Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, about intransitive verb and transitive verb. Let's analyze them in the text Is it true that whales sing? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In “Many species of whales do sing!”, the verb did not require a complement. So is it intransitive, direct transitive, or indirect transitive?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Many species of whales sing, yes! They emit sounds that propagate throughout the ocean. What is not known for sure is the true purpose of the entire repertoire of songs. One of the species that most likes to _______ sing is the beluga – so much so that ancient navigators called it the “canary of the sea”!
Marcelo Duarte.
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Question 1 - Underline the verb in the following passage:
“Many species of whales sing, yes!”
Question 2 – In the above passage, the verb did not require a complement. Therefore, he is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) transitive indirect.
Question 3 – Watch:
“They emit sounds that propagate throughout the ocean.”
It can be said, in relation to this segment, that:
( ) the verb “emit” is direct transitive.
( ) the verb “propagam” is direct transitive.
( ) the verb “emit” and the verb “propagate” are direct transitive.
Question 4 – Complete the space with the preposition required by the transitive indirect verb:
“One of the species that most likes _______ to sing is the beluga […]”
Question 5 – Read back:
“[…] so much so that ancient navigators called it the ‘canary of the sea’!”
In this passage, there is a direct and indirect transitive verb. Identify the objects of this verb:
Direct object:
Indirect object:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
