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Activities: “What are impersonal constructions in Brazilian Portuguese?”

By: Fabiana Dametto Oliveira
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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: Describe the image

Choose the correct impersonal expression to describe the weather in the images below:

  • A graphic shows a woman stretching under a tree on a sunny day.

  • A graphic of a man being blown over by strong wind.

  • A graphic of a winter landscape, covered in snow.

  • An image of a stormy sky with a fork of lightening crossing it.

Activity 2: A day in the park

Observe the image below, and complete the description by using the impersonal verbs in the box.

A cartoon of a city park. We can see a woman reading on a bench, a woman walking a poodle, a duck on a pond, a woman, child, and dog having a picnic, a woman on a bike, a man on a scooter, an older couple chatting on a bench, a group of people doing tai chi, and several people walking on the paths.

neva
faz
há/faz
dá
faz/está
é
foi
há/tem

25 de maio e eu estou no parque da minha cidade.

Aliás, aqui sempre calor e nunca . tempo que eu não venho ao parque.

Esse parque perto da minha casa é muito tranquilo. Hoje, por exemplo, poucas pessoas.

Por coincidência, eu encontrei a Isabela, que estava passeando com o cachorro. Eu não a via uns 2 anos.

bom ter conversado com ela. Combinamos de sair na próxima semana. Afinal, não para ficar tanto tempo sem ver os amigos.

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