activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the woodpecker. He measures 32 cm and can be easily identified by the color of the plumage. How about getting to know this bird better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Bird that stands out for its predominantly yellow plumage also tends to make inclined nests to protect against rain.
The woodpecker (Colaptes campestris) measures 32 cm and can be easily identified by the color of the plumage: the sides of the face and neck are yellow and the top of the head and throat are black. The male has red stripes on his face.
The food diet is composed of insects, mainly ants and termites. The success of the hunt is due to the elimination of the secretion similar to glue, which causes the insects to become “stuck” on the tongue.
The song, varied and strong, only occurs during the reproductive period, when male and female communicate and mark territory. The elaborate nests are dug in the sloping face of the ravines, so that there is protection from the rain.
The species occurs in fields and cerrados throughout Brazil, except in the North region.
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Question 1 – Read back:
“A bird that stands out for its predominantly yellow plumage also tends to make inclined nests to protect against rain.”
What bird does the text refer to?
Question 2 – In the passage “[…] it can be easily identified by the color of the plumage […]”, the highlighted word expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 3 – The excerpt “[…] the sides of the face and neck are yellow and the top of the head and throat are black.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – According to the text, the woodpecker feeds on:
( ) only ants and termites.
( ) especially ants and termites.
( ) occasionally from ants and termites.
Question 5 – Underline, below, the means used by the woodpecker to hunt the insects, on which it feeds:
“The success of the hunt is due to the elimination of the secretion similar to glue, which causes the insects to become ‘stuck’ on the tongue.”
Question 6 – Watch:
“The elaborate nests are dug in the sloping face of the ravines, for what there is protection from the rain.”
The underlined expression introduces:
( ) a condition.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 7 – In the segment “The species occurs in fields and cerrados throughout Brazil, except in the North region.”, the term “e” indicates a fact that:
( ) concludes another.
( ) is added to another.
( ) contrasts with another.
Question 8 – It can be said that the purpose of the text is to:
( ) issue a warning about the woodpecker.
( ) Tell a story about the woodpecker.
( ) present explanations about the woodpecker.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
