Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth grade of elementary school, about verbs in the infinitive. Let's analyze this noun form in the text Lizard? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Despite breathing through their lungs, lizards can stay underwater for up to 30 minutes. And his “superpowers” don't stop there. They are capable of running 15 feet on the surface of the water before sinking and showing off their swimming skills. Lizards live in the rainforests of Latin America.
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Question 1 – Watch:
“Despite breathing through their lungs, lizards can stay under water for up to 30 minutes.”
Identify the verbs in the infinitive in this segment of the text:
Question 2 – Point to the passage that presents a verb in the infinitive:
( ) “And your ‘superpowers’ don’t stop there.”
( ) “They are able to run 4.5 meters on the surface of the water [...]”
( ) “Lizards live in the tropical forests of Latin America.”
Question 3 – In the passage pointed out above, the verb in the infinitive is:
( ) impersonal.
( ) inflected staff.
( ) uninflected staff.
Question 4 – Underline the verbs in the infinitive below:
“[…] until they sink and show off their swimming skills.”
Question 5 – The verbs in the infinitive underlined above refer to:
( ) to the 1st person plural.
( ) to the 2nd person plural.
( ) to the 3rd person plural.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
