Portuguese activity, recommended for students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verb noun forms. Infinitive, gerund and participle! Are we going to analyze them in the text about the first automobiles? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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It was the American Henry Ford (1863-1947) who built the first gasoline-powered car (1893). Ten years later, he began manufacturing cars in series at his factory in Detroit, drastically reducing his costs and making the automobile an affordable means of transportation. The first were the T models, built from 1908 to 1927. They sold more than 15 million units. […]
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Question 1 – Underline the verb in the following noun form:
“Ten years later, he went on to manufacture cars in series at his factory in Detroit […]”
Question 2 – The underlined verb above is in the form of:
( ) infinitive.
( ) gerund.
( ) participle.
Question 3 – In the section “[…] drastically reducing its costs […]”, the adverb adds to the verb in the gerund a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 4 – Watch:
“[…] and making the automobile an accessible means of transport.”
The verb in the gerund makes up a sentence:
( ) additive.
( ) conclusive.
( ) adverse.
Question 5 – Identify the fragment that contains a verb in the participle:
( ) “[…] Henry Ford (1863-1947) who built the first gasoline-powered car (1893).”
( ) “The first were the T models, built from 1908 to 1927.”
( ) “They sold more than 15 million units.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
