Portuguese Activity: Coordinating and Subordinate conjunctions

Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, aims to study the conjunctions. Do you know the difference between the conjunction coordinating and the subordinate? And what role do they play in the communicative context? Let's understand? So, answer the questions about the textWhy do insects fly around light?

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Read:

Why do insects fly around light?

Some insects fly around the lights because they get confused. Many of these animals have nocturnal habits and use moonlight to guide themselves and know where they are going. But when they see the strong light from the lamps, they end up getting confused, because they think it's moonlight. Then they fly around the lamp to try to correct the direction and go where they wanted to go.

They don't sleep like us, but they also need to rest. For this, they try to hide in places that seem safe, such as in logs or among leaves, away from predators. So, they don't move, but they remain in a state of attention […]

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Questions

Question 1 - The highlighted term is a conjunction in:

( ) “Why insects fly around the light?”

( ) “Some insects fly around the lights why get confused."

question 2 – The conjunction, identified above, introduces:

( ) a comparison

( ) one explanation

( ) a conclusion

Question 3 - In all the following sentences, the underlined word is a conjunction that expresses the idea of ​​addition, except in:

( ) “Many of these animals have nocturnal habits and they use moonlight to orient themselves […]"

( ) “They don't sleep like us, but also need to rest.”

( ) “[…] in places that seem safe, like on trunks or between leaves […]"

Question 4 – The excerpt “[…] when they see the strong light from the lamps, they end up getting confused, because they think […]” contains a coordinating conjunction and a subordinate conjunction. Identify them:

Coordinating conjunction:

Subordinate conjunction:

Question 5 - In the passage “So, they remain without moving, but remain in a state of attention […]”, the conjunction “but” expresses the notion of:

( ) compensation

( ) caveat

( ) contrast

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

At answers are in the link above the header.

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