense. Tick it:
( ) "he was".
( ) “I went”.
( ) "I would go".
Question 4 – In the passage “[…] because when the gold was there you didn't use it for anything!”, there are two verbs in the imperfect tense. Identify them:
Question 5 – The past tense verbs identified above refer to:
( ) 1st person singular.
( ) 2nd person singular.
( ) 3rd person singular.
Question 6 - The past tense verbs in the text are in the indicative mood. Explain:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
