Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth grade of elementary school, on the comma. Let's analyze this punctuation mark in the text How many years does a vulture live? In “[…] regular medical care, food and drink […]”, was the comma used to indicate an omission, a intercalation or a enumeration?
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In nature, vultures that live for more than five years are rare, although some of up to 16 years have already been found. In captivity, protected from predators, receiving regular medical attention, food and drink, they can live well into their 30s. Despite these numbers, the population of vultures has increased significantly in Brazil, mainly in the Northeast. With the occurrence of droughts, the death of cattle generates abundance for these birds that, with an immune system extremely specialized, they ingest the carcasses of dead animals due to any type of infection, and do not contaminate.
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Question 1 – In the passage “[...] vultures that live longer than five years are rare, although some of up to 16 years have already been found.”, the comma isolates a sentence:
( ) absolute.
( ) coordinate.
( ) subordinate.
Question 2 – In the section “In captivity, protected from predators […]”, the comma separates:
( ) a bet.
( ) a vocative.
( ) an adverbial adjunct.
Question 3 – In “[…] regular medical care, food and drink […]”, the comma was used to indicate:
( ) an omission.
( ) an interleave.
( ) an enumeration.
Question 4 – The segment below has been transcribed without the comma. Put it:
“Despite these numbers, the population of vultures has increased significantly in Brazil […]”
Question 5 – In the part “[…] the death of cattle generates plenty for these birds that, with an extremely specialized immune system, ingest animal carcasses […]”, the commas are:
( ) prohibited.
( ) optional.
( ) mandatory.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
