This document provides a Japanese tale and questions to test the reader's comprehension in Portuguese. The tale is about a poor young man who lives in a rural area and plays the flute. He finds a beautiful flower and wants to give it to his wife, but the spirit of the flower appears as a woman and agrees to be his wife instead. It uses supernatural elements and explores themes of loneliness and finding love. The questions test understanding of events in the story, use of tense, and grammar.

1. Leitura e interpretação de texto – Grammar: Simple Past Tense/Past Continuous Tense
THE JAPANESE TALE
1) Take a look at the text and answer these questions.
a) Em que país provavelmente se passa a história?
b) Quem são os personagens?
c) O ambiente é urbano ou campestre?
d) Que instrumento a personagem toca?
e) Qual o nome do espírito da flor?

2. 2) Encontre a expressão usada no texto para:
a) a mais preciosa_________________________________________
b) sentia falta de uma mulher ________________________________
c) apareceu diante dele ______________________________________________
d) sou aquela que ___________________________________________________
e) uma resposta para as orações do jovem _______________________________
3) Dê as qualidades :
a) Do homem:______________________________________________________
b) Da mulher: ______________________________________________________
4) Assinale a alternativa correta:
1) No primeiro parágrafo, o autor procura:
a) Mostrar que o rapaz tinha dificuldade por se pobre.
b) Narrar o conflito que vai desencadear a história.
c) Apresentar o rapaz dentro do ambiente da história.
2) No segundo parágrafo, o autor:
a) Mostra o que faltava na vida do rapaz.
b) Descreve o cenário da história.
c) Introduz a segunda personagem.
3) O que o rapaz estava fazendo quando a mulher apareceu?
4) Um recurso da narrativa literária é a ironia. Explique a ironia usada no texto.
5) Esse texto tem características de lenda porque recorre ao sobrenatural. Qual é o
elemento sobrenatural?
6) TRUE or FALSE
a) ( ) The woman came from a city miles away.
b) ( ) She liked to listen when he was playing the flute.
c) ( ) The man had a metal flute and a garden.
d) ( ) He wanted to give the flower to his wife.
e) ( ) The woman died.
7) Supply the simple past tense or the simple present tense of the verbs in
parentheses.
a) Bob ______________(see) that movie the day before yesterday.
b) My mother ______________ (tell) me a beautiful story last night.
c) We ___________ (gave) a nice present to Mr. Swam yesterday.
d) My sister __________ (take) her children to school every morning.
e) They never ___________(wait) for the bus here. This is a dangerous area.
f) Frank ____________ (tell) us stories about sailors.

3. 8) Answer the question. Follow the example.
Ex.: Did he take a bus or a taxi?
He didn´t take a bus. He took a taxi.
a) Did he find a dollar or a picture?
b) Did you carry a table or a box?
c) Did they read a book or the newspaper?
d) Did you write a letter or a card?
9) Supply the past continuous of the verbs in parentheses.
a) Susan __________________ (help) her mother in the kitchen.
b) We ____________________(run) to school at 8:00 this morning.
c) The children ___________________(look) for the cat in the garage.
d) Father __________________(drive) home at 6:00 yesterday.
e) Dennis and Tom __________________(solve) the problem in the classroom.
10) Rewrite the sentences into the past continuous.
a) She sleeps upstairs.
b) They called Dr. Harris again.
c) I don´t talk to the teacher in the classroom.
d) Do you play video game in your father´s computer?
11) Complete the sentences.
a) Nobody _______________ (work) When I ____________ (arrive) there.
b) She __________________ (sleep) while you ___________(study).
c) The children ___________ (have) fun while their parents ____________ (work).
d) I _______________ (watch) TV When I _____________ (see) Uncle Larry on the
screen.
e) It _______________ (start) raining when we _____________(sleep) in our tent in
the garden.
f) We______________ (have) lunch when Susan _________________(ring) the
bell.
12)Several children ___________ in the park when the accident happened.
a) Plays b) is playing c) were playing
13)Alice _____________up when the telephone rang.
a) Gets b) is getting c) was getting
Have a nice job!