Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores the transitive verbs. When are verbs classified in this way? When they need an add-on so they can make sense! They are divided into direct transitives, indirect transitives and bitransitives! Let's analyze them in the text about the book. Marley and Me? So, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
John (Owen Wilson) and Jennifer Grogan (Jennifer Aniston) were recently married and decided to start a new life in West Palm Beach, Florida. There, they work for competing newspapers, buy a property and face the challenges of a couple's life. Undecided about his ability to be a father, John seeks the advice of his colleague Sebastian (Eric Dane), who suggests that he buy his wife a dog. John accepts the suggestion and adopts Marley, a 10-pound Labrador retriever who soon turns into _______ a large 45-pound dog, which makes their house a mess.
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Question 1 - In the period below, there are two direct transitive verbs. Underline them:
“There, they work at competing newspapers, buy a property and face the challenges of a life as a couple.”
Question 2 - In the sentence “[…] let him buy a dog for his wife.”, the verb “buy” is direct and indirect transitive, as it requires two types of object. Identify them:
Direct object of the verb "buy":
Indirect object of the verb "buy":
Question 3 – In the sentence above, the direct and indirect transitive verb is in the mode:
( ) indicative.
( ) subjunctive.
( ) imperative.
Question 4 - In the excerpt “[…] John accepts the suggestion and adopts Marley […]”, the direct transitive verbs express actions:
( ) of John.
( ) by Marley.
( ) from John and Marley, respectively.
Question 5 - In the passage “[…] a 5 kg Labrador that soon becomes _______ a large dog […]”, the indirect transitive verb needs the preposition:
( ) "in".
( ) "in".
( ) "per".
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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