Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, about hidden subject. Let's analyze this type of subject in the text Special attention! Danger!? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The cry of the guigó-de-coimbra-filho scares many people, but I bet you will find this story about the singing of another species of guigó curious. When they walk in groups, primates of this species warn their companions when they see a predator. They make different sounds for aerial threats, such as eagles, and terrestrial threats, such as jaguars.
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 255.
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Question 1 – Underline the following hidden subject verb:
“The cry of the guigó-de-coimbra-filho scares many people, but I bet you will find this story about the singing of another species of guigó curious.”
Question 2 – Identify the subject of the underlined verb above:
Question 3 – The subject of the verb was previously identified through:
( ) of the context.
( ) of the verb ending.
( ) context and verb ending.
Question 4 – Watch:
“When they walk in groups, primates of this species warn their companions when they see a predator.”
Mark the alternative that contains the hidden subject verbs:
( ) “walk” and “warn”.
( ) “walk” and see”.
( ) “warn” and “sight”.
Question 5 – In the section “They emit different sounds for aerial threats […]”, the subject is:
( ) hidden.
( ) nonexistent.
( ) undetermined.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.