Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, explores definite articles. How about analyzing them in the text about Ruth Rogan Benerito? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In “It helped revolutionize the textile industry.”, which “a” is the definite article?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Owner of 55 patents, the American chemist Ruth Benerito (1916-2013) became known as the “Queen of Cotton”. He invented a technique to wash fabrics without shrinking during the wash. This helped revolutionize the textile industry. Inducted into the ___ Inventors Hall of Fame in 2008. Ruth had two children.
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Question 1 – Watch:
“[…] the American chemist Ruth Benerito […]”
In this passage of the text, the article defines the meaning of the noun:
Question 2 – If there is a definite article in the following passage, underline it:
“He invented a technique for washing fabrics without them shrinking during the wash.”
Question 3 – Watch:
“It helped revolutionize the textile industry.”
It can be stated that:
( ) the first “a” is the definite article.
( ) the second “a” is the definite article.
( ) the first “a” and the second “a” are definite articles.
Question 4 – Complete the space with the definite article:
“Inducted into ___ Inventors Hall of Fame in 2008.”
Question 5 – Identify the segment that contains a word, resulting from the contraction of a preposition with a definite article:
( ) “Owner of 55 patents […]”
( ) “[…] ‘Queen of Cotton’.”
( ) “Ruth had two sons.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
