Portuguese activity, focused on students in the eighth grade of elementary school, explores accentuation. How about analyzing the accented words in the text Did you know that plants get stressed too? For this, answer the proposed questions!
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Do you know where stress comes from? It is caused by an external factor which exerts some disadvantageous influence on the organism. There are people who suffer from hair loss, insomnia, stomach pain and other physical imbalances when experiencing stressful situations. The plants, while not complaining, _________ reactions that botanists classify as typical of stress. How do they know this? By observing their attempt to adapt to extreme situations.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 238.
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Question 1 – In the excerpt “Do you know where stress comes from?”, the accented word is:
( ) oxytone.
( ) paroxytone.
( ) proparoxytone.
Question 2 – Which rule governs the accentuation of the word in the excerpt above?
Question 3 – The word “influence” is accentuated because:
( ) is proparoxytone.
( ) is an oxytone ending in “a”.
( ) is a paroxytone ending in a diphthong.
Question 4 – In the text, is the word “physical” adjective or noun? Explain:
Question 5 - Fill in the space with "have" or "have":
“The plants, although they do not complain, _________ reactions […]”
Question 6 – Watch:
"[…] you botanists classify as typical of stress.”
The highlighted words in this passage of text are accented for the same reason. Inform it:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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