Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses intransitive verb and transitive verb. How about analyzing them in the text Did you know that some insects are agricultural allies? For this, answer the proposed questions!
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The ladybird, for example, is a competent pest controller because it feeds on aphids, insects that often become pests on cabbage crops. There is also the case of some wasps, which lay their eggs on caterpillars that attack crops. When the eggs hatch, larvae come out and eat the caterpillar, meaning that the farmer does not need to use insecticides.
The use of ladybugs and wasps in crops is called biological control. By making this option, the farmer controls pests in a natural way […]
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 256.
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Question 1 – Underline the following indirect transitive verb:
“The ladybug […] is a competent pest controller because it feeds on aphids […]”
Question 2 – The underlined verb above is indirect transitive because:
( ) no supplement.
( ) requires complement with preposition.
( ) requires complement without preposition.
Question 3 – Watch:
“There are […] some wasps, which lay their eggs on caterpillars that attack crops.”
Now, identify the direct and indirect transitive verb (bitransitive):
Question 4 – In the segment “When the eggs hatch, larvae come out and eat the caterpillar […]”, there is an intransitive verb. Tick it:
( ) “hatch”.
( ) "leave".
( ) “eat”.
Question 5 - The expression “naturally” adds to the direct transitive verb “controls”:
( ) a circumstance of place.
( ) a circumstance of mode.
( ) a time circumstance.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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