Proposta didática sobre os verbos haver e fazer

Abstract

This work presents a bibliographical review on the impersonal verbs to exist and to do with the aim of proposing a didactic sequence to assist teachers in teaching these verbs. Verbs are words that we use in speech and writing, and they can be personal or impersonal. Personal are those in which there is agreement in number with the subject. Impersonals do not have a subject and must conjugated be in the third person singular and infinitive. To have and to do are impersonal verbs, the verb to do when indicating elapsed time and meteorological time as well as the verb to have if it is synonymous with existing or occurring and when indicating elapsed time, must be conjugated in the 3rd person singular and infinitive. When conjugating these verbs, students make agreement errors because they are unable to identify impersonality, so they agree on these verbs with their complements, since, as they are impersonal, they must conjugated be in the third person singular. When analyzing the guiding documents, grammars and textbooks, the research showed that the guiding documents do not specifically deal with the verbs to have and to do, but to teach verbs in general. Grammarians present the semantic and syntactic aspects that govern the use of the verbs to have and to do and textbooks present conceptual aspects and exercises on these verbs. Finally, the work proposes a didactic sequence with the aim of assisting in teaching these verbs.