Portuguese Activity: Demonstrative Pronouns

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses the demonstrative pronouns. How about analyzing them in the curious text What is the biggest bird in the world? To do this, answer the proposed questions! In “With all _________ size the ostrich cannot fly […]”, should the space be filled with the demonstrative pronoun “this”, “this” or “that”? Let's go to the challenge?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

What is the biggest bird in the world?

If you thought you're the ostrich, you're right: a male ostrich can measure 2 meters and 70 centimeters! This is what Professor Marcos Rodrigues, from the Institute of Biological Sciences at UFMG, told us. He also told us that the ostrich can weigh 135 kilos, and that the eggs the female lays weigh up to 1.5 kilos!

With all _________ size, the ostrich cannot fly, but it runs a lot: it can reach 120 km per hour, which is more than the speed allowed for a car on the road!

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Questions

Question 1 - Identify the passage in which the underlined pronoun is demonstrative:

( ) “If you he thought he was the ostrich, he was right […]"

( ) “That that's what Professor Marcos Rodrigues told us […]”

( ) “[…] 120 km per hour, what it's more than speed […]"

Question 2 - The demonstrative pronoun, in the passage identified above, is:

( ) invariable.

( ) variable in gender.

( ) variable in number.

Question 3 - In the segment “This is O what Professor Marcos Rodrigues told us […]”, the underlined term plays the role of demonstrative pronoun. Because?

( ) Because it is equivalent to “that”.

( ) Because it is equivalent to “that”.

( ) None of the above alternatives.

Question 4 – In the excerpt “With all _________ size the ostrich cannot fly […]”, the space must be filled with the demonstrative pronoun:

( ) "This one".

( ) "that".

( ) "that one".

Question 5 - In the previous excerpt, the demonstrative pronoun:

( ) retrieves information.

( ) announces information.

( ) complements information.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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