Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, explores verbs in the infinitive. We will analyze this nominal form in the text about the film The King of Comedy? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) is a renowned TV presenter. One day, on his way to work, he is kidnapped by aspiring comedian Rupert Pumpkin (Robert De Niro) and his friend Masha (Sandra Bernhard). To escape the situation, Jerry grants Rupert space on his TV show so that he can perform his act.
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Question 1 – Underline the verb in the following infinitive:
“One day, on his way to work, he is kidnapped by the aspiring comedian […]”
Question 2 – The verb in the infinitive underlined above is in the voice:
( ) active.
( ) passive.
( ) reflective.
Question 3 – Watch:
“To escape the situation, Jerry grants Rupert space on his TV show […]”
Name a verb in the infinitive that could take the place of the one used in this passage:
Question 4 – The verb in the infinitive, used in the segment “[…] so that he can present his number.”, is:
( ) impersonal.
( ) inflected staff.
( ) uninflected staff.
Question 5 – In the segment above, the verb in the infinitive is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.