Portuguese activity, focused on students in the first year of high school, about the comma. Let's analyze this punctuation mark in the text that introduces us to the film The Departed? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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In The Departed the police wage a veritable war against organized crime in Boston. Billy Costigan, a young police officer, is given the mission to infiltrate the mafia, more specifically the group led by Frank Costello. Gradually, Billy earns his trust, at the same time that Colin Sullivan, a criminal who was infiltrated in the police as an informant for Costello, also rises within the corporation. Both Billy and Colin feel distressed due to the double life they lead, having the obligation to always obtain information. However, when the mafia and the police discover that there is a spy among them, both their lives are in danger.
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Question 1 – The excerpt below has been transcribed without the comma. Put it:
"In The Departed the police wage a real war against organized crime in Boston.”
Question 2 – In the passage “Billy Costigan, a young police officer, is given the mission to infiltrate the mafia […]”, the commas separate:
( ) a bet.
( ) a vocative.
( ) a predicate.
Question 3 – In the part “Gradually, Billy conquers his trust [...]”, the comma separates an adverbial adjunct that indicates a circumstance of:
Question 4 – In “[…] the double life they lead, having the obligation to always obtain information.”, the comma precedes a verb:
( ) in the infinitive.
( ) in the gerund.
( ) in the participle.
Question 5 – In the segment “However, when the mafia and the police discover that there is a spy among them, both their lives are in danger.”, the commas indicate:
( ) one correction.
( ) an interleave.
( ) a displacement.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
