Portuguese Activity: Conjunctions

Portuguese activity, aimed at first-year high school students, explores conjunctions. Are we going to analyze them? Then answer the questions based on the text. There are fleas in the water!

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Read:

There are fleas in the water!

To start with, the water flea has this name because it looks like the insect flea. Although their bodies are similar (and their heels too!), the water flea doesn't bother or bite anyone.

She is really tiny, born with about two millimeters and reaches a centimeter in length as an adult. As it is a crustacean – like shrimp and lobsters – the water flea can be found in aquatic environments, generally in lakes, rivers and even in small puddles. It is difficult, however, to perceive its presence in water, because, in addition to being tiny, it has a transparent body. […]

“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 234. Available in:
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Questions

Question 1 - Highlight the conjunction in the segment below:

“[…] the water flea has this name because it really looks like the insect flea.”

Question 2 - In the period "Although their bodies are similar (and their heels too!), the water flea doesn't bother or sting anyone.”, the underlined conjunction introduces a sentence called:

( ) absolute.

( ) coordinate.

( ) subordinate.

Question 3 - In the passage “It's really tiny, it's born with about two millimeters and reaches one centimeter in length as an adult.”, the underlined conjunction indicates:

( ) facts that add up.

( ) alternating facts.

( ) contrasting facts.

Question 4 - In “As it is a crustacean – as are shrimp and lobsters – the water flea can be found […]”, there is a conjunction that introduces a cause. Identify it:

Question 5 - The passage below was transcribed without the commas separating the adversative conjunction. Put them:

"It is difficult, however, for us to perceive its presence in the water, because, in addition to being tiny, it has a transparent body."

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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