Portuguese activity: Uses of the comma

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses the comma. Let's analyze the uses of this punctuation mark in the text that introduces us to the film The Farofeiros 2? To do so, answer the questions proposed! In the passage “[…] he decides to take everyone, accompanied by their wives and children, for the trip to the Northeast.”, do the commas mark an omission, an intercalation or an enumeration?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

“The Farofeiros 2”

In “Os Farofeiros 2”, we follow a new chapter in the story of friends Alexandre, Lima, Rocha and Diguinho. When Alexandre is recognized as the best sales manager in the company he works for, he receives a trip to Bahia with his whole family as a reward for his efforts. However, the other three friends are not very happy with the way Alexandre runs things. To try to soften the hearts of his friends and guarantee his long-awaited promotion, he decides to take everyone, accompanied by their wives and children, on the trip to the Northeast.

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Questions 

Question 1 – In the passage “In ‘Os Farofeiros 2’, we follow a new chapter in the friends’ story […]”, the comma separates:

( ) a bet.

( ) a vocative.

( ) an adverbial adjunct.

Question 2 – In the excerpt “[…] Alexandre, Lima, Rocha e Diguinho.”, commas were used to indicate:

Question 3 – In “When Alexandre is recognized as the best sales manager in the company he works for, he receives a reward for his efforts […]”, the comma is:

( ) prohibited.

( ) optional.

( ) mandatory.

Question 4 – The segment below was transcribed without the comma. Put it:

“However, the other three friends are not very happy with the way Alexandre runs things.”

Question 5 – In the part “[…] he decides to take everyone, accompanied by their wives and children, on the trip to the Northeast.”, the commas mark:

( ) an omission.

( ) an interleaving.

( ) an enumeration.

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