Portuguese activity: Prepositions

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the first year of high school, addresses prepositions. Let's analyze them in the text The emergence of meteorology in Brazil? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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The emergence of meteorology in Brazil

In Brazil, meteorology began to take its first steps in 1781. In that year, the Portuguese mathematicians Francisco de Oliveira Barbosa and Bento Sanchez d’Orta were sent by the Faculty of Mathematics to demarcate the limits of the southern region of the country. For nine years on national soil, the two carried out meteorological, astronomical and magnetic observations, also based on observations of Jupiter's satellites. Only in 1808, with the arrival of the Portuguese royal family, was the first Brazilian meteorological observatory created.

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Questions 

Question 1 – Underline the “a” that works as a preposition in the excerpt:

“In Brazil, meteorology began to take its first steps in 1781.”

Question 2 – In the passage “[…] they were sent by the Faculty of Mathematics to demarcate the limits of the southern region of the country.”, the preposition “para” establishes the relationship of:

( ) direction.

( ) destiny.

( ) goal.

Question 3 – In the part “For nine years on national soil […]”, the preposition “in” expresses:

( ) place.

( ) mode.

( ) time.

Question 4 – Identify the segment where the underlined word is a preposition:

( ) “O emergence of meteorology in Brazil”.

( ) “[…] the two made meteorological, astronomical and It is magnetic […]”

( ) “[…] from, also, the observations of the satellites in Jupiter."

Question 5 – In the sentence “Only in 1808, with the arrival of the Portuguese royal family, was the first Brazilian meteorological observatory created.”, the preposition “with” indicates:

( ) cause.

( ) addition.

( ) company.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.