Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, explores prepositions. Let's analyze them in the curious text How was Velcro invented? To do this, answer the proposed questions! In the segment “[…] that were attached to anything furry.”, is the word “a” preposition, definite article or personal pronoun?
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In 1948, Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral was back on a walk in the woods. He was annoyed to find burrs stuck to his clothes and his dog's fur. So he decided to find out how they managed to cling so stubbornly, without any sticky substance. Looking through a microscope, Georges found that the burrs' legs ended in little hooks, which attached themselves to anything furry. Thus was born the clasp made of numerous hooks and bows. The name "velcro" is a combination of two words:
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Question 1 - In the passage “[…] the Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral was returning ____ for a walk in the woods.”, the space must be filled in with the preposition:
( ) "in".
( ) "per".
( ) "for".
Question 2 - Highlight the term that is the combination of a preposition with a definite article:
“He was irritated to find burrs stuck to his clothes […]”
Question 3 - In the excerpt “[…] they managed to cling so stubbornly, without any adhesive substance.”, there is a preposition that establishes the relationship of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) absence.
Question 4 – In the part “[…] the legs of burrs ended in small hooks […]”, the verb “ended” demanded the preposition “in”. In this case, it is:
( ) intransitive.
( ) direct transitive.
( ) indirect transitive.
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] that were attached to anything furry.”, the word “a” is:
( ) preposition.
( ) definite article.
( ) personal pronoun.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
