Questão 977456

TEXTO 2

1 John is a conscientious student. When he is told he will be tested on the content of Chapter 2 in the

2 textbook, he looks up every unknown word in the dictionary in an effort to retain the information in

3 his memory. He reads the chapter many times. Despite his extended preparations, he does not do

4 very well on the test. Mary, on the other hand, excels on the exam, but she has approached the text

5 in a very different way. Before reading the chapter, she looks at the subheadings, and graphics so as

6 to give herself a general idea of what the text will be about. As she reads through it, she connects

7 the material in the chapter to what she already knows. She frequently asks herself questions about

8 the text, looking back or ahead to link one part of the text to another. When she is puzzled by the

9 content, she searches for clues in the context, and tries to paraphrase or consider what she knows

10 about the genre. (Adapted from Janzen, Joy, 2001, p. 287)

“Two dogs were slowly crossing the dusty road when we passed by.” The verbal tense in the passage “were slowly crossing” is: