Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about proparoxytones. Let's analyze these words in the text Why does an alligator stand still when it receives a beam of light? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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The alligator has nocturnal habits and its eyes are adapted to dark environments. To absorb the maximum amount of light, the alligator's pupils are open and take on a rounded shape. When an animal receives a lot of light, its pupils contract. Visual accommodation takes a while and causes the alligator to remain static.
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Question 1 - Highlight the word proparoxytone in this period of the text:
"The alligator has nocturnal habits and its eyes are adapted to dark environments."
Question 2 - The word proparoxytone highlighted above is:
( ) a verb.
( ) an adjective.
( ) a noun.
Question 3 - The word, highlighted in the segment “To absorb the maximum of light […]”, it is proparoxytone because it has as tonic:
( ) the last syllable.
( ) the penultimate syllable.
( ) the third to last syllable.
Question 4 – Watch:
"The visual accommodation takes a while and makes the alligator remain static."
The word “static” is synonymous with:
( ) "calm".
( ) "immobile".
( ) “impatient”.
Question 5 - Identify the rule that governs the accentuation of proparoxytones:
( ) All proparoxytones are accentuated.
( ) Proparoxytones ending in “o” are accentuated.
( ) Proparoxytones ending in a vowel are accented.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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