Portuguese activity: Conjunctions

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth grade of elementary school, addresses conjunctions. Let's analyze them in the text that presents us the book doctor de Soto? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In “Dr. De Soto deals with the teeth of large and small animals.”, is there a conjunction that introduces the idea of ​​sum, conclusion or explanation?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

“Dr. De Soto”

The Doctor. De Soto treats the teeth of large and small animals. He is so good that his patients never feel any pain. But, being a mouse, he refuses to serve animals with a certain appetite for rodents, such as cats or other dangerous animals. However, one day, a fox howling in pain appeared in his office. How could the kind dentist refuse to treat him? On the other hand, how could he be sure he wouldn't be devoured after he cured his ferocious patient? The Doctor. De Soto is smart and will find a way.

Author/Illustrator of the book: William Steig.
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Questions

Question 1 – In “Dr. De Soto deals with the teeth of large and small animals.”, there is a conjunction that introduces the idea of:

( ) sum.

( ) conclusion.

( ) explanation.

Question 2 – In the passage “He is so good that his patients never feel any pain.”, the term “that” plays the role of:

( ) adverb.

( ) pronoun.

( ) conjunction.

Question 3 – Underline the conjunction in the fragment below:

“[…] refuses to serve animals with a certain appetite for rodents, such as cats or other dangerous animals.”

Question 4 – The conjunction, used in the segment “However, one day, a fox howling in pain appeared in his office.”, starts a sentence called:

( ) absolute.

( ) coordinate.

( ) subordinate.

Question 5 – Identify the passage that contains a temporal conjunction:

( ) “How could the kind dentist refuse to treat him?”

() “[…] How would he be sure that he would not be devoured, after he cured his ferocious patient?”

( ) "The Doctor. De Soto is smart and will find a way.”

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