Portuguese activity: Personal pronouns

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses personal pronouns. Let's analyze them in the text Why do wolves howl? To do so, answer the questions proposed! In “[…] and only then do they attack them together.”, is the word “as” a personal pronoun?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Why do wolves howl?

They may howl as a way to bring the group together, to mark their territory and even to show who is in charge. Bringing different members of the pack together, for example, is important because wolves tend to chase their prey for hours to tire them out and only then attack them together. Likewise, defense against intruders will be more efficient if all wolves are gathered together. A juvenile or cub that strays too far from adults, for example, can easily become prey. Hence the importance of howling to keep everyone together.

Débora Boccacino.
“Science Today for Children” magazine. Edition 189.
Available in: .
(Fragment with adaptation).

Questions 

Question 1 – Highlight the personal pronoun in this passage of the text:

“They may howl as a way to rally the group, to mark their territory and even to show who is in charge.”

Question 2 – The personal pronoun highlighted above refers to:

Question 3 – Watch:

“[…] wolves often chase their prey for hours to tire them out […]”

In this segment, there is a personal pronoun that syntactically works as:

( ) subject.

( ) direct object.

( ) indirect object.

Question 4 – In the part “[…] and only then do they attack them together.”, the word “as” is:

( ) definite article.

( ) personal pronoun.

( ) demonstrative pronoun.

Question 5 – Identify the passage that contains a personal pronoun:

( ) “[…] defense against intruders will be more efficient […]”

( ) “[…] if all the wolves are gathered together.”

( ) “A young person or cub that strays too far from adults […]”

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