Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses compound period. We will analyze this period in the text on Trunk Train: The Movie? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
“Tromba Trem: The Movie” follows the funny elephant Gajah after he becomes an overnight celebrity. But his star status quickly fades when he becomes the prime suspect in a mysterious disappearance. Now the poor elephant will need to race against time to clear his name and prove his innocence.
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Question 1 – Underline the conjunction in the following compound sentence:
“Tromba Trem: The Movie” follows the funny elephant Gajah after he becomes an overnight celebrity.
Question 2 – The conjunction italicized above introduces the idea of:
( ) cause.
( ) time.
( ) goal.
Question 3 – Watch:
“But his star status quickly fades when he becomes the prime suspect in a mysterious disappearance.”
This period is composite. Why?
Question 4 – In the compound sentence “Now the poor elephant will have to race against time to clear his name and prove his innocence.”, the conjunction indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) contrasting facts.
Question 5 – In the compound sentence above, the conjunction begins a clause called a:
( ) absolute.
( ) coordinate.
( ) subordinate.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.