activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the hawk-tipped hawk. Let's get to know this hawk better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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In addition to its large companions, this hawk is easy to identify by its long tail and the white spot on its wings, seen during flight.
Males and females are distinguished by the color of the tarsi and wax, around the eyes and over the nose, which varies between bright yellow and pale pink.
With up to 45 centimeters in length and a wingspan that reaches 74 centimeters, the bird parades its plumage yellowish-white of the head and body and the back dark brown across the farms, pastures and open fields throughout the Brazil.
The varied menu of the species, also known as white caracara and pinhé hawk, includes insects, frogs, lizards, chicks of other birds and dead animals. But what draws attention is the taste for ticks, botflies and other parasites removed from the back of large mammals.
The relationship between animals is positive for both sides, since cattle, tapirs and capybaras, for example, are free of ticks, while the bird has a full belly.
In the reproductive period, the tick builds large nests, made with dry branches, in palm trees or other trees. The structure houses five to seven eggs incubated by the female for up to 23 days.
During the incubation period and after the hatchlings are born, the male takes care of feeding the female and the newborns.
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Question 1 – In the passage “[…] it is easy to identify this hawk by its long tail and the white spot on its wings, observed during flight.”, which hawk does the text refer to?
Question 2 – In “Males and Females stand out by the color of the tarsi and wax, around the eyes and on the nose […]”, the underlined verb has the same meaning as:
( ) “associate”.
( ) “identify”.
( ) “differentiate”.
Question 3 – Read back:
“With up to 45 centimeters in length and a wingspan that reaches 74 centimeters, the bird parades the yellowish-white plumage of the head and body and the dark brown back […]”
This snippet is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – In the sentence “But what draws attention is the taste for ticks, grubs It is other parasites taken from the back of large mammals.”, the underlined term expresses:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) alternation.
Question 5 – Watch:
“The relationship between animals is positive for both sides, since cattle, tapirs and capybaras, for example, are free of ticks, while the bird has a full belly.”
The highlighted expression introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 6 – In the segment “[…] the tick builds large nests, made with dry branches […]”, the word “with” establishes the relationship between:
( ) mode.
( ) matter.
( ) company.
Question 7 – In the fragment “The structure houses five to seven eggs incubated by the female for up to 23 days.”, the underlined part says:
( ) place.
( ) time.
( ) intensity.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
