Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores the demonstrative pronounss. Are we going to identify them and understand the role they play? Then answer the proposed questions based on the text History of the left hand ring! Do you know why couples wear the ring on their left ring finger? Find it out!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
This is a very old tradition. Drawings made by the ancient Egyptians show people wearing, on that same finger, a ring that symbolized the marriage union. They believed that a vein directly connected to the heart passed through the left ring finger and considered the circular shape of the ring to be a symbol of eternity. Although it is known that there is no direct connection with the heart, the custom has remained and even today many people who marry wear a ring on their left ring finger, as a symbol of love and commitment to union throughout the life.
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Question 1 - Identify the passage in which the highlighted pronoun is demonstrative:
( ) “Drawings made by the ancient Egyptians show people using, in this same finger […]"
( ) “They they believed that a vein had a direct connection with the heart […]"
( ) “[…] the custom has remained and until today many people who get married […]"
Question 2 - In the context of the passage identified above, the demonstrative pronoun:
( ) replaces a noun.
( ) determines the noun.
( ) complements the noun.
Question 3 - In “This is a very old tradition.”, the demonstrative pronoun “this” refers to:
( ) to the history of the left hand ring.
( ) to a vein that had a direct connection with the heart.
( ) the circular shape of the ring as a symbol of eternity.
Question 4 – It can be concluded that, in the context above, the demonstrative pronoun “this”:
( ) explains information.
( ) announces information.
( ) retrieves information.
Question 5 - In the period “There are few who know that there is no direct connection with the heart.”, the term “them” is a demonstrative pronoun because it is equivalent to:
( ) to the pronoun “they”.
( ) to the pronoun “those”.
( ) to the pronoun “some”.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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