Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, about the adverbial time adjuncts. Let's analyze them in the curious text The Discovery of Phosphorus? To do this, answer the questions proposed below!
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The matchstick was only invented in the 19th century, but the history of the product that revolutionized the way of making fire started much earlier, in 1669, with the discovery of the chemical element phosphorus (P).
German alchemist Hennig Brand, in one of his attempts to turn metals into gold, accidentally discovered the element while manipulating urine samples. The material he obtained glowed in the dark, so Brand decided to name the substance as
Phosphoros, which means “he who brings the light, who illuminates”.In 1680, British scientist Robert Boyle, one of the founders of modern chemistry, saw that a flame was formed by rubbing a piece of paper covered with match against a piece of wood covered with sulfur.
Boyle believed that fire was not caused by friction alone, but by something inherent to those substances. And he was right, he had found the principle that would lead to the invention of phosphorus.
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Question 1 - The adverbial adjunct "in the 19th century" indicates when the event occurred:
( ) the invention of the matchstick.
( ) the beginning of the matchstick story.
( ) the discovery of the chemical element phosphorus (P).
Question 2 - There is adverbial time adjunct in the fragment:
( ) “[…] the way of making fire started long before […]”
( ) “[…] accidentally discovered the element when handling urine samples.”
( ) “Boyle believed that fire was not caused only by friction […]”
Question 3 - In the last paragraph, the adverbial tense "In 1680" modifies the meaning:
( ) of the verb “saw”.
( ) of the verb phrase “was formed”.
( ) from the verb “to rub”.
Question 4 – Write in full the numeral that makes up the adverbial adjunct "in 1669":
A.
Question 5 - The numeral written in full above is:
( ) fractional because it expresses a part.
( ) cardinal because it expresses a quantity.
( ) ordinal because it expresses a numerical order.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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