Activity of text interpretation, aimed at 8th grade students, allows for the improvement of different reading skills. The questions are based on the text “Irapuru – the chant that enchants”.
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A certain young man, not very handsome, was admired and desired by all the girls of his tribe for playing the flute wonderfully well. They then named him Catuboré, enchanted flute. Among the girls, the beautiful Mainá got her love; they would marry in the spring.
One day, close to the big day, Catuboré went fishing and never returned.
As the whole tribe went looking for him, they found him lifeless, in the shade of a tree, bitten by a poisonous snake. They buried him on the spot.
Mainá, disconsolate, spent several hours mourning her great loss. Catuboré's soul, feeling his bride's suffering, mourned deeply for his misfortune. Unable to find peace, she asked the God Tupa for help. The latter then transformed the young man's soul into the irapuru bird, which, even with little beauty, has a wonderful song, similar to the sound of the flute, to cheer Mainá's soul.
The singing of the irapuru still infects other birds and all beings in nature with its love.
Waldemar de Andrade and Silva. “Legend and myths of Brazilian Indians”. São Paulo: FTD, 1997.
Question 1 - The text read is of the genre:
a) fable
b) short story
c) legend
d) romance
Question 2 - The purpose of the text is:
a) narrate the romance between Catuboré and Mainá.
b) inform about the dangers of forest life.
c) guide for the functioning of the flute.
d) explain the appearance of the bird “irapuru".
Question 3 – According to the text, “One day, close to the big day, Catuboré went fishing and never returned from there.”. Because?
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Question 4 - What did the God Tupã do in order to grant peace to Catuboré?
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Question 5 - Identify what the terms highlighted in the passages refer to:
a) “They gave-you, then, the name of Catuboré […]”.
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B) "This one, then, he transformed the youth's soul into the irapuru bird […]"
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Question 6 – In the segment “Mainá, disconsolate, passed several hours to mourn his great loss.”, the underlined verb expresses a fact that:
a) that could happen.
b) is happening.
c) that has already happened.
d) is in the past.
Question 7 – In the excerpt “[…] for playing the flute wonderfully well.”, the highlighted word indicates the idea of:
a) mode
b) time
c) affectivity
d) place
Question 8 – In the passage “[…] to rejoice the soul of Mainá.”, the preposition “to” plus the infinitive verb “rejoice” establishes a relationship of:
a) comparison
b) purpose
c) conclusion
d) cause
Question 9 – Check the sentence in which the underlined verb works as a noun:
a) “A young man, not very handsome, was admired and desired by all the girls of his tribe […]"
b) “Among the girls, the beautiful Mainá got her love; would marry during the spring.”
c) “Maina, disconsolate, spent several hours at to cry your great loss.”
of sing do irapuru still spreads his love to the other birds and everyone [...]”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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