Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about proparoxytone words. Let's analyze these words in the text Snail Hawk? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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Characterized by its long and thin beak, the snail hawk (Rostrhamus sociabilis) specializes in removing the muscle of large water snails from their shells. When food is scarce, the hawk opts for crabs.
By behavior, it occurs in humid areas, such as marshes, swamps, flooded fields and rivers. The bird spreads throughout America, from the United States to Uruguay, passing through the entire Brazilian territory.
It measures between 39 and 48 centimeters and has a wingspan of up to 1.15 meters. Nests are flimsy platforms built into trees over water.
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Question 1 – Emphasis is placed on the word, highlighted in the section “[…] specialist in removing the muscle of large snails […]”, because it is:
( ) proparoxytone.
( ) oxytone ending in “o”.
( ) paroxytone ending in diphthong.
Question 2 – Identify the proparoxytone proper noun in the text:
Question 3 – The proparoxytone adjective, used in the first paragraph, characterizes the noun:
( ) "nozzle".
( ) “snails”.
( ) “crabs”.
Question 4 – In “Nests are fragile platforms built on trees […]”, there is a proparoxytone word. Tick it:
( ) “fragile”.
( ) “constructed”.
( ) “trees”.
Question 5 – Point to the segment that contains a proparoxytone word:
( ) “When food availability is scarce [...]”
( ) “[…] from the United States to Uruguay […]”
( ) “It measures between 39 and 48 centimeters and has a wingspan of up to 1.15 meters.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
