Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, about learning animals. They They learn, for example, by observing how their parents and other animals of their species act. Let's understand this interesting subject better? So, carefully read the text “I see, therefore I learn”! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Animals learn, for example, by observing how their parents and other animals of their species act. Or trying to do something on your own. In this case, they make mistakes several times until they get it right and understand how to do it! There are even animals that are able to reason and solve problems!
Want examples? The male mandarin – a small bird with an orange beak –, for example, learns to sing by listening to his father's singing and copying the notes he chants.
Newborn ducks and geese, in turn, follow the mother as she leaves the nest, walking in a row, one after the other. […]
Chimpanzees that live in Côte d'Ivoire, southern Africa, are masters in the art of cracking nuts – and eating what's inside, of course! Interestingly, they use sticks and stones as tools to open them under the watchful eyes of young chimpanzees. They gladly eat the piece of walnut they receive from their mother and then try to crack the walnut, imitating it. Sometimes they make mistakes. Then they tap the sticks or stones against their fingers. Hey! The good news, however, is that they quickly get the hang of it, cracking the nuts on their own, and feasting on these fruits.
It is common to think that only human beings know how to use instruments, but the story is actually different. Chimpanzees from Côte d'Ivoire prove this! They also show, like all the other animals we've mentioned here, that animals have capabilities incredible, either because, say, they were born knowing or because they had to go to the school of life to learn.
Caesar Ades. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 276.
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Question 1 - Reread this passage:
"There are even animals that are able to reason and solve problems!"
The author used the exclamation point to express the feeling of:
( ) relief with the facts mentioned.
( ) joy with the facts mentioned.
( ) admiration for the facts mentioned.
Question 2 - In “The Male Mandarin – a small orange-beaked bird […]”, the underlined excerpt ends:
( ) explanatory.
( ) conclusive.
( ) comparative.
Question 3 - Underline below the word that expresses an opinion of the author of the text:
“The interesting thing is that they use sticks and stones as instruments […]”
Question 4 – In the part “[…] open them under the watchful eye of young chimpanzees.”, “them” refers to:
( ) to walnuts.
( ) to stones.
( ) to none of the above alternatives.
Question 5 - In the fragment “They gladly eat the piece of walnut they receive from their mother […]”, it can be said that “with pleasure” indicates:
( ) quite.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – In the segment “The good news, however, is that they soon get the hang […]”, the highlighted expression is an example of the language:
( ) cultured.
( ) informal.
( ) regional.
Question 7 – In the excerpt “[…] they open the nuts on their own and delight in these fruits.”, the author exposes actions:
( ) of the ducks.
( ) of geese.
( ) of chimpanzees living in Côte d'Ivoire.
Question 8 – In the sentence “Chimpanzees from Côte d'Ivoire prove that!”, the word underlined:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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