1. Read the pair of statements. Decide the probable order of the events and write the numbers. Finally, combine the statements to make one sentence using because. Make changes if necessary.
MODEL:
My ankle swelled up. (2nd) I
played soccer. (1st)
My
ankle swelled up because I had played soccer.
a)
His father left home earlier. (x) He went to school on foot. (x)
b)
Carmen was sad. (x)
She failed
her math test. (x)
c)
We didn’t have lunch. (x) We were extremely
hungry. (x)
d)
Anthony couldn’t sleep. (x) He drank lots of coffee in
the evening. (x)
e)
Lily studied hard for the test. (x) She thought the test was easy. (x)
2. Here are some sentences taken from
books and newspapers. Complete them with from the boxes, using the past perfect progressive.
cry expect hold see sit think wait
a) She fetched herself a packet of sandwiches from the counter and then came back to where she ___.
b) My next call was to the company that ___
some of my things in storage, just to warn them that I was
coming round.
c) And since her birthday, she ___
more of Dionne than she had for years
d) Olive ___ so
many horrors that hearing the question she almost laughed with relief.
e) It was the music that brought me in
from the hall where I ___.
f) For along long time I ___
of getting out of that awful place.
g) Exerybody was looking at me. And I
simply couldn’t explain why ___.
3. Cecilia is a
Mexican who has been living in the USA. Based on her life story, complete the statements
by using the Past Perfect tense and
the words in parentheses.
a) My mother and I moved to the USA in 2009. My father __________. (be there / for)
b) My father was transferred to England in 2011. He __________. (work in the USA / since)
c) My parents
divorced in 2012. They __________. (be
married / for)
d) My mother quit her job as a teacher in 2014. She __________. (work as a teacher / since)
e) My mother married
an American professor in 2014. She __________. (be divorced / for)
f) I married Jeff in
2018. We __________. (know
each other / for)
g) My son was born in
2020. It __________. (be one
year / since)
4. Rewrite the
sentences using the past perfect continuous and the cues given.
a) I was watching your wedding DVD when everybody
arrived. (half an hour)
b) Lucy was wrting an e-mail when her friend called
her. (75 minutes)
c) We were reading résumés when the manager came to my
room. (10 minutes)
d) I was using my GPS receiver when I arrived at your
home. (2 hours)
1. a) Verbos
intransitivos: levantou, entrou, voltou, dirigiu-se, tossiu e pagar. / Verbos
transitivos: pegou, escancarou, abriu, encheu, depositou, pousou, acendeu,
convocou, resmunga e abre.
b) São
objetos diretos.
2. a) Respostas
possíveis: De manhãzinha, desliguei/liguei/derrubei/ apertei o despertador.
b) O termo
tem função de objeto direto, porque completa o sentido do verbo transitivo, ao
qual se liga sem intermédio de preposição.
3. a) O
verbo dá (dar).
b) No 1º
quadrinho, o termo pipoca é objeto direto. No 2º quadrinho, os termos
cachorro-quente, pizza, chocolate, pirulito e balas funcionam como objeto
direto.
c) No
último quadrinho, o verbo é empregado como transitivo direto e indireto. Seu
objeto direto é “um aumento” e seu objeto indireto é pro “meu pai”.
4. Provavelmente,
o pai de Magali respondeu que não tinha dinheiro suficiente para comprar tudo
que ela pedira.
5. a) O
complemento nominal é “da felicidade”.
b) É
classificado assim porque completa o sentido de um substantivo com significação
transitiva: procura.
6. Leia
este anúncio publicitário.
a) A
expressão é “de crianças e adolescentes”.
b) Refere-se ao termo exploração e é classificado como substantivo.
7. São complementos nominais. Completam o sentido
dos termos lesivas, independentemente e obrigação, respectivamente.
