Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth year of elementary school, about accentuation. Let's analyze the accented words in the text Equinoxes and Solstices? So, answer the proposed questions!
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Both times throughout the year, when the sun is exactly above the equator, the spring and autumn seasons begin. Those times when the duration of the day is equal to that of the night at every point on Earth are called the equinoxes. Summer and winter, in turn, begin at the time of solstices, when the Sun is at its maximum in the North or at its maximum in the South. Through mathematical calculations and constant observation of the sky, astronomers are able to predict the exact day, hour, minute and second of these phenomena, which happen each year.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 282. Available in:
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Question 1 - Note the following accented word:
"Both times throughout the year, when the sun is exactly above the equator, the spring and autumn seasons begin."
Justify the aforementioned accent:
Question 2 - The words "equinoxes" and "solstices" are:
( ) oxytones.
( ) paroxytones.
( ) proparoxytones.
Question 3 - Why are the words mentioned in the previous question stressed?
Question 4 – The word "maximum" is accented because:
( ) is proparoxytone.
( ) is an oxytone ending in “o”.
( ) is a paroxytone ending in a diphthong.
Question 5 - Emphasize the words proparoxytones in the fragment below:
“Through mathematical calculations and constant observation of the sky, astronomers are able to predict the exact day, hour, minute and second of these phenomena […]”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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