Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, about infinitive verbs. Let's analyze this nominal form in the text that presents us with the book. The teacher? So, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
William Crimsworth is a young Englishman, orphan, who decides to give up all the help he could have to move up in life or remain stable, trying for yourself to reach your goals and interests. Raised by his uncles, who want him to become a cleric, ignored by his elder brother, tyrannical and petty, he leaves for Brussels to work as a teacher. There, William discovers love and the meaning of life.
Author of the book: Charlotte Brontë.
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Question 1 – Emphasize the following infinitive verb:
“William Crimsworth is a young Englishman, orphan, who decides to give up all help […]”
Question 2 – The infinitive verb, highlighted in the previous question, required a complement with a preposition. Therefore, he is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
Question 3 – In “[…] or remain stable […]”, the “if” indicates:
( ) the active voice of the verb in the infinitive.
( ) the passive voice of the verb in the infinitive.
( ) the reflexive voice of the verb in the infinitive.
Question 4 – In the segment “[…] trying to achieve your goals and interests by yourself.”, the verb in the infinitive is:
( ) impersonal.
( ) flexed staff.
( ) uninflected staff.
Question 5 - In the passage “[…] leaves for Brussels, to work as a teacher.”, the infinitive verb expresses:
( ) an action.
( ) a state.
( ) a feature.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.