Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the boy and the wolf. According to the story, the boy, a shepherd, got a whistle to blow in case of an emergency, as he was doing well. part of the time with the herd in the field… One day, he decided to blow the whistle just to see what would happen… And what happened, huh? Are you curious? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
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Read:
A boy, a shepherd, had been given a whistle to blow in case of danger. As he spent much of the day in the fields with his flock of sheep, a means of communication was needed in an emergency.
On a calm sunny day, while the sheep grazed peacefully, the boy decided to blow the whistle just to see what would happen.
Hearing the alarm, the entire village rushed to save him from impending danger. But there was no danger. Everything was in complete peace. All that could be heard was the laughter of the little shepherd, who thought the whole thing was very funny.
After a few days, the boy blew the whistle again. And again, the whole village came to his rescue. But they only found the shepherd boy laughing out loud at the scare he had preached.
It happened, however, that a huge hungry wolf appeared by that pasture. And before attacking the herd, he decided to chase the boy. This one, more than fast, blew the whistle. As no one came to her rescue, she blew once more. And another one more. In vain. Despite hearing the desperate whistle, everyone thought it was another little shepherd's joke.
Running for his life, the boy still had time to realize that, in the mouth of a liar, even the purest truth seems a lie.
The truth is always the best way.
La Fontaine. “Book of Fables”.
Question 1 - Identify the fact that motivated the story “The boy and the wolf”:
( ) the boy got a whistle to be blown in an emergency.
( ) the boy decided to blow the whistle to see the reaction of the people in the village.
( ) the boy was chased by a hungry wolf and had no help from the villagers.
Question 2 - In “Since he spent much of the day in the fields with his flock of sheep, a means of communication was needed in an emergency.”, the term “How” introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 3 - In the part “On a calm sunny day, while the sheep grazed quietly […]”, the underlined adverb expresses, in relation to the fact about the sheep, a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 4 – According to the narrator, everyone on the side ran to save the boy from imminent danger. What does “imminent danger” mean?
( ) Means that danger could happen.
( ) It means that the danger was not foreseen.
( ) It means that the danger was about to happen.
Question 5 - In the excerpt "This one, more than quickly, he blew the whistle.”, the underlined pronoun resumes:
( ) “a huge hungry wolf”.
( ) “the herd”.
( ) "the boy".
Question 6 – Read back:
"Since no one came to his rescue, he blew once more."
Based on the above idea, it can be said that:
( ) the boy blew once more, but no one came to help him.
( ) the boy blew once more, because no one came to help him.
( ) the boy blew once more, so no one came to help him.
Question 7 – In the excerpt “[…] the boy still had time to realize that, in the mouth of a liar, even the purest truth seems a lie.”, the commas indicate:
( ) the omission of information.
( ) the intercalation of information.
( ) the displacement of information.
Question 8 – In the passage “The truth is always the best way.”, the narrator:
( ) makes an appeal.
( ) raises a hypothesis.
( ) exposes a teaching.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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