Portuguese activity, aimed at 9th grade students, aims to study agreement relating to expression “aboutin". The text in question presents data on the reality of children, estimated by UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).
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In the universe of working children, 70% are involved in the “worst forms of child labour”, which include prostitution, drug trafficking […]. About 6 million are subjected to degrading and forced labor, estimates UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).
One result of the exploitation of child labor is the trafficking of minors, which, according to UNICEF's calculations, affects 1.2 million children a year.
April Almanac. News 2006, 2nd ed. São Paulo: April, 2006.
Question 1 - “About 6 million are subjected to degrading and forced labor […]”. Explain the rule regarding the agreement of the expression "about":
Question 2 - In the "[…] esteem UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)", the highlighted term could be replaced by:
a) calculates
b) discloses
c) contests
d) criticizes
Question 3 - “70% are involved in the 'worst forms of child labour' […]”. 70% is an example of a numeral:
a) ordinal
b) multiplicative
c) cardinal
d) fractional
Question 4 - “[…] are subjected to degrading and forced labor […]”. Justify the absence of the sign indicative of a crasis in this excerpt:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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