Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, addresses the passive agent. What is the passive agent? It is the complement of a passive verb! Shall we analyze it? Then answer the questions based on the text about the book. The Animal Revolution, written by George Orwell. According to the text, A true modern classic, conceived by one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, ‘Animal Revolution’ is a fable about power. I knew more about this work and, of course, don't forget to study the proposed topic!
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A true modern classic, conceived by one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, “The Animal Revolution” is a fable about power. It narrates the insurrection of animals on a farm against their owners. Progressively, however, the revolution degenerated into a tyranny even more oppressive than that of humans. Written in the midst of World War II and published in 1945 after being rejected by several publishers, this short narrative caused discomfort in fiercely satirizing the Stalinist dictatorship at a time when the Soviets were still allies of the West in the struggle against the axis Nazi-fascist. […] With the intensification of the Cold War, the same reasons that caused embarrassment at the time of its publication led
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Question 1 - Identify the agent of the liability that makes up the initial period of the text:
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Question 2 - The passive agent is the complement of a verb in the passive voice, which in the initial period, expresses:
( ) an action
( ) a state
( ) a feature
Question 3 - There is passive agent in the fragment:
( ) “It narrates the insurrection of animals on a farm against their owners.”
( ) “[…] the Soviets were still allies of the West […]”
( ) “[…] the animal revolution to be widely used by the West […]”
Question 4 – In the sentence “Several publishers rejected this little narrative.”, the passive agent “by several publishers” became:
( ) the subject in the active voice.
( ) the subject in passive voice.
( ) the subject in the reflective voice.
Question 5 - The agent of the liability is:
( ) an essential term of prayer.
( ) an integral term of the sentence.
( ) an accessory term of prayer.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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