Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, aims to study the phrases. Would you be able to say, for example, which idea the conjunctive phrase “just as” introduces in the phrase “Maria-stink, like other insects, has a substance called pheromone […]”? Idea of condition, comparison or addition? This and other questions are referred to in the text Why does maria stink smell bad?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The stink, like other insects, has a substance called pheromone, released by glands and which has a characteristic smell, varying according to the species. In the case of the maria stink, the smelly substance is exhaled when it feels threatened and serves to alert the companions that the group may be in danger. ___________, when you touch it, that bad odor comes!
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Question 1 - In the passage “Mary stink, like other insects, has a substance called pheromone […]”, the conjunctive phrase “as well as” introduces:
( ) a condition
( ) a comparison
( ) an addition
Question 2 - In the excerpt “[…] varying according to the species.”, the underlined phrase is:
( ) adverbial
( ) noun
( ) prepositional
Question 3 - The space in the text must be filled with a conjunctival phrase. Point it out:
( ) That is why
( ) However
( ) Despite that
Question 4 – The conjunctive phrase, mentioned in the previous question, expresses the idea of:
A.
Question 5 - In the text above, the verbal phrase "is exhaled" has as subject:
( ) "smell"
( ) “the substance that smells bad”
( ) "Is it over there"
Question 6 – In the sentence "The stink is one of the insects with bad odor.”, the highlighted adjective phrase indicates:
( ) a quality
( ) a feature
( ) an origin
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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