Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, about infinitive verbs. Are we going to study this nominal form? To do so, answer the questions that refer to the text. Why do eyes blink?
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Read:
Well, blinking is very important for eye health! This opens and closes helps to spread the tear over the entire surface of the eye. […] Contrary to what many people think, we don't produce tears only when we cry. They are produced all the time by a structure above the eyes, the lacrimal gland. And why spread this tear? […] The tear cleans the impurities from our eyes to protect them. Furthermore, this blink reflex also prevents larger particles from entering our eye. He knows? When you see that little bug flying towards your eye, you blink, don't you? And you do it without thinking, to protect your eye and not let the pet in.
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Question 1 - In the passage “Well, blinking is very important for eye health!”, there is an infinitive verb. Locate it:
Question 2 – The infinitive verb located above is:
( ) impersonal.
( ) flexed staff.
( ) uninflected staff.
Question 3 – Watch:
"This opens and closes helps to spread the tear across the entire surface of the eye."
The crasis before the verb in the infinitive is:
( ) prohibited.
( ) optional.
( ) mandatory.
Question 4 – In the segment “And why spread this tear?”, the infinitive verb demanded a complement without a preposition. In this case, it is classified as:
Question 5 - Highlight the verbs in the infinitive in the excerpt below:
"And you do it without thinking, to protect your eye and not let the pet in."
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
