Portuguese activity, aimed at first-year high school students, addresses the verb types in the predicate. Linking verb, intransitive verb, direct transitive verb, indirect transitive verb and bitransitive verb. Are we going to study them? To do so, answer the various questions that explore the types of verb in the predicate in the curious text The knife is the oldest of cutlery!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
O homo erectus, which appeared on Earth 1.5 million years ago, created the first knife-like sharp object made of stone and used for hunting and defense.
Around 3000 BC C., in the Bronze Age, the utensil started to be produced from this metal and served both to kill and to peel fruit.
According to reports, the fork appeared in the 11th century when a member of the court of Venice (Italy) married a princess from Byzantium (Ancient Greece).
In the trousseau, she brought a sharp object with two teeth, which she used to skewer food.
Gradually, members of the nobility and clergy began to adopt the silverware, but it was not until the 19th century that the fork became popular. The history of the spoon, on the other hand, shows archaeological records of similar artifacts dating back more than 20,000 years, made of wood, stone and ivory. In the beginning, it was similar to a shell and for collective use.
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Question 1 - Note the highlighted part in the text title:
"The knife is the oldest of cutlery”
The highlighted part works as a predicative of the subject. Therefore, the verb “is” is classified as:
( ) connecting verb.
( ) intransitive verb.
( ) direct transitive verb.
Question 2 - In the passage “The homo erectus, which appeared on Earth 1.5 million years ago, created the first object […]”, registers the presence of a direct transitive verb. Point it out:
( ) "emerged".
( ) "there is".
( ) "created".
Question 3 - In the segment “[…] served both to kill and to peel fruit.”, the preposition “para”, required by the indirect transitive verb “serve”, expresses:
( ) cause.
( ) goal.
( ) consequence.
Question 4 - In the prayer “[…] the fork appeared in the eleventh century […]”, the underlined expression, which accompanies the intransitive verb “has emerged”, syntactically plays the role of:
( ) I bet.
( ) adverbial adjunct.
( ) adnominal deputy.
Question 5 - Sort the highlighted verbs, numbering according to the orientation:
(1) Direct transitive verb
(2) Indirect transitive verb
( ) “[…] the utensil passed on to be produced from this metal […]"
( ) “[…] a member of the court of Venice (Italy) if married with a princess […]"
( ) “The story of the spoon show archaeological records of similar artifacts […]"
Question 6 – A verb is both direct and indirect transitive (bitransitive) when it requires two types of complements, called objects. In view of this statement, reread this excerpt:
“[…] She brought a sharp object with two teeth, which she used to skewer food.”
Now identify:
a) the direct object of the verb “used”:
b) the indirect object of the verb “used”:
Question 7 – In the phrase “[…] but only in the 19th century the fork became popular.”, the connecting verb was used:
( ) in active voice.
( ) in passive voice.
( ) in the reflective voice.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
