Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores intensity adverbs. Are we going to analyze the terms that enhance the meaning of verbs, adjectives or adverbs? So, answer the questions that refer to the text about two verbs that are quite common in children!
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These two worms are very common in children. Do you know why? They are very easy to contract and difficult to eradicate. As their eggs are extremely light, we can even find them in the dust in the air. And how, to have the worm, we only need to ingest an egg through the mouth… You see: it's pretty easy! very small, the
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Question 1 - Underline the intensity adverb in this text segment:
"These two worms are very common in children."
Question 2 - The intensity adverb underlined above modifies the meaning of:
( ) a verb.
( ) an adjective.
( ) an adverb.
Question 3 - There is an adverb of intensity in the passage:
( ) “[…] ingest an egg through the mouth…”
( ) “You've seen it: it's very easy!”.
( ) “[…] – the roundworm! – can measure up to 40 centimeters.”
Question 4 – Note this period of the text:
"Since their eggs are extremely light, we can even find them in the dust in the air."
The adverb of intensity could be replaced by:
( ) "So".
( ) "lightly".
( ) “too much”.
Question 5 - In the period above, the adverb of intensity composes a sentence that expresses:
( ) cause.
( ) condition.
( ) Comparation.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
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