Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, guides the study of straight pronouns. Let's understand how they work in the construction of the text Old things, written by Rubem Braga?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
After doing my chores I returned home, hung my umbrella in a corner, and stared at it.
I then felt a certain sympathy for him; my old grudge against umbrellas gave way to a strange affection, and I myself was curious to know where that affection came from.
On second thought, it perhaps derives from the fact, I think others have noticed, that the umbrella is the object of the modern world most prone to change. (…)
BRAGA, Reuben. Woe to you, Copacabana. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 1993. (Fragment).
Question 1 - In the passage “[…] and I began to contemplate it.”, the personal pronoun “lo” resumes:
( ) the umbrella.
( ) a corner.
( ) the object of the modern world.
Question 2 - Point out the referents of the personal pronouns highlighted in the sentences:
a) “I then felt a certain sympathy for he […]”
b) “On second thought, he perhaps it derives from the fact […]"
Question 3 - In all clauses, the underlined pronoun works as a subject, except in:
( ) “[…] and I began to contemplateit.”
( ) “I then felt a certain sympathy for he […]”
( ) "Thinking well, he perhaps it derives from the fact […]"
Question 4 – The personal pronouns, which perform the function of subject, are called:
( ) stressed oblique pronouns.
( ) unstressed oblique pronouns.
( ) straight pronouns.
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] I believe it has already been noticed by other people […]”, the following straight pronoun is omitted:
( ) me
( ) we
( ) they
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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