activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the hedgehog and the game of blind man's buff. According to history, the little beaver, who had his eyes blindfolded, had the misfortune of touching the hedgehog and took some terrible stings from his thornss. What happened after that, huh? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The game of blind man's buff had become a craze among the students. Everyone wanted to play during recess.
Because once when they were playing, the little beaver, who had his eyes blindfolded, had the misfortune of touching the hedgehog and took some terrible bites from its thorns. A lot of blood flowed from the little beaver's paw and the hedgehog felt very guilty.
"You can see I can't join in the fun!" he said, very annoyed.
His colleagues could not console him and he stayed out. The game continued. Now it was the crocodile's turn to be blindfolded and he, clumsy as always, stepped on a piece of glass, which cut his left paw. What was worse was that there were still numerous shards of glass embedded in his paw.
As much as everyone looked for tweezers to try to pull them out, they couldn't find it. It was then that the hedgehog, in a moment of inspiration, plucked two thorns and made a great tweezers out of them.
Then, the crocodile suggested that they play something else, because he insisted that his “doctor” also participate. Everyone agreed to come up with a game that the hedgehog could play too. Well he deserved it!
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Question 1 – What is the intention of the text above?
( ) make you reflect.
( ) report a fact.
( ) discuss an issue.
Question 2 – The excerpt “[…] the little beaver, who had his eyes blindfolded, had the misfortune of touching the hedgehog and was severely stung by its thorns.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – In the segment “From the paw of the little beaver, there was a lot of blood It is the hedgehog felt very guilty.”, the highlighted term expresses:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) alternation.
Question 4 – In “— You can see that I cannot participate in the game!”, the dash was used to indicate:
( ) the beginning of speech.
( ) a pause in speech.
( ) the continuity of speech.
Question 5 – Read back:
“His colleagues could not console him and he stayed out.”
In this passage, the underlined word refers to:
( ) urchin.
( ) crocodile.
( ) little beaver.
Question 6 – According to the text, the animals were unable to find a pair of tweezers to remove from the crocodile's paw:
( ) the thorns.
( ) the shards of glass.
( ) thorns and shards of glass.
Question 7 – The story ended when:
( ) “the hedgehog […] plucked two thorns and made a great tweezers out of them”.
( ) “the crocodile suggested that they play something else”.
( ) “everyone agreed to invent a game, in which the hedgehog could participate”.
Question 8 – Identify the fragment that contains an opinion:
( ) “The game of blind man’s buff had become a craze among the students.”
( ) “Now it was the crocodile’s turn to have its eyes blindfolded […]”
( ) “He deserved it!”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
