Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verbs in the imperfect tense. How about analyzing this verb tense in the text about Beethoven? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
To create his music, Ludwig van Beethoven poured ice water over his head. Guaranteed to stimulate the brain. He _______ totally deaf when he composed his Ninth Symphony. He suffered partial hearing loss at age 32 and by age 46 he couldn't hear anything anymore.
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Question 1 – Identify the passage that contains a verb in the imperfect tense:
() “[…] When he composed his Ninth Symphony.”
( ) “Suffered partial hearing loss at age 32 [...]”
() “[…] And at 46 he couldn’t hear anything else.”
Question 2 – Underline the verb in the imperfect past tense below:
“To create his songs, Ludwig van Beethoven poured ice water over his head.”
Question 3 – The verb underlined above is in the imperfect tense, as it expresses:
( ) a continuous fact in the past of Ludwig van Beethoven.
( ) a fact prior to another in the past of Ludwig van Beethoven.
( ) a fully completed fact in the past of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Question 4 – In the segment “Guarantee that it stimulated the brain.”, the verbs in the imperfect tense refer to:
( ) 1st person singular.
( ) 2nd person singular.
( ) 3rd person singular.
Question 5 – Read back:
“He _______ totally deaf […]”
The space must be filled in with the verb “ser” in the imperfect tense of the indicative. Point it:
( ) "he was".
( ) "it was".
( ) "outside".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
