Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, about the punctuation marks. Exclamation mark, question mark, comma, dash, ellipses… Are we going to study them? To do this, answer the various questions that explore punctuation marks in the text. the drop of water, present in the book the Saci, written by Monteiro Lobato!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
— Stop that drop of water! - Shouted the witch.
Saci snorted.
- To stop? It was funny! I've already arranged everything, so the drip will drip for a hundred years.
"Stop that drop that's driving me crazy!" Have pity on a poor old woman...
"Poor old woman!" Who doesn't know her, buy her, witch with a leg! We'll only stop with the water if you tell us what you did to Narizinho.
- Hmm! – exclaimed the witch.
— Well, if you know, let it go. And no more trying to deceive us. It's telling you where the girl is as soon as possible.
"I'll do what you want, but first you'll get this damned drop off my forehead that's driving me crazy."
LOBATO, Monteiro. “The Saci”. São Paulo: Globo, 2007. (Fragment).
Question 1 - In the passage “—Stop?”, the question mark indicates a question asked:
( ) by the witch.
( ) by Saci.
( ) by Narizinho.
Question 2 - In the part “I've already arranged everything, so that the drop will drip for a hundred years.”, the comma separates a sentence that completes the meaning of the first, expressing:
( ) cause
( ) goal
( ) consequence
Question 3 - In “Tha p a poor old woman…”, the reticence ends a sentence:
( ) optional
( ) imperative
( ) imprecative
Question 4 – In the excerpt “—Poor old woman!”, the exclamation point was used to express:
( ) an irony of Saci.
( ) a surprise from Saci.
( ) a compassion from Saci.
Question 5 - In the segment "Who doesn't know her, buy her, witch with a stick!", the comma performs the function of:
( ) separate a bet.
( ) separate a vocative.
( ) separate an adverbial adjunct.
Question 6 – The period “We will only stop with the water if you tell us what you did with Narizinho.”, closed by the period, presents:
( ) two prayers
( ) three prayers
( ) four prayers
Question 7 – In “—Hmm! – exclaimed the witch.”, the exclamation point was used after:
( ) an interjection
( ) an exclamatory phrase
( ) an interjective phrase
Question 8 – In the sentence "— For if you know, let it out.", the comma separates a verb that expresses:
( ) a request from Saci.
( ) an order from Saci.
( ) a plea from Saci.
Question 9 – In the excerpt “—I'll do what you want, but first you'll turn away from my forehead […]”, the dash announces:
( ) an assumption made by the witch.
( ) a condition imposed by the witch.
( ) a comparison established by the witch.
Question 10 – The punctuation marks, analyzed above, make up a text:
( ) fictional
( ) scientific
( ) journalistic
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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