Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, addresses definite articles. How about analyzing them in the text The curious world of leaf-cutting ants? So, answer the proposed questions!
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You may not know they have that name, but you've certainly come across leaf-cutting ants. They are those who usually walk in a row, carrying pieces of leaves that are sometimes much larger than their own bodies. Agile in cutting vegetables, they are considered by biologists as ______ first female farmers of the planet, because they were already cultivating their food long before human beings thought about dealing with Earth.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 218.
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Question 1 – Highlight the article defined in the period below:
"They are the ones that usually walk in line, carrying pieces of leaves that are sometimes much larger than their own bodies."
Question 2 – In the segment “Agile in cutting vegetables […]”, there is a term that is the contraction of the preposition “in” with a definite article. Identify it:
Question 3 – The following excerpt was transcribed without the defined article. Put it on:
“[…] they are considered by biologists as ______ the first female farmers on the planet […]”
Question 4 – Watch:
“[…] they already cultivated their food long before human beings thought about dealing with the land.”
The definite articles used in this passage of the text have in common:
( ) the gender.
( ) the number.
( ) the gender and the number.
Question 5 - The articles define in the text the meaning of:
( ) verbs.
( ) adjectives.
( ) nouns.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.