Portuguese Activity: Adverb of mood

Portuguese activity, aimed at 9th grade students, proposes the study of mode adverb, through text that answers the following question: How many countries live under a dictatorship?

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How many countries still live under a dictatorship?

by Thais Sant’ana

Currently, 50 countries in the world live under a dictatorial regime. Also called “autocracies”, these nations do not allow periodic popular vote to choose rulers, nor do they allow freedom of expression. In some of them, governments claim they are democratic and even organize elections. However, opposition candidates are always threatened and end up giving up or dying “mysteriously” shortly before the election. Or the results are beyond doubtful, with several accusations of fraud.

Governments in transition between democracy and dictatorship are called anocracies or hybrids. They respect certain rights and even hold “reasonably” open elections, as is the case in Ukraine. This is also the case in Venezuela, although many think it is also a dictatorship. There, the government, supported by the majority, surrounds the rights of the minority. […]

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Accessed on: 08/03/16.

Questions

Question 1 - The purpose of the text is:

a) criticize

b) convince

c) entertain

d) explain

Question 2 - In the stretch […] or dying "mysteriously" shortly before the election., the mode indicator adverb was placed in quotation marks because:

Question 3 - Identify another adverb in the text that expresses the circumstance in such a way:

Question 4 – In the passage […] and even hold “reasonably” open elections, like is the case of ukraine., the term italics introduces a:

( ) Comparation

( ) illustration

( ) conformity

Question 5 - In […] although many think it is also a dictatorship., the underlined pronoun replaces, considering the context:

By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.

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