Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about accented oxytones. Let's analyze them in the text hyacinth macaw? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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The hyacinth macaw is the largest species of the Psittacidae family on the planet. From the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail, an adult individual can reach a meter in length and weigh 1.3 kg. The hyacinth macaw or great macaw, like all parrots, lives strictly in pairs.
When they are not together in the nest, they seek out feeding areas. The most popular trees are fruit trees (jabuticabeira, guava, papaya and others). Coconuts from many palm trees are also much sought after by the hyacinth macaw, and the species descends to the ground to collect them (buriti, tucum and carandá).
The hyacinth macaw is an endangered species in Brazil and vulnerable according to the World Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). […]
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Question 1 – Watch:
“From the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail, an adult individual can reach one meter […]”
Identify the accented word oxytone in this passage:
Question 2 – An oxytone word was transcribed without the following accent. Put it:
“[…] the species descends to the ground to pick them up […]”
Question 3 – The word “carandá”, present in the text, is emphasized because it is:
( ) proparoxytone.
( ) oxytone ending in “a”.
( ) paroxytone ending in a diphthong.
Question 4 – Mark the segment that contains an accented oxytone word:
( ) “The hyacinth macaw is the largest species of the Psittacidae family on the planet.”
( ) “The most sought after trees are fruit trees [...]”
( ) “Coconuts from many palm trees are also much sought after by the hyacinth macaw […]”
Question 5 – Enter the rule that governs the accentuation of the word oxytone, used in the segment marked above:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
