Portuguese Activity: Definite Articles

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth grade of elementary school, explores definite articles. How about analyzing them in the text about the city of ayuruoca? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In “[…] the city is 416 km from Belo Horizonte […]”, which “a” works as the definite article?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

ayuruoca

Just arrive, take a deep breath and contemplate nature. For those who enjoy ecotourism and adventure tourism, Aiuruoca is a complete dish.

Located in the south of Minas Gerais, in the heart of Serra da Mantiqueira, at an altitude of 1,050 meters, the city is 416 km from Belo Horizonte, 368 km from São Paulo and 329 km from Rio de Janeiro.

Several streams, waterfalls, peaks and reserves can be visited in the place, among them, ____ Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, the 2,357 meters above sea level, Vale dos Garcias and Vale do Matutu, a natural reserve that concentrates most of the natural beauties of the region.

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Questions

Question 1 – Underline the following definite article:

“Just arrive, take a deep breath and contemplate nature.”

Question 2 – The underlined article above defines the meaning of the noun:

Question 3 – Watch:

“[…] the city is 416 km from Belo Horizonte […]”

It can be stated that:

( ) the first “a” works as the definite article.

( ) the second “a” works as the definite article.

( ) the first “a” and the second “a” work as definite articles.

Question 4 – Complete the space with the definite article:

“Various streams, waterfalls, peaks and reserves can be visited on site, including ____ Serra do Papagaio State Park […]”

Question 5 – The word, underlined in the section “[…] natural reserve that concentrates a good part of of natural beauties […]”, is the contraction of a preposition with a definite article. Explain:

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.