Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about nettle capoeira. According to this story, compadre Benício was always exploring the work of others and, in the end, he didn't paid them nothing because of a condition he imposed on the poor things... What a condition is that, huh? Did anyone dare to challenge Compadre Benício? Will we learn more about this story? So, read the text carefully the capoeira of nettles and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Compadre Benício was as dull as he was, but he was committed to exploiting others. He would hire some caboclo to work his land, on the condition that if he gave up before the end of the task, nothing would pay him for the work already done. Only, after the poor man had already hewn a world of land, compadre Benício made him pile a capoeira of the most burning nettles! It's clear that the poor guy, because he was so itchy, ended up giving up and leaving without earning a penny for all the work he had already done… What a bastard, Benício, isn't he?
It was that Pedro Malasarte heard about the story and showed up at the malandro's farm, prepared for the job.
“You're hired, Mr. Malasarte,” said compadre Benício. – If you complete the task for the day, I'll give you an ox as payment!
– An ox, compadre? – Pedro Malasarte was falsely surprised. – Look, it's paid good! Ah, but I can see that you have a roost of wild nettles, compadre Benício. Why not start here?
Compadre Benício did not like the proposal. If Malasarte abandoned the work right away, what profit would it have? He then decided to change the rules of the game:
– I agree, but I make another deal. If you scratch yourself once, during work, I won't pay you anything and you'll have to do two more chores, free of charge. I'll leave my son here, checking everything you do. If you scratch yourself just once, he'll let me know right away.
Malasarte took the hoe and set to work, under the eyes of Benício's son, a devious boy like him.
When he couldn't stand the urge to scratch himself, he turned to the boy:
– Tell me something, young man, is the ox that your father is going to give me one that has a spot in its ear?
And, pointing the ear - castling - He scratched himself with gusto.
– In the ear? – the sly boy noticed nothing. – No ear, no sir…
A little more and, wanting to scratch his back, the caipirinha asked:
– But isn't this ox one that has a spotted one here, in the cacunda?
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Question 1 - According to the narrator, the caboclo hired by his compadre Benício ended up giving up on the need to mow the capoeira with nettles, because:
( ) I was already tired from so much work that day.
( ) the nettle roost had a great extension.
( ) the nettles were so burning they made him very itchy.
Question 2 - The narrator presents an opinion in the excerpt:
( ) "What a bastard, Benício, isn't he?"
( ) “Compadre Benício did not like the proposal.”
( ) “Malasarte took the hoe and set to work […]”
Question 3 - In “– If you fulfill the day's task, I'll give you an ox […]”, compadre Benício:
( ) gives a suggestion to your Malasarte.
( ) sends an order to your Malasarte.
( ) imposes a condition on your Malasarte.
Question 4 – In the segment "I will leave my son here, checking everything you do.”, the highlighted verbal phrase expresses a future fact. Therefore, it is equivalent to the verb:
( ) "let".
( ) “I leave”.
( ) “I will leave”.
Question 5 - In the passage "When he could no longer stand the urge to scratch himself, he turned to the boy: […]”, the underlined term indicates a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – The expression “roque-roque” imitates the itching sound. Thus, it works as:
( ) a metaphor.
( ) an interjection.
( ) an onomatopoeia.
Question 7 – Identify the adjective that can define your Malasarte:
( ) astute.
( ) lazy.
( ) troublemaker.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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