Portuguese activity, aimed at sixth year students, proposes the study of vocative. What is it used for? To explain the meaning of a term? To call someone? Or to complement the meaning of a noun? Did you paint that doubt? So be sure to answer questions about a poem by Roseana Murray.
This Portuguese language activity is available for download in an editable Word template, ready to print in PDF and also the completed activity.
Download this Portuguese activity at:
SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read this poem:
when i am
with a distant look,
little sister,
with a weird way
of those who are not present,
do not panic,
oh sis,
I went right there,
in heaven's backyard,
reap a shooting star.
MURRAY, Roseana. “Poems from Heaven”. São Paulo: Paulinas.
Question 1 - Identify the phrase in which the underlined excerpt works as a vocative:
( ) "When me you are […]"
( ) “[…] with a distant look, little sister […]”
( ) "[…] Spoon a shooting star.”
Question 2 - The vocative, present in the poem, refers to:
( ) to an element of nature.
( ) to an animal.
( ) to a person.
Question 3 - The vocative, identified in the previous question, was used in a language:
( ) family member
( ) regional
( ) formal
Question 4 – In the seventh verse of the poem, the “ó” accompanies the vocative “sister”. It is an interjection that expresses:
( ) order
( ) affectivity
( ) appeal
Question 5 - The vocative is used for:
( ) explain the meaning of a term.
( ) call someone.
( ) complement the sense of a noun.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
report this ad