Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, about direct object. Let's analyze the complement of direct transitive verbs in the text Did you know that there is carbon dioxide in soft drinks? To do so, answer the questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
That's right: it is dissolved in the water that makes up this drink. With the bottle tightly closed, it is difficult to see because the pressure inside the container is high and, the higher it is, the more carbon dioxide dissolves in the drink. However, when we open the bottle, we reduce the pressure and, as a result, part of the carbon dioxide separates from the water, forming small bubbles, which are easy to see.
“Science Today for Children” magazine. Edition 174.
Available in:. (With adaptation).
Question 1 – Watch:
“[…] it is dissolved in the water that makes up this drink.”
The complement of a direct transitive verb – which does not require a preposition – is called a direct object. Locate this object in the excerpt above:
Question 2 – Watch:
“With the bottle tightly closed, it is difficult to see it because the pressure inside the container is high […]”
Identify the personal pronoun in this passage of the text:
Question 3 – The personal pronoun identified above works syntactically as:
( ) subject.
( ) direct object.
( ) indirect object.
Question 4 – Highlight the following direct object:
“[…] as a result, part of the carbon dioxide separates from the water, forming small bubbles […]”
Question 5 – Select the segment that contains a direct object:
( ) “[…] the bigger it is […]”
( ) “[…] more carbon dioxide dissolves in the drink.”
( ) “However, when we open the bottle […]”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
