Portuguese activity: Adjuncts adnominals

Portuguese activity, focused on first-year high school students, explores adjective adjuncts. We will analyze these terms in the text about the Macuco? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Macuco

The macuco, living in an area of ​​the Atlantic Forest, always close to streams, is at serious risk of disappearing (along with the forest).

It used to exist even in the forests of Corcovado, in Rio de Janeiro. On the other hand, when it is seen, its presence indicates that preservation prevails in that place.

With 48 centimeters and weight ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 kg, this bird has a grayish-brown color on the back and light gray belly.

Females are dominant and territorial. They like to bathe. They perch to sleep on thick branches.

Available in:. (Fragment).

Questions

Question 1 – Regarding the section “[…] close to streams, it is at serious risk of disappearing (along with the forest).”, it can be stated that:

( ) the first “a” is an adnominal adjunct.

( ) the second “a” is an adnominal adjunct.

( ) the first “a” and the second “a” are adjuncts.

Question 2 – In the part “With 48 centimeters and weight ranging from 1.2 to 1.5 kg […]”, the adjuncts were expressed by numerals:

( ) ordinals.

( ) cardinal.

( ) fractional.

Question 3 – Identify the segment that contains a pronoun with an adnominal adjunct function:

( ) “In the past it even existed in the forests of Corcovado, in Rio de Janeiro.”

( ) “[…] this bird has a grayish brown color on the back and light gray belly.”

( ) “They like to bathe.”

Question 4 – Underline the word that works as an adnominal adjunct below:

“They perch to sleep on thick branches.”

Question 5 – The word underlined above is an adnominal adjunct because:

( ) explains a noun.

( ) characterizes a noun.

( ) complements a noun.

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