Portuguese Activity: Verbal Transitivity

Portuguese activity, aimed at first-year high school students, about the verbal transitivity. Direct transitive verb, indirect transitive verb or direct and indirect transitive verb? What do they indicate in the communicative context? Let's learn? To do this, answer the various questions that explore the verbal transitivity in the text Comedy “As if a train were passing” addresses the relationship between mother and child!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

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Read:

Comedy “As if a train were passing” addresses the relationship between mother and child

Characters who face daily difficulties but who still struggle to fulfill their wishes involve the audience in the dramatic comedy as if a train passed, written by the Argentinean Lorena Romanin, and which now has its first Brazilian version, also directed by the author.

The show addresses the relationship of a mother and her teenage son, intellectually handicapped, who desire life with passion and depth. The mother, overprotective and fearful, transmits to the child her fears and the impossibility of achieving dreams. The story takes a new turn with the arrival of the cousin from the capital, who changes the relationships closed in the house and opens up the perspective for wishes to come true.

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Questions

Question 1 - Identify the transitive verb in the title of the text with a dash:

Comedy “As if a train were passing” addresses the relationship between mother and child

Question 2 - The verb identified above is transitive because:

( ) has complete meaning.

( ) needs an add-on.

( ) links a predicative to the subject.

Question 3 - A transitive verb can be direct transitive, indirect transitive, or direct and indirect transitive. Sort the underlined verbs, numbering according to the orientation:

(1) Direct transitional

(2) Indirect transitive

(3) Direct and indirect transitive

( ) "Characters that face daily difficulties […]"

( ) “[…] but still fight for the fulfillment of wishes [...]”

( ) “The mother, overprotective and fearful, transmits to the son his fears and the impossibility […]"

Question 4 – In the first paragraph of the text, the transitive verb "involve" refers to the subject:

( ) "Characters".

( ) “daily difficulties”.

( ) "wishes".

Question 5 - In “[…] written by the Argentine Lorena Romanin”, the direct transitive verb is:

( ) in the active voice.

( ) in passive voice.

( ) in the reflective voice.

Question 6 – In the sentence “[…] now the first Brazilian version wins […]”, the adverb “now” modifies the sense of the direct transitive verb “wins”, indicating:

( ) place.

( ) mode.

( ) time.

Question 7 – Reread this part of the text:

“History takes a new direction with the arrival of the cousin from the capital […]”

In this part of the text, the verb “takes” is direct and indirect transitive because it required two complements, the so-called “objects”. Locate:

a) the direct object of the verb "take":

b) the indirect object of the verb "take":

Question 8 – In the sentence “[…] that changes closed relationships […]”, the direct transitive verb expresses:

( ) an adolescent's action.

( ) a share of the capital's cousin.

( ) an action of the teenager's mother.

Question 9 – The transitive verbs analyzed throughout the questions express:

( ) certainties.

( ) hypotheses.

( ) recommendations.

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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