Portuguese activity, focused on eighth grade students, explores verbs in the nominal form. Infinitive, gerund and participle! Let's analyze them in the text that presents the film heart of fire? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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In heart of fire, we follow Georgia Nolan, a 16-year-old girl who dreams of being a firefighter. Recognizing the mostly male-dominated environment, the girl has a strong desire to pioneer. When a mysterious arsonist begins terrorizing the city and kidnapping New York firefighters, Georgia, Shawn, is called by the mayor to come out of retirement and lead the investigation of the disappearances. Desperate to help her father, Georgia goes undercover as a young man named "Joe" and joins a small group of misfit firefighters trying to stop the arsonist. In this adventure, the teenager will test her courage and persistence to achieve her dream, protect her family and fight the evil that plagues her community.
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Question 1 - In “Recognizing the mostly male-dominated environment, the girl has a strong desire to pioneer.”, there are two verbs in the nominal form. Identify them:
Question 2 – The two verbs identified above are, respectively, in the form of:
( ) infinitive and gerund.
( ) participle and infinitive.
( ) gerund and participle.
Question 3 – In the segment “[…] Georgia’s father Shawn is summoned by the mayor […]”, the verb in the participle forms a locution:
( ) in the active voice.
( ) in the passive voice.
( ) in the reflexive voice.
Question 4 – Underline the verbs in the infinitive below:
“[…] achieve your dream, protect your family and fight the evil that plagues your community.”
Question 5 - The verbs in the infinitive, underlined in the previous question, required a complement without a preposition. In this case, they are:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitives.
( ) indirect transitives.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
