Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, explores transitive verbs. Let's look at the verbs that require complement in the text Long live fireflies? For this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
In addition to the visual spectacle, fireflies have applications that interest humans. Pharmacists, for example, use a substance present in the firefly's body to develop antibiotics. In addition, lampirids have ________ favorite dish the snail larvae and, as some of them are harmful to people's health or pests on crops, they unintentionally reduce our risk of exposure.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 255.
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Question 1 – Note the verbs in this excerpt:
"In addition to the visual spectacle, fireflies have applications that interest humans."
Now, rate them for transitivity:
Question 2 – Highlight the following verb:
"Pharmacists, for example, use a substance present in the firefly's body to develop antibiotics."
Question 3 – The highlighted verb above is direct and indirect transitive, as it requires two types of complement (objects). Identify them:
Direct object:
Indirect object:
Question 4 – In “[…] lampirids have ________ a favorite dish than snail larvae […]”, the verb “have” is an indirect transitive because it requires the preposition:
( ) "in".
( ) "with".
( ) "like".
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] they unintentionally reduce our risk of exposure.”, the subject of the direct transitive verb refers to:
( ) to antibiotics.
( ) to lampirids.
( ) to snails.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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