Portuguese activity, aimed at first year high school students, aims to study the verb types in the predicate. Do you know when a verb is intransitive, transitive (direct, indirect, direct and indirect) or a linking verb? Let's understand? The various questions proposed are based on the text need for joy, written by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The actor who played the role of Christ in the New Jerusalem show was so infatuated with the magnitude of the task that, from year to year, demanded most of himself, both in representation and in life routine.
Not that he intended to copy the divine model, but he felt the need to improve himself morally, never allowing himself to practice less noble actions. And she exaggerated in restraint and silence.
His life became complicated, because his bar friends found him strange, his coworkers in the office at Empetur (Pernambucan Tourism Company) started to look at him with astonishment, and at home the woman complained about her alienation.
In the sixth year of staging the sacred drama, he was unrecognizable. He had grown thin, had a grim look in his eyes, and was repeating the traditional words mechanically. His performance left something to be desired.
He was warned by Empetur and by the critics: during the year he should be a cheerful, relaxed man, to become the perfect interpreter of the Passion at the right time. Furthermore, until his arrival in Jerusalem, Jesus was jovial and used to go to parties.
He did not heed the considerations, ended up deprived of the role, abandoned his family, and they say he feeds on locusts in the wild.
ANDRADE, Carlos Drummond de. "Stories for the King". 2nd ed. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 1998. P. 56.
Question 1 - The first paragraph of the text has three verbs whose subject is “The actor”. Taking into account the context, identify with regard to predication:
a) the connecting verb:
b) the direct transitive verb:
c) the indirect transitive verb:
Question 2 - “[…] started to look at him with astonishment […]”. The term "lo", which works as a complement to the verb "look" in this segment of the text, resumes:
A:
Question 3 - “His life has become complicated […]”
Identify in the prayer above:
a) the subject:
b) the connecting verb:
c) the subject's predicate:
Question 4 – In the excerpt “[…] was unrecognizable.”, the connecting verb “was” indicates:
a) an actor's state.
b) an action of the actor.
c) an actor's way of being.
d) an attribute of the actor.
Question 5 - “He had lost weight, had a grim look in his eyes, and mechanically repeated traditional words. His performance left something to be desired”. In this part of the text, an intransitive verb was used, that is, a verb that does not need a complement, as it has a complete meaning. Tick it:
a) "You will lose weight"
b) "had"
c) “repeat”
d) "left"
Question 6 – In relation to the verbs “was” and “to go” present in the phrase “[…] Jesus was jovial and used to go to parties.”, we can say that:
a) the first is intransitive and the second is direct and indirect transitive.
b) the first is binding and the second is indirect transitive.
c) the first is direct transitive and the second is indirect transitive.
d) the first is binding and the second is direct transitive.
Question 7 – Classify the underlined verbs in the sentences, numbering as indicated:
( ) "[…] but felt need to improve morally […]"
( ) “[…] because bar friends they were surprised […]”
( ) “[…] and at home the woman complained of its alienation.
( ) "He no answered to the considerations […]"
( ) “[…] abandoned the family […]"
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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