Portuguese activity, focused on first-year high school students, explores prepositions. We will analyze them in the text on the green turtle? In the section “It is estimated today that the world population of green turtles amounts to just over 200,000 individuals of reproductive age.”, which “a” works as a preposition?
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It is estimated today that the world population of green turtles is just over 200,000 individuals of reproductive age. That is, it is very little compared to the immensity of the oceans that embrace the earth.
No wonder it is _____ endangered. Also known as aruanã, it weighs, on average, 160 kg, but can reach 300 kg. The basic size is 120 centimeters long.
Among the physical characteristics, the hull (or carapace) has four green or grayish-green lateral plates (coloring obtained thanks to its body fat), the jaw is serrated (to facilitate eating) and a visible nail on the flippers.
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Question 1 – Underline the word “a” that works as a preposition in the excerpt below:
“It is estimated today that the world population of green turtles amounts to just over 200,000 individuals of reproductive age.”
Question 2 – In the passage “No wonder she is _____ endangered.”, the space must be filled with the preposition:
( ) "in".
( ) "per".
( ) "about".
Question 3 – In the part “Also known as aruanã […]”, the underlined word is:
( ) verb.
( ) adverb.
( ) preposition.
Question 4 – In the section “The basic size is 120 centimeters […]”, there is a preposition. Identify it:
Question 5 – In the segment “[…] the jaw is serrated (to facilitate feeding) […]”, the preposition “para” indicates:
( ) destiny.
( ) goal.
( ) goal.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
