Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, addresses indefinite pronoun. How about analyzing this type of pronoun in the text Is there any animal that does not drink water? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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The koala, marsupial mammal present in Australia, is one of the animals that does not drink water. In the first months of life, the baby, which is born little bigger than a bee, lives inside a bag in the mother's abdomen. It feeds on milk and a secretion released from the mother's anus. When the digestive system is formed, the koala starts to eat eucalyptus leaves, branches and buds, consuming up to a kilo of food per day. These animals don't drink water because their favorite dishes contain all ___ liquid they need. Other animals, such as the heron, the giraffe, the mouse and certain species of rabbits, are also capable of extracting all the water necessary for survival from food.
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Question 1 – Underline the following indefinite pronoun:
"Is there any animal that does not drink water?"
Question 2 – The previously underlined pronoun gives an indefinite meaning to the noun:
Question 3 – Complete the space with the definite article, which must accompany the indefinite pronoun in this text segment:
"These animals don't drink water because their favorite dishes contain all the ___ liquid they need."
Question 4 – Watch:
“Other animals, such as the heron, the giraffe, the mouse […]”
In this passage, there is an indefinite pronoun. Identify it:
Question 5 – The indefinite pronouns used in the text are:
( ) invariable.
( ) variables in number.
( ) variables in gender and number.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.