Portuguese activity, focused on eighth grade students, explores direct transitive verbs. Let's analyze them in the text about the film Garfield? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Garfield is a lazy cat who loves lasagna and has the life he's always wanted: he eats, sleeps and watches TV whenever he wants. Until his owner, Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer), decides to adopt a dog, Odie. Annoyed with the new guest, who now shares his owner's attention with him, Garfield starts a private dispute with Odie. However, when Odie is kidnapped, Garfield feels remorseful and sets out to save the dog.
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Question 1 - Underline the transitive verb below:
“Garfield is a lazy cat who loves lasagna […]”
Question 2 – The direct transitive verb underlined above refers to:
( ) to the 1st person singular.
( ) to the 2nd person singular.
( ) to the 3rd person singular.
Question 3 – Watch:
“[…] eat, sleep and watch television […]”
In this passage, there is a direct transitive verb. Tick it:
( ) "eats".
( ) "sleeps".
( ) “see”.
Question 4 – The verb marked above is direct transitive because:
( ) does not require a complement.
( ) requires complement without preposition.
( ) requires complement with preposition.
Question 5 – The direct transitive verb, used in the segment “[…] and part to save the dog.”, is in the form of:
( ) infinitive.
( ) gerund.
( ) participle.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
