Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, about the intensity adverbs. Are we going to analyze the terms that enhance the meaning of verbs, adjectives and adverbs? To do so, answer the questions that refer to the text. Country and city moths!
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The 18th century was marked by the emergence of the first major industries in Europe. And, as expected, pollution has increased a lot. Near the industries, soot accumulated on the surfaces of trees, stones and the ground, making the landscape rugged. There lived the moth Biston betular shop
. In the gray medium, the darker specimens of this moth had a greater chance of survival than the lighter ones. This is because its color, similar to that of the environment, made it difficult for the moth to be seen by predators. She was in disguise! So it happened that near the industries the number of dark moths was absurdly higher than the number of white ones. That's because natural disguises can also collaborate with natural selection, the law by which those best adapted to the environment survive.“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 210. Available in: .
Question 1 - There is an adverb of intensity in the passage:
( ) “And, as expected, pollution has increased a lot.”
( ) “Near the industries, soot accumulated on the surfaces of trees […]”
( ) “That's because its color, similar to that of the environment, made it difficult […]”
Question 2 - In the excerpt pointed out in the previous question, the adverb intensifies the meaning of:
( ) a verb.
( ) an adjective.
( ) an adverb.
Question 3 - In “In the gray environment, the darker specimens of this moth had a greater chance of survival […]”, the adverb intensifies the meaning of a characteristic, referring to:
Question 4 – Highlight the adverb of intensity in this passage of the text:
“[…] the number of dark moths was absurdly greater than the number of white ones.”
Question 5 - The adverb of intensity, highlighted above, comprises:
( ) a justification.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
