Text interpretation activity aimed at fourth year students, this activity is based on the text “The player”.
This reading comprehension activity is available in Word template (which can be modified), in PDF (ready to print) and also the completed activity.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
When I grow up I don't want to be a doctor, engineer or teacher. I don't want to work from morning to night, whatever. I want to play from morning to night whatever. When I grow up, I want to be a player.
So they know: I'm not going to school to learn to be a doctor, engineer or teacher. I have more to think about and so much more to do. I have so much to play, as a player plays, much more to dream, as a dreamer dreams, and also to imagine, as an imaginer imagines...
My mother says it can't be, that it's not a grown-up profession. And then he adds, sighing: "That's life." It costs so much to believe. People who are capable, who were once girls and boys too, but can no longer play.
Life is like this? Not for me. When I grow up, I want to be a player. Play and grow, grow and play, until death comes knocking on my door. On my grave they will write: "Here lies a player." He was a simple and dedicated man, very given, who got up early every morning to go play with words.
Álvaro de Magalhães
1. What is the title of the text?
2. What is the theme of the text?
3. Who is the author of the text?
4. Who are the characters in the text?
5. How many paragraphs are there in the text?
6. What profession did the boy want to have?
7. In your opinion, who tells the story?
8. And what do you want to be when you grow up? Justify your answer.
9. If the playing profession existed, in your opinion would you be able to work day and night? Justify your answer.
10. What are your favorite games? Name 3 or more.
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At answers are in the link above the header.
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