Portuguese activity: Verbs in the infinitive

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, explores verbs in the infinitive. How about analyzing this nominal form in the text about the film Mirror, Mirror of Mine? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

“Mirror, Mirror of Mine”

After the king's death, his wife takes over the kingdom. Extremely vain, she starts charging more and more taxes to sustain a life of opulence. At the same time, he keeps his stepdaughter, Snow White, imprisoned in his room. Upon turning 18, Snow White decides to leave the castle and discover the reality of the kingdom. Horrified by the situation of hunger and misery of the people, she returns determined to overthrow the queen.

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Questions

Question 1 – Identify the segment that presents a verb in the infinitive:

( ) “After the death of the king, his wife assumes command of the kingdom.”

( ) “Extremely vain, she starts charging more and more taxes [...]”

( ) “At the same time, he keeps his stepdaughter, Snow White, imprisoned in his room.”

Question 2 – In the section “[…] to sustain a life of opulence.”, the verb in the infinitive was used with the meaning of:

( ) "to maintain".

( ) "Confirm".

( ) "strengthen".

Question 3 – In the part “[…] Branca de Neve decides to leave the castle […]”, the verb in the infinitive is:

( ) impersonal.

( ) inflected staff.

( ) uninflected staff.

Question 4 – In the fragment “[…] and knowing the reality of the kingdom.”, the verb in the infinitive required a complement without a preposition. Therefore, he is:

( ) intransitive.

( ) direct transitive.

( ) indirect transitive.

Question 5 – In the passage “Horrified by the situation of hunger and misery of the people, she returns determined to overthrow the queen.”, the crasis before the verb in the infinitive is:

( ) prohibited.

( ) optional.

( ) mandatory.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.