Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores infinitive verbs. How about analyzing this nominal form in the text Games and party in the land of the gods? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
When athletes take their positions to compete in the Olympic events, our hearts pound, because we want to cheer and, preferably, celebrate the medals won by those who represent our parents. Among the most different peoples in the world, the excitement for the Olympics is similar. The most curious thing is to know that all this started a long time ago, almost three thousand years ago, in Greece.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 280.
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Question 1 - In the excerpt below, there is an infinitive verb. Underline it:
“When athletes take their positions to compete in the Olympic events […]”
Question 2 – The verb in the infinitive underlined above is:
( ) impersonal.
( ) flexed staff.
( ) uninflected staff.
Question 3 – In the passage “[…] our hearts beat strongly, because we want to cheer […]”, the verb in the infinitive expresses:
( ) an action.
( ) a state.
( ) a feature.
Question 4 – Watch:
“[…] celebrate the medals won by those who represent our country.”
Cite an infinitive verb that could take the place of what was used in the excerpt above:
Question 5 - Read back:
"The most curious thing is to know that all this started a long time ago, almost three thousand years ago [...]"
Identify the infinitive verb in this segment of the text:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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