Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about a party in the forest. And – suddenly – it started to rain an invitation to such a bash. Who invited? Who attended? Will we find out more about this event in the forest? So, read the text carefully and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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It was like this: the animals in the woods until they were busy and calm about their duties, because the animal's duty is to exist. But that's when a rumor appeared in the air, which soon spread good news in a wild talk. This rumor came from the song of the thrush. As the sabiá, as far as is known, sings for the mere pleasure of singing, the animals were in doubt as to whether it was true or not.
And – suddenly – it started to rain an invitation to such a bash. Whoever invited him didn't say who he was, but everyone suspected that the idea came from the queen of the Brazilian jungles, the jaguar, the bigwig that he was. All the animals were invited, ensuring that ferocity would be abolished at the time. Even the mother-owl, who was so serious and wise, even wore glasses, was invited with her cubs.
As for the monkey's daughters, eager to date and finally get married, they adorned themselves so much and with so many trinkets that they looked like some – that's right, they looked like real monkeys. And whoever thinks that the snake was missing because it was so disgusting is wrong: it appeared making salamales with a slippery body to attract attention.
The night was lit up by thousands of fireflies, the silent moon and the wet stars. As for the orchestra, rest assured that it was of the best quality: a group of toucans undertook to play the most beautiful grunts of the forest in a waltz.
Clarice Lispector. twelve brazilian legends. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1999.
Question 1 - Identify the fact that, according to the story, triggered the break in the routine of the animals in the forest:
( ) "[…] a rumor appeared in the air that soon spread good news in a raucous rant."
( ) "This rumor came from the song of the thrush."
( ) “[…] the animals were in doubt about whether or not it was true.”
Question 2 - For the animals of the forest, the idea of the party left:
( ) of the thrush.
( ) of the jaguar.
( ) of the owl mother.
Question 3 – In “All the animals were invited, ensuring that In this ocasion ferocity would be abolished.”, the underlined expression expresses a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 4 - According to the text, the monkey's daughters "looked like real monkeys" because:
( ) they liked parties in the forest too much.
( ) they decorated themselves a lot for the party in the forest.
( ) wanted to find a future husband at the party in the forest.
Question 5 - In the segment “And who thinks the snake was missing because it was So disgusting is wrong […]”, the highlighted term was used for:
( ) define a characteristic of the snake.
( ) intensify a characteristic of the snake.
( ) complement a characteristic of the snake.
Question 6 – Point out the part of the text where the underlined verb indicates a continuous fact in the past:
( ) "Who invited I didn't say who it was […]"
( ) “[…] he appeared making salamales with a slippery body […]"
( ) “[…]” a group of toucans took charge to play in a waltz […]"
Question 7 – Reread this passage from the text:
"The night was all lit up by thousands of fireflies, the silent moon and the wet stars."
In this passage, the text:
( ) describes the night the party took place in the forest.
( ) gives an opinion about the night the party took place in the forest.
( ) raises a hypothesis about the night the party took place in the forest.
Question 8 – Predominates in the text:
( ) the narration.
( ) the description.
( ) the argument.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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