Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses indirect transitive verbs. How about analyzing them in the text Cavalry? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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This bird lives in the Pantanal, usually in large flocks. Docile, it trusts fishermen and farmers, whom it approaches without fear. In more isolated areas, it even eats out of people's hands.
The popular name comes from the fact that they walk in massive groups, as if they were part of a “cavalry”. Fortunately, despite this tameness, it appears infrequently on the captive bird market.
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Question 1 – Underline the following verb:
“Docile, trusts fishermen and farmers [...]”
Question 2 – The verb underlined above is indirect transitive because:
( ) does not require a complement.
( ) requires complement without preposition.
( ) requires complement with preposition.
Question 3 – In the passage “[…] who approaches without fear.”, the underlined expression adds to the indirect transitive verb a circumstance of:
( ) mode.
( ) time.
( ) intensity.
Question 4 – In the segment “In more isolated areas, he even eats from people's hands.”, the verb “arrives” is:
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
( ) direct and indirect transitive.
Question 5 – In the section “The popular name he comes the fact of walking in massive groups […]”, the highlighted indirect transitive verb refers to:
( ) 1st person singular.
( ) 2nd person singular.
( ) 3rd person singular.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.