Question

(...) This idea asumed him, and automatically, as the thought of it, he turned his head and looked toward the top of the hill. The was, of course, nothing there -- nothing and no one. The street was empty and quiet. And all more because of its emptiness it occurred to him to count the houses -- a thing which, oddly enough, he hadn't thought of doing Before. Of course , he had known there weren't many -- many that is, on his own side of the street, which were the ones that figured in the postaman's progress -- bit nevertheless it came to him as somenthing of a shock to find that there were precisely six above his own house -- his own house was the seventh.

*To amuse:* diverter, entreter; *turn:* virar , girar; *empty:* vazia; *toward:* em direção; *hill:* ladeira, morro; *to count:* contar; *nevertheless:* porém, todavia; *above:* acima ; *own:* Própria.



1. Responda em português de acordo com o texto.

A) Como estava a rua ?
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B)O que o menino fez automaticamente?
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C) O menino fez algo que nunca pensaram em fazer antes .O que foi que ele fez ?
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D) Quantas casas havia antes dá casa do menino?
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E) Encontre, no texto, uma frase que esteja no *past perfect* .
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Answer 1

a)"The street was empty and quiet."
- A rua estava quieta e vazia.

b)"he turned his head and looked toward the top of the hill"
-Ele virou a cabeça e olhou para o topo da colina.

c)"because of its emptiness it occurred to him to count the houses"
-Por causa do vazio lhe ocorreu contar as casas.

d)"precisely six above his own house -- his own house was the seventh."
-Haviam seis casas antes do menino.

e) "This idea asumed him"