Portuguese activity: Demonstrative pronouns

Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, about demonstrative pronouns. Let's analyze them in the text Why does rain fall in the form of drops? To do so, answer the questions proposed! In “[…] until they reach such a weight that they begin to fall, generating rain.”, does the word “such” work as a demonstrative pronoun?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Why does rain fall in the form of drops?

Water vapor passes into liquid form only when the relative humidity of the air reaches close to 100%. This occurs preferentially on so-called condensation nuclei – very small materials that have an affinity for water. The droplets that form on these particles grow until they reach such a weight that they begin to fall, generating rain. All this happens little by little and not all at once: that's why the rain falls in drops. The smaller drops, which do not have enough weight to overcome air and wind resistance, remain in suspension and will only fall when they manage to join others.

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Questions 

Question 1 – Highlight the following demonstrative pronoun:

“This occurs preferentially on so-called condensation nuclei – very small materials that have an affinity for water.”

Question 2 – The demonstrative pronoun highlighted above is:

( ) invariable.

( ) variable in number.

( ) variable in gender and number.

Question 3 – In the excerpt “[…] until they reach such a weight that they begin to fall, generating rain.”, the word “such” works as:

( ) adverb.

( ) substantive.

( ) demonstrative pronoun.

Question 4 – Identify the segment that contains a demonstrative pronoun:

( ) “The droplets that form on these particles grow […]”

( ) “Smaller drops, which do not have enough weight to overcome air and wind resistance […]”

( ) “[…] and they will only fall when they manage to join others.”

Question 5 – In the segment identified above, the demonstrative pronoun was used to:

( ) resume.

( ) announce.

( ) additional.

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.