Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about verb phrases. Let's analyze them in the text insect architecture? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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Ant colonies are built with complex architecture and can be divided into an external and an internal part. The external part – which is above the ground – is called murundu and is formed by one or more holes, which are the rounded openings through which ants enter and exit.
The inner part of the nests is formed by underground chambers connected to each other and also to the lookouts through tunnels. These chambers are used to cultivate the fungus garden. The deeper ones are, in general, used as dumps, where plant material that was not used to cultivate the fungus is discarded. […]
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 218.
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Question 1 – Underline the following verb phrase:
“Ant colonies are built with complex architecture […]”
Question 2 – The main verb of the phrase underlined above is:
( ) an infinitive.
( ) a gerund.
( ) a participle.
Question 3 – In the section “[…] it is formed by one or several scouts […]”, the verbal phrase was used in the voice:
Question 4 – The verbal phrase, present in the phrase “These chambers are used to cultivate the fungus garden.”, refers to a subject who is classified as:
Question 5 – Watch:
“[…] where plant material is discarded […]”
Cite a verbal phrase with the same meaning as the one used in this segment:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
