Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth year students, about pequi. É a typical Cerrado fruit, whose nomenclature comes from Tupi and means "thorny skin". Let's get to know him better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The pequi (scientific name: Caryocar Brasiliense) is a typical Cerrado fruit, whose nomenclature comes from Tupi and means “thorny skin”.
The pequi tree is a tree with a leafy crown that can reach 12 meters in height. Its leaves are large, each composed of three large leaflets, covered with down and with broken ends.
Its fruit is about the size of an apple and has a green skin. Inside, there is a stone coated with a soft yellow edible pulp. Underneath the pulp is a layer of very fine spines. Therefore, be careful when chewing cooked pequi. Underneath the thorns is a soft and very tasty almond. The fruit production season is from November to January. Pequi germination can take up to a year, but less than half of the seeds germinate.
Of all the native fruits of the Cerrado, pequi is the most consumed and traded, and also the most studied in nutritional, ecological and economic aspects. Mainly in Goiás and the North of Minas, but also in other regions of the Cerrado, pequi is of great importance for agro-extractivist populations and for local economies. Some “pickers” and pequi traders get up to 80% of their annual income from the fruit production chain.
Widely used in regional cuisine in delicious dishes such as rice with pequi, or as a seasoning, in preserves and as a raw material for the production of liqueurs, ice cream and animal feed, pequi is a very fruit versatile. Its pulp has twice the vitamin C of an orange and is also rich in vitamins A, E and carotenoids. These factors make the fruit an ally in combating aging and preventing diseases associated with vision. […]
With a much less widespread use than pulp, pequi nuts also have great potential in different uses. can be appreciated in nature, toasted, with salt or caramelized. […]
Other parts of the pequi tree, however, are also useful, such as: wood has good durability, being used in the construction of houses and fences; flowers serve as food for animals; the husk produces excellent quality dye; the leaves and oil from the pulp have several medicinal uses; the tree, leafy and of great beauty, is ornamental.
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Question 1 - The excerpt "Its leaves are large, each composed of three large leaflets, covered by a down and with broken ends." It's:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 2 - According to the text, “you must be careful when chewing cooked pequi”. Because?
Question 3 - In the segment "The germination of pequi can take up to a year, but less than half of the seeds germinate.”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
( ) "because".
( ) "although".
( ) "therefore".
Question 4 – Read back:
“Especially in Goiás and the North of Minas, but also in other regions of the Cerrado, pequi is of great importance for agro-extractivist populations and for local economies.”
Identify the fact that justifies the above statement:
Question 5 - Underline the word that introduces an example of delicious pequi dishes:
“Much used in regional cuisine in delicious dishes such as rice with pequi […]”
Question 6 – In “Such factors make the fruit an ally in combating aging and preventing diseases associated with vision.”, an expression takes up information. Point it out:
Question 7 – In the passage “It can be appreciated in nature, toasted, with salt or caramelized.”, the text refers to:
( ) to the pequi pulp.
( ) to the pequi peel.
( ) to the pequi nut.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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