Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, aims to study the personal pronouns. How about analyzing them in the text Why do we salivate when we see food? You will discover their importance in writing a text! Come on? So, answer the questions proposed below!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
When we see something delicious, whether in a photo or in person, the brain identifies that you like what's on your plate. At that moment, it activates the glands responsible for producing saliva, starting the digestion process. This liquid helps dissolve food in the mouth and helps the taste buds taste the food.
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Question 1 - Underline the verbs that make up the title of the text:
"Why do we salivate when we see food?"
Question 2 - The verbs, underlined in the title, have a personal pronoun as their subject, which appears hidden. Identify it:
( ) "we"
( ) "you"
( ) "they"
Question 3 - The subject was identified through:
( ) of the ending (termination) of the verbs.
( ) of the analysis of the communicative context.
( ) of the tense of the verbs.
Question 4 – The highlighted pronoun is personal in the passage:
( ) “[…] the brain identifies that you liked what's on the plate."
( ) "At this moment, he triggers the glands responsible for producing […]"
( ) “That liquid helps dissolve food in the mouth […]"
Question 5 - The personal pronoun, present in the passage marked above, replaces:
( ) "the brain"
( ) "the plate"
( ) "net"
question 6 – “The saliva helps the taste buds to taste the food”. Check the sentence that correctly replaces the underlined expression with a personal pronoun:
( ) "Saliva helps them to taste the food."
( ) "Saliva helps them to taste the food."
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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