activity text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about José Saramago. Let's learn the story of this great author of the Portuguese language? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various questions proposed!
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José Saramago was born in 1922, to a peasant family in the province of Ribatejo, in Portugal. Due to economic difficulties, he was forced to interrupt his secondary studies, and from then on he worked various professional activities: mechanical locksmith, draftsman, civil servant, editor, journalist, among others.
His first book was published in 1947. From 1976 onwards, he began to live exclusively from literature, first as a translator, then as an author. Novelist, playwright and poet, in 1998, he became the first Portuguese-language author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Saramago passed away in Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, in 2010. The José Saramago Foundation maintains a website about the author.
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Question 1 – The text above is:
( ) a review.
( ) a biography.
( ) an opinion article.
Question 2 – In “José Saramago was born in 1922, to a peasant family in the province of Ribatejo, in Portugal.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 3 – In the passage “Due to economic difficulties, he was forced to interrupt his secondary studies […]”, the highlighted fact expresses:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 4 – Watch:
“[…] from then on he carried out various professional activities: locksmith mechanic, draftsman, civil servant, editor, journalist, among others.”
The colon introduces:
( ) a speech.
( ) a quote.
( ) an enumeration.
Question 5 – The text reveals that, from 1976 onwards, José Saramago “began to live exclusively from literature”. In other words, he:
( ) started to live solely from literature.
( ) started to live mainly from literature.
( ) began to occasionally make a living from literature.
Question 6 – According to the text, José Saramago began his work in literature as:
( ) author.
( ) a translator.
( ) author and translator.
Question 7 – In the part “Novelist, playwright It is poet […]”, the highlighted term was used to highlight the idea of:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) alternation.
Question 8 – According to the text, José Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature:
( ) in 1947.
( ) in 1976.
( ) in 1998.
Question 9 – The excerpt “Saramago passed away in Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, in 2010.”:
( ) narrates.
( ) describe.
( ) argues.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
