Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the football game. On the municipal field of Animalândia, the game between Super and Grande, two famous football teams, will start. Are we going to know how this story unfolds? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
On the municipal field of Animalândia, the game between Super and Grande, two famous football teams, will begin.
The stands are completely full and there is great entertainment. Each fans brings their flag and their team's uniform. In addition, there are also banners and posters to support players.
— Come on, Super! We are the best and we have to win! yells the hippopotamus, a fervent fan of the day's favorites.
At his side, the elephant pulls the opposing team's fans and competes with them with his screams:
"Ha, ha, ha, the Great and no one else!" — Its booming voice can be heard throughout the field and arouses the envy of the hippopotamus.
As the game progresses, the two spectators face each other with increasingly hostile attitudes. They start exchanging derogatory jokes; then angry looks; at last they threaten each other with ferocity. What bad football fans are these fans!
The Super won. Spectators return to their homes, some happy and others disillusioned. The elephant and the hippopotamus, repenting of their bad manners, apologize to each other and, after a strong handshake, regain their lost friendship.
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Question 1 – Read back:
“On the municipal field of Animalândia, the game between the Super and the Grande, two famous football teams will start.”
Which two football teams does the story refer to?
Question 2 – The segment “Beside him, the elephant pulls the opposing team's supporters and competes with them with their screams […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – Identify the passage that expresses an opinion of the narrator of the story about a fact:
( ) "Each fans bring their flag and their team's uniform."
( ) "They start exchanging derogatory jokes [...]"
( ) “What bad football fans are these fans!”
Question 4 – In the fragment “His powerful loud voice is heard throughout the countryside […]”, the story refers to the loud voice:
( ) of the elephant.
( ) of the hippopotamus.
( ) from another spectator of the match.
Question 5 - Watch:
“As the game progresses, the two spectators face each other with increasingly hostile attitudes.”
The underlined expression indicates:
( ) condition.
( ) goal.
( ) proportion.
Question 6 – In the passage “They start exchanging jokes derogatory […]", the highlighted word could be replaced by:
( ) “curious”.
( ) “offensive”.
( ) “untimely”.
Question 7 – The story ends when the elephant and the hippopotamus:
( ) “they return to their homes”.
( ) “they threaten each other with ferocity”.
( ) “they apologize to each other and […] recover the lost friendship”.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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