Portuguese activity: Verbs in the present tense

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verbs in the present tense. Let's analyze this verb tense in the text Brasilia inaugurates Christmas lights at the TV Tower today? To do this, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Brasilia inaugurates Christmas lights at the TV Tower today

Other monuments in the city will also be illuminated.

The federal capital inaugurates today (18) the Christmas lights of the TV Tower, one of the postcards of Brasilia.

Until January 8, residents of Brasilia and tourists will be able to watch a light cannon show, music shows and poetry projections in the monument's water fountain. The theme of the exhibition is “the best Christmas within us”.

The opening event ___________ held today, starting at 6 pm, with the arrival of Santa Claus and the presentation of a cantata and the Jingle Jazz band.

In the following days, the program will feature performances by circus artists, actors, dancers and local bands. There will be no performances on the 24th and 31st of December.

Available in:. (With cut). Accessed on: December 18, 2022.

Questions

Question 1 – Identify the passage that contains a verb in the future tense:

( ) “The federal capital inaugurates today (18) the Christmas lights of the TV Tower […]”

( ) “[…] residents of Brasilia and tourists will be able to watch a light cannon show […]”

( ) “The exhibition has as its theme ‘the best Christmas within us’.”

Question 2 – Complete the gap with the verb “to be” in the present tense:

“The opening event ___________ held today […]”

Question 3 – In “In the following days, the program will feature circus artists […]”, the verb in the future tense refers to:

( ) to the 1st person singular.

( ) to the 2nd person singular.

( ) to the 3rd person singular.

Question 4 – Underline the verb in the future tense below:

“There will be no performances on the 24th and 31st of December.”

Question 5 – The subject of the verb in the future tense underlined above is:

( ) hidden.

( ) nonexistent.

( ) undetermined.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.