Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the white heron. Is it over there it is an almost completely white bird, except for its long, yellowish beak, and its black legs and fingers.. Are we going to know more about this bird? So, carefully read the text “Egret and its relentless whiteness: learn more about the bird”! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The Egret inhabits areas close to rivers, lakes, beaches and mangroves. These birds live in tropical and subtropical regions on all continents except Antarctica, and if basically feed on fish, small amphibians, crustaceans and other species of aquatic animals from small size.
The Egret (Ardea alba) is an almost completely white bird, except for its long, yellowish beak and black legs and fingers. Measures, on average, 90 cm. In the reproductive period, the head of both sexes presents as adornment enormous egretes, bundles of slender and straight feathers. Such feathers, by arousing the greed of merchants, were once the cause of the killing of thousands of herons. Your iris is yellow. The skies and graceful silhouette of this bird sets it apart from other animals.
Although it feeds mainly on fish, the egret has been seen eating almost anything that can fit in its beak. It can consume small rodents, amphibians, reptiles, insects and even garbage. It approaches fishermen to catch small fish that they have dispensed with, even eating out of their hands. It is very intelligent and can use pieces of bread as bait to attract the fish it feeds on. It is also capable of swallowing snakes and cavies.
Another highlight in the beauty of herons is their so-called "sacred whiteness", a whiteness not seen in other animals. The heron is always very clean, because its feathers have a texture that prevents the dirt from sticking, showing itself, therefore, always very white.
The egret is the most common of the herons, however there are about 60 genera of this bird.
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Question 1 - In “Egret and its Relentless Whiteness: learn more about the bird”, the highlighted expression was used for:
( ) resume “Egret”.
( ) present “Egret”.
( ) characterize “Egret”.
Question 2 - Reread this segment of the text:
"The Egret (Ardea alba) is an almost completely white bird, except for its long, yellowish beak and black legs and fingers. Measures, on average, 90 cm."
In this segment, the author of the text:
( ) describes the egret.
( ) tells a habit of the egret.
( ) expresses an opinion about the egret.
Question 3 - Mark, in the passage below, the definition of the term "egretes":
"In the reproductive period, the head of both sexes presents as adornment huge egrets, bundles of slender and straight feathers."
Question 4 – In the excerpt "Such feathers, for arousing the greed of merchants, were once the cause of the killing of thousands of herons.”, the highlighted part indicates:
( ) cause.
( ) condition.
( ) consequence.
Question 5 - In the part “Despite feeding mainly on fish, the white heron has already been seen eating […]”, the comma indicates:
( ) the omission of information.
( ) the intercalation of information.
( ) the displacement of information.
Question 6 – According to the text, the egret “is always very clean”. Because?
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Question 7 – In the fragment “The white heron is the most common of the herons, However there are about 60 genera of this bird.”, the underlined conjunction introduces:
( ) a fact that concludes the previous fact.
( ) a fact that highlights the previous fact.
( ) a fact that contradicts the previous fact.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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