Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the eavesdropping monkey. He spent the day snooping around and sticking his nose where it wasn't called. Are we going to meet this monkey? So, read the story carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Once upon a time there was a very nosy monkey. He spent the day snooping around and sticking his nose where it wasn't called.
In class, taking advantage of the students' absence during recess, he amused himself by going through his classmates' backpacks. He wanted to find something interesting.
Despite being reprimanded several times by the teachers, the eavesdropping monkey continued. The whole class, seeing the direction the case was taking, decided to unite to find a solution.
After some useless discussions, the little fox asked to speak, in the midst of the prevailing confusion, and proposed:
— I think, colleagues, that the best thing is to give you a definitive lesson!
- Yes, very good! And how will we do this? intervened the bunny.
- Too easy. I know a special white paint that doesn't come off at all. We put a box full of this paint in some wallet and when he gets his paws in there… wham! It gets stained! suggested Mizifu, a very smart kitten.
The idea was unanimously approved. The eavesdropping monkey, oblivious to everything, continued with his eternal custom. Soon he found a small box, with the special paint. Full of curiosity, the monkey reached inside the box to see what it contained and it was stained.
The eavesdropping monkey desperately tried to get rid of the white stain on his hands. But there was no way. He had to face the disapproving looks of the class, as well as another warning from the teachers. He was so embarrassed that he promised himself to get rid of that ugly habit.
His colleagues promised to help him, and from then on he stopped snooping around what didn't belong to him.
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Question 1 - In the passage “I spent the day snooping around and sticking my nose where it wasn't called.”, the story's narrator refers to:
Question 2 - The speech “—I think, colleagues, that the best thing is to give you a definitive lesson!” It's:
( ) of the little fox.
( ) of the bunny.
( ) of the kitten.
Question 3 - According to the story, the Mizifu kitten idea “was unanimously approved”. What does that mean?
Question 4 – In the fragment “Full of curiosity, the monkey put his hands inside the box […]”, the verb “intruded” is an example of the language:
( ) cultured.
( ) informal.
( ) regional.
Question 5 - In the segment “The eavesdropping monkey sought desperately get rid of the white spot on your hands.”, the highlighted term indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – In "Had to face the disapproving looks of the class, as well as another warning from the teachers.”, the underlined expression initiates a fact that:
( ) completes another.
( ) opposes another.
( ) is added to another.
Question 7 – In the part "He was so embarrassed who promised himself to get rid of that ugly habit.”, the underlined excerpt reads:
( ) the reason why the monkey was so embarrassed.
( ) the purpose of the monkey being so embarrassed.
( ) the consequence of the monkey being so embarrassed.
Question 8 – The story about the eavesdropping monkey is intended to:
( ) express an opinion.
( ) make a disclosure.
( ) transmit a teaching.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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