Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth grade of elementary school, about compound period. Let's analyze this period in the text Termites and Trichonymphs? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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When you see a concentration of wood dust under a piece of furniture, do you immediately think of termites? Yeah, it's probably them... But not alone! And do you know why? Because termites live accompanied by trichonymphs, unicellular organisms that inhabit their intestines. This association is an example of mutualism.
Although termites ingest wood, they cannot digest it. Digestion of this material is carried out by trichonymphs. It is these microorganisms that degrade cellulose, one of the components of wood, and transform it into energy, which serves as food for the insect. But it's not just the termites that benefit as they also provide nutrients and shelter for the trichonymphs.
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Question 1 – The period “When you see a concentration of wood dust under a piece of furniture, do you immediately think of termites?” it's composed. Why?
Question 2 – Underline the conjunction in the compound sentence below:
“Although termites ingest wood, they cannot digest it.”
Question 3 – The conjunction italicized above begins a sentence called:
( ) absolute.
( ) coordinate.
( ) subordinate.
Question 4 – The following compound sentence has been transcribed without the comma. Put it:
“But it’s not just the termites that benefit as they also provide nutrients and shelter for the trichonymphs.”
Question 5 – Identify the compound period:
( ) “It’s probably them…”
( ) “This association is an example of mutualism.”
( ) “The digestion of this material is done by trichonymphs.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
