Portuguese activity: Uses of commas

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, explores the comma. Let's look at the uses of this punctuation mark in the text Wetland deer? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In the passage “Found in the forests that border the rivers, the mammal has a varied diet […]”, is the comma prohibited, optional or mandatory?

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Wetland deer

The marsh deer can weigh up to 130 kilos and measure more than two meters […]

Males have horns that fall off and grow back every year, and in species that have antlers, the branches gradually increase from the first year onwards.

Found in the forests that border the rivers, the mammal has a varied diet: it eats from leaves, buds and branches to fruits and flowers.

Territorial and solitary, this is the most abundant species of deer in Brazil. The population, however, suffers a decline due to habitat loss, a high rate of roadkill and hunting pressure.

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Questions

Question 1 – The segment below has been transcribed without the commas. Put them:

“The males have horns that fall off and grow back every year, and in species that have antlers, the branches gradually increase from the first year onwards.”

Question 2 – In the passage “Found in the forests that border the rivers, the mammal has a varied diet [...]”, the comma is:

( ) prohibited.

( ) optional.

( ) mandatory.

Question 3 – In the section “[…] from leaves, buds and branches to fruits and flowers.”, the comma indicates:

( ) an omission.

( ) an interleave.

( ) an enumeration.

Question 4 – In the segment “Territorialist and solitary, this is the most abundant species of deer in Brazil.”, the commas separate:

( ) a bet.

( ) an adverbial adjunct.

( ) a predicative of the subject.

Question 5 – In “The population, however, suffers decline […]”, the commas separate:

( ) an additive conjunction.

( ) a conclusive conjunction.

( ) an adversative conjunction.

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