Portuguese activity: Comma

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses the comma. Let's analyze this punctuation mark in the text Where did the stones come from and how does the formation of rocks occur? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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Where did the stones come from and how does the formation of rocks occur?

In the early days of Earth's formation, there was a grouping of the densest existing bodies (such as iron and nickel), forming rocks in the core of the planet. From then on, rock formation became a non-stop activity. Fábio Ramos de Andrade, professor of Mineralogy at the Institute of Geosciences at USP, explains that there are three major groups of rocks, formed by different processes. “The magmatics come from the crystallization of magmas (like volcano larvae). There are also sedimentary ones, which result from the sedimentation of eroded materials accumulated on the banks of rivers, seas, lakes, dunes, etc. Finally, there are metamorphic rocks, which are minerals transformed by the action of high pressures and temperatures, resulting from tectonic movements,” he explains.

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Questions

Question 1 – In “In the beginning of the formation of the Earth, there was a grouping […]”, the comma is:

( ) prohibited.

( ) optional.

( ) mandatory.

Question 2 – In the part “[…] denser existing bodies (such as iron and nickel), forming rocks in the core of the planet.”, the comma precedes a verb in nominal form. What shape?

Question 3 – In the passage “Fábio Ramos de Andrade, professor of Mineralogy at the Institute of Geosciences at USP, explains that […]”, the commas separate:

( ) a bet.

( ) a vocative.

( ) an adverbial adjunct.

Question 4 – In the segment “[…] accumulated on the banks of rivers, seas, lakes, dunes, etc.”, commas were used to indicate:

Question 5 – The excerpt below has been transcribed without the comma. Put it:

“[…] there are metamorphic rocks that are minerals transformed by the action of pressures […]”

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