Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about subject. Simple subject, hidden subject and compound subject! How about analyzing them in the text ground canary? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
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NAME:
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Present in most of the country, this 13.5-centimeter, 20-gram bird attracts attention wherever it flies. The male ____ bright yellow with an orange spot on the front of the head. The female and young of the species, on the other hand, do not carry such a lively tone in the plumage, but more olive.
It lives in flocks that can range from six to more than 30 individuals. The male's rich vocal repertoire includes an extensive territorial call, which is performed only during the early hours of the morning.
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Question 1 – Watch:
“[…] this 13.5-centimeter, 20-gram bird attracts attention wherever it flies.”
It can be stated that:
( ) the subject of the verb “attracts” is simple and the subject of the verb “flies” is hidden.
( ) the subject of the verb “attracts” is hidden and the subject of the verb “flies” is compound.
( ) the subject of the verb “attracts” is compound and the subject of the verb “flies” is simple.
Question 2 – Bearing in mind the subject, complete the gap with the verb “to be” in the present tense of the indicative mood:
“The male ____ bright yellow with an orange spot on the front of the head.”
Question 3 – Underline the following compound subject:
“The female and young of the species, on the other hand, do not carry such a lively tone in their plumage, but more olive.”
Question 4 – Identify the nuclei of the compound subject, highlighted in the previous question:
Question 5 – In "lives in flocks that can vary from six to more than 30 individuals.”, the subject of the underlined verb is:
( ) hidden.
( ) nonexistent.
( ) undetermined.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
