Portuguese Activity: Preposition

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses prepositions. Are we going to analyze them in the text about the Caatinga? To do this, answer the proposed questions! In “[…] still little known ______ a large part of the population.”, which preposition should fill the space?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Caatinga

The Caatinga is the only biome exclusively Brazilian and, contrary to the propagated image of isolation and cracked soil, harbors a diversity of species that is still little known ______ much of the population.

Regarding the size of the Caatinga, data from federal government agencies vary, pointing to an area between 800,000 and 900,000 km², corresponding to about 11% of the national territory.

It encompasses semiarid climate regions in the states of Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia and the northern part of Minas Gerais. The name of the biome comes from the Tupi-Guarani and means white forest, a reference to the color of the trunks of plants that lose their foliage in the driest periods.

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Questions

Question 1 - In the fragment below, there is a preposition. brand it

“[…] a diversity of species […]”

Question 2 - Fill in the space with the necessary preposition:

“[…] still little known ______ a large part of the population.”

Question 3 - In “[…] pointing to an area between 800 thousand […]”, the preposition “to” indicates:

( ) direction.

( ) destiny.

( ) goal.

Question 4 – In the section “[…] corresponding to about 11% of the national territory.”, the term “a” is:

( ) preposition.

( ) definite article.

( ) personal pronoun.

Question 5 - Identify the passage where the underlined word is the combination of a preposition with a definite article:

( ) “[…] to the contrary to the propagated image of insulation and cracked soil […]"

( ) “Includes semiarid climate regions From states of Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte […]”

( ) “[…] trunks of plants that lose their foliage US drier periods.”

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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