Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, explores direct transitive verbs. How about analyzing these verbs in the text ‘Mané-mago’: meet the master locusts in camouflage? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
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Manes-magos are exclusively herbivores and consume a large amount of leaves, having a well-developed “chewing” mouthparts. In some cases, they are capable of defoliating entire plantations, which is why certain species are considered pests, attacking plantations.
Nicolle Januzzi.
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Question 1 – In “Mané-mago’: meet the locusts masters in camouflage”, the direct transitive verb is in the imperative mood to express:
( ) an invitation.
( ) an order.
( ) a warning.
Question 2 – In the excerpt below, there is a direct transitive verb. Highlight it:
“The magus manes are exclusively herbivores and consume a large amount of leaves […]”
Question 3 – The verb underlined above is direct transitive because:
( ) no complement.
( ) requires complement without preposition.
( ) requires complement with preposition.
Question 4 – In “[…] possessing a well-developed ‘chewing’ mouthparts.”, the direct transitive verb is in the form of:
( ) infinitive.
( ) gerund.
( ) participle.
Question 5 – In the segment “[…] that is why certain species are considered pests, attacking plantations […]”, the verb “attacking” is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) direct and indirect transitive.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
