Portuguese activity, aimed at ninth grade students, about the demonstrative pronouns. How about studying them through the text with the theme “kissing your hand”? Do you know what this is? This is very common in Empire times! Did you paint that curiosity? So, read the text and then answer the proposed questions!
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Around here, during the Empire, there were some occasions when nobles and commoners shared the same space, as in the case of masses, processions and kissing hands. Kiss-hand?? That's right... In the past, in some courts, it was common a ritual in which people, they had titles of nobility or not, they participated in ceremonies in which the right hand of kings was kissed, as a sign of reverence. Portugal was the last country to abolish this practice and, even in disuse, Dom João VI decided to introduce it here, in tropical lands.
It happened like this: every night, around 8 pm, the entire court gathered to honor that ceremony. To the sound of the court musical band, the doors of the ceremonial hall opened and the subjects bowed in respect to the throne. After kneeling down, the subject kissed the hand of D. John VI and that of other members of the royal family. […]
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Question 1 - Identify the phrase that contains a demonstrative pronoun. Then brand it:
( ) “In the past, in some courts, a ritual was common […]”
( ) “Portugal was the last country to abolish this practice […]”
( ) “[…] the subject kissed D. John VI and that of other members of the royal family.
Question 2 - In the excerpt "That even…”, the demonstrative pronoun underlined:
( ) announces a term.
( ) complements a term.
( ) resumes a term.
Question 3 - In the second paragraph, the demonstrative pronoun "that" has as its reference:
( ) "cut"
( ) "solemnity"
( ) “court musical band”
Question 4 – The term "same" is a demonstrative pronoun in the passage:
( ) “[…] some occasions when nobles and commoners shared the same space […]”
( ) “Portugal was the last country to abolish this practice and, even in disuse […]”
question 5 – In the prayer “There are few who have read about the kissing hand!”, “them” is:
( ) demonstrative pronoun
( ) oblique personal pronoun
( ) definite article
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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