Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, about passive agent. Let's analyze it in the text that introduces the film Bad for Dogs? To do so, answer the questions proposed!
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“Bad for Dogs” is an American comedy film directed by Josh Greenbaum that follows the story of Reggie, an innocent and adorable dog abandoned on the streets by Doug, his former owner. In his new and sad life, the paths of the animal and a gang of strays led by a Boston Terrier end up crossing, and the group begins an unlikely friendship. In fact, they go even further: the dogs team up to take Reggie back home to make Doug pay for what he did.
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Question 1 – Highlight the verb in the passive voice in this passage:
“Bad for Dogs” is an American comedy film directed by Josh Greenbaum that follows the story of Reggie […]”
Question 2 – The complement of a verb in the passive voice is called the passive agent. Identify this agent used in the passage above:
( ) “an American comedy film”.
( ) “by Josh Greenbaum”.
( ) “Reggie’s story”.
Question 3 – Watch:
“[…] an innocent and adorable dog abandoned on the streets by Doug, his former owner.”
Rewrite this segment of the text, so that the agent of the passive becomes the subject of the clause in the active voice:
Question 4 – Select the excerpt that contains a passive agent:
( ) “[…] a gang of mutts led by a Boston Terrier […]”
( ) “[…] the group begins an unlikely friendship.”
( ) “[…] the dogs come together to take Reggie back home […]”
Question 5 – In the excerpt highlighted above, the passive agent is introduced by the preposition:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.