Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verbs in the infinitive. Let's analyze this nominal form in the text that presents us the film A castle for Christmas? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
In A castle for Christmas, Sophie, a famous American author, travels to Scotland. Dazzled by the place, she wants to buy a castle belonging to a Scottish duke named Myles. When the Duke hesitates to sell his property to a foreigner, they try to reach an agreement on the sale, slowly falling in love with each other.
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Question 1 – Underline the verb in the following infinitive:
“Fascinated by the place, she wants to buy a castle belonging to a Scottish duke named Myles.”
Question 2 – Cite a verb in the infinitive with the same meaning as the one underlined above:
Question 3 – Read back:
“When the duke hesitates to sell his property to a foreigner […]”
In this segment, there is a verb in the infinitive. Identify it:
Question 4 – In the segment above, the verb in the infinitive is:
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
( ) direct and indirect transitive.
Question 5 – Watch:
“[…] they try to reach an agreement about the sale, slowly falling in love with each other.”
In this passage, the verb in the infinitive:
( ) is impersonal.
( ) is inflected personal.
( ) is uninflected personal.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.