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EXERCISE 03 1. Read the information below, and then state whether the highlighted verbs are transitive (T), intransitive (I) or linking verbs (LV). A transitive verb is a verb that requires an object to receive the action. An intransitive verb does not take an object. However, there may be other information after the verb, such as one or more prepositional phrases or an adverb. Linking verbs do not express action. ▪The speaker discussed different marketing strategies in the video. ( ) ▪The students arrived at the residency in Huston. ( ) ▪The instructor addressed the student’s question. ( ) ▪John will be 20 in August. ( ) ▪Miriam borrowed the methodology book from her classmate because she forgot her copy. ( ) ▪Ahmad voted in the local election. ( ) ▪Can you bring your copy of the textbook to our study group meeting? ( ) ▪Susan laughed. ( ) ▪The cat was friendly. ( ) ▪Donovan gave the gift to his sister. ( ) ▪The news hasn't changed. ( ) ▪The committee members will raise money for the new project. ( ) ▪I feel unwell. ( ) ▪My father became an engineer. ( ) ▪The Allies bombed Dresden. ( ) ▪Our car broke down. ( ) ▪The milk will turn sour if you leave it. ( ) ▪They live in London. ( ) ▪Tara doesn't want a new car. ( ) ▪Her explanation did not appear plausible. ( ) ▪Hillary remained under suspicion for the rest of her life. ( ) ▪We painted the old rocking chair. ( ) 2. Some verbs can function as linking verbs and as ordinary verbs. Read the following sentences and see the relation between the subject and complement. Then, identify if the verb is a linking verb or an action verb. He looks angry. He looked at me angrily. ______________________________________________________________________ The food tastes delicious. They tasted the food. ______________________________________________________________________ She appeared in the kitchen. She appeared quiet. ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Classify the verbs in bold in: direct transitive verb, indirect transitive verb and direct and indirect transitive verb. a) Mirna loves Carlos. ___________________________________________________ b) The document belongs to Carlos._________________________________________ c) Peter sold some books._________________________________________________ d) Joe will send the price quote.____________________________________________ e) I do not agree with you._________________________________________________ f) Can I buy you a drink? _________________________________________________ g) They rebuilt the old house. _____________________________________________ h) Paul passed her a cup of coffee. __________________________________________ i) The company has offered me a job.________________________________________ 4. Are they ditransitive verbs or monotransitive verbs? a) She offered him her car.________________________________________________ b) Lucy doesn't want a new car.____________________________________________ c) The bank won't lend them any money._____________________________________ d) The Army destroyed the enemy.__________________________________________ e) Anthony bought his new girlfriend some roses on her birthday.__________________ 5. When the subject and the predicate are connected with a linking verb, the predicate is nominal, adjectival or adverbial complement. What kind of predicates can we find in these sentences? a) He is in Italy. (_______________________________) b) Andy’s sports car is Italian. (_______________________________) c) July is a comedian. (_______________________________) d) Have you been sitting in my chair? (_______________________________) e) They became lawyers. (_______________________________) f) Children grow older every day. (_______________________________) g) Plato was a philosopher. (_______________________________) 6. Read the comic strip and answer. http://comicskingdom.com/baby-blues/2017-04-04 a) In the sentence ‘give me some pace and quiet’, what is the subject of the verb 'give'? ______________________________________________________________________ b) 'Give' is a transitive or intransitive verb? Justify your answer. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ c) How can the verb 'give' be categorized? Justify your answer. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ d) What is the verbal predicate of the sentence ‘give me some pace and quiet’? ______________________________________________________________________ e) Classify syntactically the words ME and the expression SOME PEACE AND QUIET. f) How can we classify the verb WAS in the sentence ‘it was dad’s idea’? ______________________________________________________________________ g) What kind of predicate is ‘dad’s idea’? ______________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1) Lembrando que: T = transitivo; I = Intransitivo e LV = verbo de ligação.

OBS: Como os verbos não estão destacados, há frases em que há duas respostas pois coloquei de ambos os verbos nelas encontrados, na ordem em que se encontram.

▪ The speaker discussed different marketing strategies in the video. (T)

▪ The students arrived at the residency in Huston. (I)

▪The instructor addressed the student’s question. (T)

▪John will be 20 in August. (LV)

▪Miriam borrowed the methodology book from her classmate because she forgot her copy. (T - T)

▪Ahmad voted in the local election. (I)

▪Can you bring your copy of the textbook to our study group meeting? (T)

▪Susan laughed. (I)

▪The cat was friendly. (LV)

▪Donovan gave the gift to his sister. (T)

▪The news hasn't changed. (I)

▪The committee members will raise money for the new project. (T)

▪I feel unwell. (LV)

▪My father became an engineer. (LV)

▪The Allies bombed Dresden. (T)

▪Our car broke down. (I)

▪The milk will turn sour if you leave it. (LV - T)

▪They live in London. (LV)

▪Tara doesn't want a new car. (T)

▪Her explanation did not appear plausible. (LV)

▪Hillary remained under suspicion for the rest of her life. (I)

▪We painted the old rocking chair. (T)

 

2)    

- He looks angry. He looked at me angrily. – Na primeira frase, é linking verb, pois o verbo “to look” está no sentido de parecer/aparentar, e depois dele segue um adjetivo que caracteriza o sujeito. Já na segunda, percebe-se que há uma ação, já que o verbo “to look” está no sentido de ver/observar, então é um ordinary verb.

 

- The food tastes delicious. They tasted the food. – Assim como na anterior, a primeira frase apresenta linking verb, com um adjetivo caracterizando o sujeito, e o verbo “to taste” no sentido de “ter o sabor”. Já na segunda há um ordinary verb, caracterizando a ação de provar/experimentar a comida.

 

- She appeared in the kitchen. She appeared quiet. – Na primeira frase, o verbo é ordinary verb, indicando a ação de aparecer. Já na segunda, com o sentido de aparentar/parecer e a presença de um adjetivo caracterizando o sujeito, há um linking verb.

 

3) 

- Direct transitive verb – responde a perguntas tipo “o quê?” ou “quem?”, sem a presença de uma palavra ligante (como preposições).

- Indirect transitive verb – responde a perguntas tipo “para quem”, “a quê?” ou “para quê?”, necessitando de uma palavra ligante. 

- Direct and Indirect transitive verb – apresenta tanto objeto direto quanto indireto. Nesse caso, geralmente ocorrem que o objeto indireto é o recipiente do objeto, como no exemplo anterior.

a) Mirna loves Carlos. Direct Transitive Verb

 b) The document belongs to Carlos. Indirect Transitive Verb

 c) Peter sold some books. Direct Transitive Verb

 d) Joe will send the price quote. Direct Transitive Verb

 e) I do not agree with you. Indirect Transitive Verb

 f) Can I buy you a drink? Direct and Indirect Transitive Verb

g) They rebuilt the old house. Direct Transitive Verb

h) Paul passed her a cup of coffee. Direct and Indirect Transitive Verb

i) The company has offered me a job. Direct and Indirect Transitive Verb

 

4)     

Distransitive Verbs – são verbos que aceitam tanto objeto direto quanto objeto indireto.

Monotransitive Verbs – são verbos que aceitam apenas objetos diretos.

a) She offered him her car. Ditransitive Verb

 b) Lucy doesn't want a new car. Monotransitive Verb

 c) The bank won't lend them any money. Ditransitive Verb

 d) The Army destroyed the enemy. Monotransitive Verb

 e) Anthony bought his new girlfriend some roses on her birthday. Ditransitive Verb

 5)

a) He is in Italy. Adverbial

 b) Andy’s sports car is Italian. Adjectival

c) July is a comedian. Nominal

 d) Have you been sitting in my chair? Adverbial

e) They became lawyers. Nominal

f) Children grow older every day. Adverbial

g) Plato was a philosopher. Nominal

 

6)   

a) O verbo se encontra no imperativo, então ele está mandando/pedindo para ela fazer algo diretamente, então o sujeito é “você”, no caso, you. 

Frase: (You) give me some peace and quiet.

b) É um verbo transitivo, pois necessita de um objeto para completar a ação. A pessoa não simplesmente dá, ela dá algo a alguém.

c) Direct and Indirect Transitive Verb, pois necessita de objeto tanto direto quanto indireto; como eu disse na letra anterior, a pessoa dá algo a alguém.

 d) Verbal predicate é a parte verbal do predicado, que nesse caso é give, que é o verbo da frase.

e) Me — Indirect Object

   Some Peace and quiet — Direct object

f) Linking verb, ou seja, verbo de ligação, pois não está expressando ação. Além disso, was é o passado do verbo to be, que é sempre um verbo de ligação.

g) É o complemento do verbo de ligação, que é chamado “subject complement”, predicativo do sujeito em português, pois complementa o sujeito da frase. É um nominal subject complement, pois "dad's idea"  um substantivo (noun) como palavra principal.

Bem, espero ter ajudado.