Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores compound period. How about analyzing this period in the text about the film Larry Crowne - Love is back? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) has worked for years at a store, where he has been chosen nine times as employee of the month. One day, to his surprise, he is fired for not having a higher education. Needing to start over from scratch, he decides to enroll in college. One of the courses he takes is public speaking, taught by Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts). She is discouraged, due to the students' lack of interest in her subject. College life makes Larry make new friends, change his lifestyle and get closer and closer to Mercedes.
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Question 1 – Watch:
“Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) has worked for years at a store, where he has been chosen nine times as employee of the month.”
Why is this period composed?
Question 2 – In the compound period “Needing to start over from scratch, he decides to enroll in college.”, the highlighted personal pronoun resumes:
Question 3 – In the compound sentence “One of the courses he takes is public speaking, taught by Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts).”, the comma is:
( ) prohibited.
( ) optional.
( ) mandatory.
Question 4 – Underline the conjunction in the following compound sentence:
“College life makes Larry make new friends, change his lifestyle and get closer and closer to Mercedes.”
Question 5 – The underlined conjunction, in the compound sentence above, indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) contrasting facts.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
