Portuguese activity, focused on first year high school students, addresses the prepositions. How about analyzing them in the text Notice to mariners? So, answer the proposed questions! In the passage “On many beaches […]”, does the preposition indicate place, medium or time?
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On many beaches, the first to arrive are not the bathers, but the lifeguards. In the morning, they observe the sea conditions and spread red flags at risky spots, indicating where it's not good to dive. Like lifeguards, there are other professionals who keep an eye on the oceans, but with the concern of studying its characteristics more deeply: scientists. They have noticed that the seas are slowly changing. And their studies, like the lifeguards' flags, serve as alerts to what has been happening in the salt waters of the world...
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 183. Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “On many beaches […]”, the preposition indicates:
( ) place.
( ) quite.
( ) time.
Question 2 - In the segment “[…] the first to arrive are not the bathers […], the term “a” is:
( ) preposition.
( ) definite article.
( ) oblique personal pronoun.
Question 3 - In the sentence “[…] they spread red flags in risky places […]”, the preposition “of” composes a phrase:
( ) adjective.
( ) adverbial.
( ) noun.
Question 4 – The highlighted word plays the role of preposition in the excerpt:
( ) “Like the lifeguards, there are other professionals […]"
( ) “And your studies, such like the lifeguards' flags […]"
( ) “[…] serve like alerts to what has been happening in the waters […]"
Question 5 - In the expression “For the morning”, the underlined term is the contraction of a preposition with the definite article “a”. Identify it:
( ) "in".
( ) "in".
( ) "per".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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