Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses verb phrase. Let's analyze this type of phrase in the text about Mia Couto? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Beira, Mozambique. She is a biologist, journalist and author of more than thirty books, between prose and poetry. His novel “Terra sonâmbula” is considered one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century. He received a series of literary awards, including the Camões, in 2013, the most prestigious in the language. Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize in 2014, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize from 2015. He is a corresponding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Companhia das Letras has been publishing all of his work in Brazil.
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Question 1 – Underline the following verb phrase:
“Her novel of hers ‘Sleepwalking Land’ is considered one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century.”
Question 2 – A verb phrase is made up of an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Inform:
a) the auxiliary verb of the phrase underlined above:
b) the main verb of the phrase underlined above:
Question 3 – Point to the passage that contains a verbal phrase:
( ) “Mia Couto was born in 1955, in Beira, Mozambique.”
( ) “He received a series of literary awards, including the Camões […]”
( ) “[…] and was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.”
Question 4 – In the passage mentioned above, the verb phrase refers to a subject:
( ) hidden.
( ) simple.
( ) composite.
Question 5 – In the passage “A Companhia das Letras has been publishing all of its work in Brazil.”, there is a verbal phrase. Identify it:
Question 6 – In the previously identified phrase, the main verb is in the form of:
( ) infinitive.
( ) gerund.
( ) participle.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.