Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, explores the intensity adverbs. Are we going to study the terms that enhance the meaning of an adjective, an adverb or a verb? So, answer the proposed questions based on the book review Behind the door, written by Ruth Rocha!
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Pedrinho lived in a house attached to the Dona Carlotinha de Araújo Cintra School. Dona Carlotinha had been his grandmother. And what a grandmother! She did everything for him and, of everything she did, what Pedrinho liked the most were her stories. The school books were very boring, but the adventures Grandmother recounted were incredible.
That's why Pedrinho loved to play in the room that had belonged to Dona Carlotinha. And once, quite unintentionally, he discovered a secret door in the wall, which opened into a room… full of books! The books of the stories your grandmother used to tell! […]
One of Ruth Rocha's most tender and subtle inventions, but also a little scary, “Behind the Door” surprises and marvels __________________ the reader. In addition to making fun bridges with real characters from Brazilian literary life.
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Question 1 - In the passage “[…] Pedrinho most liked his stories.”, The adverb of intensity “more” intensifies the sense of a verb that indicates:
( ) a hypothetical fact in Pedrinho's life.
( ) a sporadic fact in Pedrinho's life.
( ) a constant fact in Pedrinho's life.
Question 2 - The “what” is an adverb of intensity in the sentence:
( ) "And what a grandmother!"
( ) “[…] Pedrinho loved to play in the room that had belonged to Dona Carlotinha.”
( ) “The books of the stories that your grandmother used to tell!”
Question 3 - Underline the intensity adverb that makes up this part of the text:
“The school books were very boring […]”
Question 4 – Bearing in mind the objective of the person who wrote the review above, it can be deduced that the marked space must be filled with the adverb of intensity:
( ) "slightly"
( ) "deep"
( ) "Apparently"
Question 5 - “More” or “but”? Check the sentence where one of them is an adverb of intensity:
( ) “One of Ruth Rocha's most tender and subtle inventions […]”
( ) “[…] but it's also a little scary […]”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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