Portuguese Activity: Commas

Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, explores the comma. Let's analyze usage situations for this punctuation mark? To do this, answer the questions based on the text Why changed? Why changed?

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Why changed? Why changed?

What causes major changes in the Pantanal's flood cycles – such as those seen in the 1930s and 1970s – is still a matter of research for scientists. However, there is already some evidence of the influence of the phenomenon the child – the normal warming of surface waters in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. It is believed that the the child reduce the amount of rain in the region and, as the flooding that occurs there is influenced by rain, the

the child it may be what causes long periods of drought in the Pantanal plain. On the other hand but not yet analyzed another phenomenon - the the girl, which is characterized by the abnormal cooling of the surface waters of the Tropical Pacific Ocean – may have influence on periods of great floods, by providing increased rainfall, which has occurred since 1950 until the current days.

“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Available in: .

Questions

Question 1 - In the initial period of the text, could commas take the place of dashes?

A:

Question 2 - In the excerpt “However, there is already some evidence of the influence of the phenomenon the child […]”, the comma separates an adversative conjunction that expresses:

( ) a contrast.

( ) one caveat.

( ) a compensation.

Question 3 - In “[…] reduce the amount of rain in the region and, as the flooding that occurs there is influenced by rain, […]”, the commas indicate:

( ) an omission.

( ) an insertion.

( ) an offset.

Question 4 – The fragment below was transcribed without commas. Put them:

"On the other hand but not yet analyzed another phenomenon [...]"

Question 5 - In the segment “[…] the the girl, which is characterized by the abnormal cooling of the surface waters of the Tropical Pacific Ocean […]”, the comma introduces:

( ) a hypothesis about the term the girl.

( ) a conclusion about the term the girl.

( ) an explanation of the term the girl.

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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