Active and passive voiceActive voice is the typical word order. Cleft sentencesCleft means âdividedâ and in a cleft sentence a single message is divided across two clauses. We use cleft sentences, especially in speaking, to connect what is already understood to what is new to the listener.
Porto Santo is the northernmost and easternmost island in Portugal 's Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The only significant settlement on the island is the town of Vila Baleira.orto Santo is the northernmost and easternmost island in Portugal 's Madeira archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The only significant settlement on the island is the town of Vila Baleira.
By the beginning of the 19th century, Portugal controlled outposts at six locations in Africa. One was the Cape Verde Islands, located about 700 miles due west of Dakar, Senegal. Discovered by Alvise da Cadamosta of Venice in 1456 and claimed for Portugal by Diogo Gomes about 1458, this archipelago of eight major islands was devoted to sugar cultivation using slaves taken from the African mainland.