activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, on the collection of the 2022 Census. According to the text, the IBGE extended the period for collecting information. Shall we know more about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the proposed interpretive questions!
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The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) decided to extend, until early December, the deadline for collecting information for the 2022 Census. The initial forecast was to close the works until October 31 of this year.
The institute maintained, however, the forecast to release the census data until the end of December.
According to the Director of Research at the IBGE, Cimar Azeredo, only about half of Brazil's estimated population was registered from August 1st until now. Therefore, it was decided to extend the deadline for the work.
“The great difficulty encountered was recruiting census takers, so the IBGE is taking important decisions to increase the number of census takers. possibility of recruitment and thus conclude the operation of the 2022 Demographic Census”, said Azeredo, in a video released yesterday (4th) on the Census website. IBGE.
In the video, the Director of Research also asked the mayors of the country to help ensure the success of the census operations.
Victor Abdala. Available in:. Accessed on: October 5, 2022.
Question 1 – Watch:
“The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) decided to extend, until the beginning of December, the deadline for collecting information for the 2022 Census.”
In other words, IBGE decided:
( ) review the deadline for collecting information.
( ) anticipate the deadline for collecting information.
( ) extend the period of information collection.
Question 2 – In the part “The institute maintained, however, the forecast to release the census data by the end of December.”, the underlined expression introduces:
( ) a caveat.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
Question 3 – Read back:
“[…] only about half of Brazil’s estimated population has been censused from August 1 to now.”
In this passage, the text reveals:
( ) the reason for extending the deadline for the work.
( ) the condition for extending the deadline for the works.
( ) the consequence of the extension of the term of the works.
Question 4 – In “[…] the IBGE is taking important decisions to increase the possibility of recruitment […]”, the word “for” indicates:
( ) direction.
( ) destiny.
( ) goal.
Question 5 – The excerpt “In the video, the Director of Research also asked the country's mayors for help to ensure the success of the census operations.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 6 – The text was built based on:
( ) a book.
( ) a video.
( ) an interview.
Question 7 – It can be concluded that the text read is:
( ) a summary.
( ) a notice.
( ) an opinion article.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.