Portuguese activity: Verbs in the gerund

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, explores verbs in the gerund. Let's analyze the verbs in this nominal form in the text that presents the film My Santa Claus 2? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

“My Santa Claus 2”

After 8 years holding the position of Santa Claus, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) is considered the most suitable person for the position. However, he faces problems. In addition to inexplicably losing weight, his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) joined this year's list of bad boys, who will not receive a present next Christmas. Worried, Scott decides to return home to find out what's going on with Charlie, leaving a replacement in his place. However, shortly after Scott's trip, the temporary Santa begins to take arbitrary measures, which change the definitions of good and bad for the boys. That way, he might end up spoiling Christmas itself.

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Questions

Question 1 – In the passage “After 8 years occupying the post of Santa Claus […]”, the verb in the gerund could be replaced by:

( ) “invading”.

( ) “exercise”.

( ) “conquering”.

Question 2 – Underline the verb in the following gerund:

“In addition to inexplicably losing weight […]”

Question 3 – The verb in the gerund underlined above forms a phrase with the verb:

Question 4 – In “[…] Scott decides to return home to find out what is happening with Charlie, leaving in its place a substitute.”, the comma before the verb in the highlighted gerund is:

( ) prohibited.

( ) optional.

( ) mandatory.

Question 5 – In the segment “That way, it might end up spoiling Christmas itself.”, the verb in the gerund required a complement without a preposition. Therefore, he is:

( ) intransitive.

( ) direct transitive.

( ) indirect transitive.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.