Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, about gerund verbs. How about analyzing this nominal form in the text in favor of sport? For this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
It is no exaggeration to say that chemistry is also responsible for the transformation of the sport in the last century. The new training techniques monitor the transformations of chemical elements in the athletes' bodies, preventing excessive wear and tear. Nanotechnology is responsible for the emergence of new materials, important for the manufacture of shoes, clothing and equipment, providing athletes with better performance. It's chemistry in sport!
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 225.
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Question 1 – In the excerpt below, there is a verb in the gerund. Underline it:
The new training techniques monitor the transformations of chemical elements in the athletes' bodies, preventing excessive wear and tear.
Question 2 – The verb in the gerund underlined above required a complement without a preposition. Thus, it is classified as:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
Question 3 – Note this segment of the text:
“[…] important for the manufacture of shoes, clothing and equipment, providing athletes with better performance.”
Now identify the verb in the gerund:
Question 4 – Mention a verb in the gerund that could take the place, without interference of meaning, of the one identified in the previous question:
Question 5 - The verbs in the gerund in the text are accompanied by:
( ) of the comma.
( ) of the period.
( ) of the comma in the first case and the period in the second case.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
