Question

(NÃO É PARA TRADUZIR, É PARA FAZER AS ATIVIDADES)
1. Read the fragments below and replace each icon ✪ with the correct words in parentheses to
complete the following sentences. Write the answers in your notebook.
I. Is crying good for you?
II. ... occasionally controlling your tears isn’t likely to harm your health.
III. ... continually suppressing emotions can sap your body of energy...
IV. ... getting married is often a positive event...
V. ... female tears can stop men from being mean...
VI. Weeping Woman (Dora) is an oil on canvas painted by Pablo Picasso.
a. In sentences I, II, III and IV, the words in italics are ✪ (names of actions/actions in progress).
They are ✪ (verbs/nouns).
b. In sentence V, the word in italics ✪ (refers to an action/presents a characteristic).
It is ✪ (a verb/an adjective).
c. In sentence V, being is used in the -ing form because it comes ✪ (as part of the Present
Continuous tense/after a preposition).
d. In sentence VI, weeping ✪ (gives the woman’s name/describes the woman). It is ✪ (a noun/an
adjective).

Answer 1

a. In sentences I, II, III and IV, the words in italics are names of actions. They are nouns.

b. In sentence V, the word in italics refers to an action. It is a verb.

c. In sentence V, being is used in the -ing form because it comes after a preposition.

d. In sentence VI, weeping describes the woman. It is an adjective.