Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the indirect transitive verbs. When do they rank that way? When they need a preposition complement! Are we going to analyze them in the text about artist Man Ray? So, answer the proposed questions! In “[…] passing ____ photographing celebrities […]”, what preposition does the indirect transitive verb require? Find it out!
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Man Ray, pseudonym of Emmanuel Radnitsky, was born in Philadelphia, USA, on August 27, 1890. In his youth, he moved to New York, where he began his studies at The Social Center Academy of Art. At that time, he met Marcel Duchamp and other artists who made up the Dada movement. In 1921, he leaves for Paris, where he joins the surrealist movement and reconciles his work as renowned photographer with his artistic side, manipulating photos in the laboratory to produce works of art. With World War II, he returns to the United States, spending ____ photographing celebrities and taking fashion photographs. With the end of the war, he returns to Paris, where he died in November 1976.
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Question 1 - Identify the passage that contains an indirect transitive verb:
( ) “At that time, he met Marcel Duchamp […]”
( ) “In 1921, he left for Paris […]”
() “[…] Where he died in November 1976.”
Question 2 - In the excerpt identified above, the transitive indirect verb expresses:
( ) an action by Man Ray.
( ) a state of Man Ray.
( ) a characteristic of Man Ray.
Question 3 - In the passage “In his youth, he moved to New York […]”, the indirect transitive verb is in the voice:
( ) active.
( ) passive.
( ) reflective.
Question 4 – A verb is an indirect transitive when it requires a complement with a preposition. Complete the sentence below with the preposition required by the verb:
“[…] passing ____ photographing celebrities […]”
Question 5 - In “With the end of the war, he returns to Paris […]”, the subject of the indirect transitive verb:
( ) is hidden.
( ) is non-existent.
( ) is indeterminate.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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