Portuguese activity, focused on ninth grade students, explores prepositions. How about analyzing them in the text about the Caatinga? So, answer the proposed questions!
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The Caatinga occupies an area of 734,478 square kilometers - which is more or less equivalent to a tenth of the Brazilian territory - distributed in all states in the northeast region of Brazil and taking part of the north of Minas Gerais. Not all the news about the Caatinga is as beautiful as the plants that live in these regions. Currently, it is one of the most deforested biomes in Brazil, with less than a twentieth of its territory protected original, which places many species living there in the endangered category of extinction. […]
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 256.
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Question 1 – Highlight the following preposition:
“The Caatinga occupies an area of 734,478 square kilometers […]”
Question 2 – In the excerpt “[…] distributed in all states in the northeast region of Brazil […]”, the preposition “in” indicates:
( ) place.
( ) time.
( ) specialty.
Question 3 – In the passage “Not all the news about the Caatinga is pretty […]”, there is a preposition. Tick it:
( ) "Nor".
( ) "about".
( ) "The".
Question 4 – The preposition noted above establishes a relationship of:
( ) cause.
( ) Subject.
( ) goal.
Question 5 - Watch:
“[…] with less than one twentieth of its original protected territory […]”
Identify the word that is the contraction of a preposition with a definite article:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.