Text interpretation: Bird confused with hummingbird

activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about a bird mistaken for a hummingbird. What bird would that be, huh? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Red-tailed Ariramba is a bird confused with a hummingbird

The species has a wide distribution throughout the country and lives on the edges of forests and even close to rivers..

With shiny, practically metallic feathers and a long beak… This is how it is the red-tailed arramba (

ruficada galbula), a species that for such characteristics is often confused with hummingbirds. However, in reality, it has nothing to do with these birds. Even some of its not so distant relatives are the kingfisher and the kingfisher. These species, like the ariramba, nest in ravines.

But the resemblance to hummingbirds is so great that it has given the ariramba some popular names associated with the masters of the air, such as hummingbird, hummingbird and cuitelão. Another known popular name of her is needle beak.

The beak, incidentally, is a striking feature of this species, and is adapted to capture prey in flight. No wonder it is easy to observe this bird on the prowl to hunt an insect. The red-tailed ariramba is one of the 15 representatives that make up the Galbulidae family.

Widely distributed throughout Brazil, this beautiful bird delights observers, even motivating people to start birding.

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Questions

Question 1 – Read back:

“The species has a wide distribution throughout the country and lives on the edges of forests and even close to rivers.”

The text refers to:

( ) to john-bobo.

( ) to the kingfisher.

( ) the red-tailed ariramba.

Question 2 – The line “With shiny, almost metallic feathers and a long beak…” is:

( ) a narration.

( ) a description.

( ) an argument.

Question 3 – In "Although, in reality, has nothing to do with these birds.”, the underlined term has the same meaning as:

( ) "But".

( ) "Then".

( ) "Therefore".

Question 4 – In the part “Species that, like the ariramba, nest in ravines.”, the part between commas says:

( ) a comparison.

( ) a conformity.

( ) an example.

Question 5 – Watch:

“But the resemblance to hummingbirds is so great, what gave the ariramba some popular names associated with masters of the air, such as water hummingbird, hummingbird and cuitelão.”

The highlighted word introduces:

( ) a cause.

( ) a purpose.

( ) a consequence.

Question 6 – According to the text, it is easy to observe the giant otter “on the prowl to catch an insect”, because:

( ) it captures prey in flight.

( ) it is confused with a hummingbird.

( ) it is one of the representatives of the Galbulidae family.

Question 7 – Underline the adjective below that indicates an opinion:

“Widely distributed throughout Brazil, this beautiful bird enchants observers […]”

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.