Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, on verbs in the gerund. How about analyzing this nominal form in the text procyonids? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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Procyonids are animals belonging to the Procyonidae family, encompassing raccoons, coatis, kiparás and olingos. They are small animals, divided into 13 species spread across the Americas. They inhabit different types of landscapes, from dense forests and wetlands to arid environments. They have a very varied omnivorous diet, feeding on fruits, small vertebrates and plant matter. In Brazil, there are 4 species of this family.
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Question 1 - Watch:
“Procyonids are animals belonging to the Procyonidae family, encompassing raccoons, coatis, kipa and olingos.”
Identify the verb in the gerund in this passage of text:
Question 2 – Cite a verb in the gerund, which could take the place of the one identified in the previous question:
Question 3 – The following excerpt was transcribed without the comma preceding the gerund. Put it:
“They have a very varied omnivorous diet, feeding on fruits, small vertebrates and plant matter.”
Question 4 – In the excerpt above, the verb in the gerund required a complement with a preposition. Therefore, it is classified as:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) transitive indirect.
Question 5 - The verbs in the gerund, present in the text, express:
( ) shares.
( ) States.
( ) characteristics.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
