Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, addresses the intransitive verbs. A verb is intransitive when it has a complete meaning, that is, when it does not need a complement. How about analyzing them? To do this, answer the text-based questions The cockroaches! Did you know they have been on Earth for over 200 million years? Discover more fun facts about this being and, of course, be sure to study intransitive verbs!
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Cockroaches have been on Earth for over 200 million years, survive both in the desert and in the poles and can go up to 30 days without eating. Will you face it? Vacations, sun and beach are some of the good reasons to celebrate the arrival of summer and think that this is the best season of the year. And it really would be, if not for a single detail: cockroaches. Like us, they are also very excited by the heat. They take advantage of the acceleration of their biochemical processes to reproduce faster and, of course, to roam freely in every room in our homes.
“Galileo Magazine”, Rio de Janeiro, n. 151, p.26, Feb. 2014. (Fragment).
Question 1 - A verb is intransitive when it has a complete meaning, that is, when it does not need a complement. Point out the sentence in which the verb follows this rule:
( ) “[…] survive both in the desert and in the poles […]”
( ) “[…] if it weren't for a single detail: the cockroaches.”
( ) “[…] they are also very excited with the heat.”
Question 2 - In the sentence mentioned above, the intransitive verb expresses:
( ) an action
( ) a state
( ) a feature
Question 3 - In the excerpt “The cockroaches are on Earth […]”, the verb “are” is:
( ) binding
( ) intransitive
( ) indirect transitive
Question 4 - In “[…] to walk freely through all the rooms […]”, the word “freely” modifies the meaning of the intransitive verb “to walk”, indicating:
( ) mode
( ) place
( ) time
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] to reproduce faster […]”, the underlined intransitive verb expresses an action:
( ) active of cockroaches.
( ) passive of cockroaches.
( ) reflective of words.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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