Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about gerund. We will analyze this nominal form in the text that presents the book A spooky night? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
On a dark and frightening night, the hare, the cat and the pig set out on a journey, each carrying an object. Traveling through valleys and mountains, forests and caves, the trio heads towards a mysterious location facing various dangers. What are the objects they carry for? What is the purpose of the night trip? The reader will only find out at the end of this fun book!
Author of the book: Lesley Gibbes
Book Illustrator: Stephen Michael King
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Question 1 – Underline the verb in the gerund in this passage of the text:
“On a dark and frightening night, the hare, the cat and the pig set out on a journey, each carrying an object.”
Question 2 – Cite a verb in the gerund with the same meaning as the one underlined above:
Question 3 – In “Rolling through valleys and mountains, forests and caves […]”, there is a verb in the gerund. Identify it:
Question 4 – The verb in the gerund identified above composes:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 5 – The following excerpt was transcribed without the comma before the gerund. Put it:
“[…] the trio heads towards a mysterious location facing various dangers.”
Question 6 – The verb in the gerund in the above passage required a complement without a preposition. Therefore, it is classified as:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
