Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the connecting verbs. When do they rank that way? When they attach a term (predicative) to the subject that expresses an attribute, state or way of being! Let's look at the linking verbs in the text. Destination: Pantanal! So, answer the questions proposed below!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
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Occupying part of the Midwest of Brazil, in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, the Pantanal is our most preserved biome. Some of its plants are rare by their very nature and not because of their harm to the environment. The biggest threat to their disappearance has always been the Pantanal transformation cycle, which spends the summer generally flooded and the winter in the worst drought. But these rare plants, which only exist in this biome, may also cease to exist due to new factors. The areas where cattle graze, which were previously natural, are beginning to be modified with the introduction of new species of animals and plants, which begin to compete for space. The arrival of hydroelectric dams, which permanently flood areas that previously lived through the cycle of flood and drought, is also harmful. […]
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 247. Available in: .
Question 1 - The highlighted verb is a link in the sentence:
( ) “Some of your plants they are rare […]"
( ) "[…] what exist only in this biome […]"
( ) "[…] what pass competing for space.”
Question 2 - In the sentence identified above, the verb links the subject with a predicative, which indicates:
( ) a state.
( ) an attribute.
( ) a way of being.
Question 3 - In the excerpt “[…] the Pantanal é our most preserved biome.”, the underlined verb is:
( ) binding.
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
Question 4 – In the passage “The areas where cattle graze, which were previously natural […]”, the connecting verb expresses:
( ) a continuous fact in the past.
( ) a hypothetical fact in the past.
( ) a fact closed in the past.
Question 5 - In the segment […] it is also harmful.”, the connecting verb refers to the subject:
( ) “the introduction of new species of animals and plants”.
( ) “The arrival of hydroelectric plants”.
( ) “the cycle of flood and drought”.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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