Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores the punctuation marks. How about analyzing them in the interesting text The physics that makes you fly? So, answer the various questions proposed! In the excerpt “It's easy to see them in the skies all over the world…”, do the reticences suggest the continuation of the fact, the extension of the idea or the interruption of the thought? Let's challenge?
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To travel long distances quickly, nothing better than airplanes. It's easy to see them in the skies all over the world… It's hard to know how these huge machines that weigh more than 200 tons manage to fly. First, it is necessary to overcome the resistance of the air: the plane is propelled by the turbines, which release winds in the opposite direction and push it forward. Then the wings come into action. The difference in speed in the passage of air makes the pressure on them (the force of the weight, towards the ground) less than that of the “push” upwards. Result? The plane wins the clouds! Otherwise, relax. And great flight!
“MINAS DO SCIENCE” magazine. 2017, p.12. Available in: .
Question 1 - Reread this passage from the text:
"To travel long distances quickly, nothing better than airplanes."
In this passage, the comma marks:
( ) the omission of information.
( ) the intercalation of information.
( ) the displacement of information.
Question 2 - In the excerpt “It's easy to see them in the skies around the world…”, the reticences suggest:
( ) the continuation of the fact.
( ) the extension of the idea.
( ) the interruption of thought.
Question 3 - The fragment below was transcribed without commas. Put them:
“It is difficult to know how these immense machines, which can weigh more than 200 tons, manage to fly.”
Question 4 – In the part “[…] it is necessary to overcome the air resistance: the plane is propelled by the turbines […]”, the colon introduces:
( ) a bet.
( ) a quote.
( ) a clarification.
Question 5 - The period “Then the wings spring into action.”, which ended with the full stop, has a prayer. Therefore, it is classified as:
( ) simple period.
( ) period composed by coordination.
( ) period composed of subordination.
Question 6 – Watch:
“[…] the pressure on them (the force of the weight, towards the ground) […]”
Parentheses could be replaced by:
( ) quotation marks.
( ) asterisks.
( ) dashes.
Question 7 – The quotation marks highlight "push" as it is a word:
( ) informal.
( ) little used.
( ) used figuratively.
Question 8 – In "Result?", the author of the text:
( ) asks a direct question.
( ) asks an indirect question.
( ) none of the above answers.
Question 9 – In the segment "And a great flight!", the exclamation mark was used after a sentence that expresses:
( ) a wish.
( ) a surprise.
( ) a warning.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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