Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth grade of elementary school, explores demonstrative pronouns. Let's analyze them in the text fragment How Mary spent the night? To do this, answer the proposed questions! In “[…] (because _______ was the name of your hostess) […]”, should the space be filled with “this” or “this”?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
She wasn't in the mood to talk, as she no longer seemed to have any control over what she said. She used expressions entirely different from the ones she thought about. So she was silent while Mrs. Sturgis (for _______ was his hostess's name) chattered, put away the tea accoutrements, and moved about incessantly, in a manner which increased Mary's feeling of dizziness. She felt that she should take her leave and go spend the night somewhere else. But where?
GASKELL, Elizabeth. mary barton. Translation by Julia Romeu. 1.ed. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2017. P. 369. Original title: Mary Barton. (Fragment).
Question 1 – In the passage “[…] he no longer seemed to have any control over what he said.”, the word “the” works as a demonstrative pronoun, as it is equivalent to:
( ) "that".
( ) "this".
( ) "that one".
Question 2 – The demonstrative pronoun identified earlier is:
( ) invariable.
( ) variable in number.
( ) Variable in gender and number.
Question 3 – Watch:
“Used entirely different expressions of those I was thinking about.”
The highlighted term is the contraction of a preposition with a demonstrative pronoun. Explain:
Question 4 – Complete the space with “this” or “this”:
“[…] (for _______ was the name of his hostess) […]”
Question 5 – The demonstrative pronoun that filled the space above:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
