Portuguese Activity: Questions about subject types

Portuguese activity, suitable for 8th grade students, consists of questions about the types of subject, in a contextualized way.

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When we watch TV, read magazines, or browse the internet, we often find advertisements that encourage mental exercise. Several brain exercise programs stimulate people's mental alertness, giving them daily training – perform tasks ranging from memorizing lists and solving puzzles to calculating the number of trees in a park. This may seem like a publicity device, but in reality it has a real foundation in neurobiology. Recent research, although done mainly with rats, indicates that learning enhances the survival of new neurons in the adult brain. And the more challenging the problem, the greater the number of neurons involved in the process. These neurons are believed to be available to help in situations where the mind is overloaded. It appears that mental training strengthens the brain in the same way that physical exercise shapes muscles. (…)

“Scientific American Magazine” – Special Edition – Nº 40 – p.63.

Questions

Question 1 - “When we watch TV, read magazines or surf the internet, we usually find advertisements […]”. Identify the hidden subject in this opening passage of the text:

Question 2 - “Several brain exercise programs stimulate people's mental alertness, giving them daily training […]”. Find the subject of this sentence:

Question 3 - “That it may seem like an advertising resource, but, in reality, it has a real basis in neurobiology.”. What does the highlighted subject refer to?

Question 4 – The presence of an indeterminate subject is registered in the sentence:

a) “Several brain exercise programs stimulate people's mental alertness […]”

b) "Recent research, although done mainly with rats, indicates that learning […]"

c) “[…] And the more challenging the problem […]”

d) "It is believed that these neurons are available […]"

Question 5 - There is a predominance in the subject's text:

a) hidden

b) simple

c) composite

d) undetermined

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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