Portuguese activity, aimed at 8th grade students, proposes the study of gerund, in the construction of the text The effects of nicotine. The activity consists of multiple choice questions.
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The nicotine content varies with the ways in which tobacco is prepared and this is responsible for the physical dependence, making the smoker a slave to the cigarette. The tobacco industry makes use of several expedients to increase nicotine absorption. Among these, there is the addition of ammonia to tobacco, which increases the interaction with its sugars, increasing the release of nicotine […] facilitating its penetration through cell membranes. In this way, it is easily reabsorbed by the renal tubules, increasing its concentration in the blood.
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Joseph Rosemberg. Tobacco Pandemic - Historical and Current Approaches; 2002.
Question 1 - A demonstrative pronoun takes up the keyword “nicotine” in the following passage:
a) “[…] and this is responsible for the physical dependence, making the smoker a slave to cigarettes.”
b) “[…] facilitating its penetration through cell membranes.”
c) "In this way, it is easily reabsorbed by the renal tubules [...]"
d) “[…] increasing its concentration in the blood.”
Question 2 - In all alternatives, the use of verb in the form of gerund is registered, except in:
a) “[…] making the smoker a slave to cigarettes.”
b) "Among these, the addition of ammonia to tobacco stands out […]"
c) “[…] increasing the release of nicotine […]”
d) “[…] increasing its concentration in the blood.”
Question 3 – In the excerpt “[…] facilitating its penetration through the cell membranes.”, the highlighted part establishes a list of:
a) cause
b) place
c) instrument
d) middle
Question 4 - "That way, she's easily reabsorbed by the renal tubules […]”. The prefix of the underlined word indicates the idea of:
a) denial
b) repetition
c) approximation
d) prior
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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