Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, explores definite articles. How about analyzing them in the text about The mussels? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Mussels, molluscs that have a soft body protected by two shells, filter seawater to get food. If the water is polluted, _____ the mussel's body accumulates _____ toxic substances, and researchers are able to discover the type of pollutant by analyzing these animals in the laboratory. […]
Thiago Lopes Rocha.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 273.
Available in:. (With adaptations).
Question 1 – Highlight the article defined in the segment below:
“Mussels, molluscs that have a soft body protected by two shells […]”
Question 2 – The article highlighted in the previous question defines the meaning of:
( ) a verb.
( ) an adjective.
( ) a noun.
Question 3 – In the passage “[…] they filter sea water to get food.”, the term “a” plays the role of:
( ) preposition.
( ) definite article.
( ) personal pronoun.
Question 4 – Fill in the spaces with defined articles:
“[…] _____ mussel body accumulates _____ toxic substances […]”
Question 5 - In the excerpt “[…] researchers are able to discover the type of pollutant […]”, the defined articles indicate:
( ) the same gender.
( ) the same number.
( ) the same gender and the same number.
Question 6 – Identify in the text the words that are the contraction of a preposition with a definite article:
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