Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, addresses oxytones. Let's analyze these words in the text about the caja? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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The caja is the fruit of the cajazeira (scientific name Spondias mombin L.), Anacardiaceae family tree that is present in several Brazilian states, especially in the North and Northeast regions, as in the states of Sergipe, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Ceará, Piauí and Rio Grande do North. Depending on the region, the plant receives different names. In the Amazon, for example, it is called taperebá. […]
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Question 1 – Note the excerpt:
“The cajá is the fruit of the cajazeira (scientific name Spondias mombin L.), Anacardiaceae family tree […]"
Identify the accented oxytone word:
( ) “cajá”.
( ) “scientific”.
( ) "tree".
Question 2 – The previously identified word is accented because:
( ) is an oxytone ending in “a”.
( ) is an oxytone ending in “e”.
( ) is an oxytone ending in “o”.
Question 3 – Emphasize the term oxytone which is also emphasized by the rule noted above:
“In the Amazon, for example, it is called taperebá.”
Question 4 – The accented oxytone word, used in the excerpt “[…] is present in several Brazilian states […]”, is:
( ) a verb.
( ) an adjective.
( ) a pronoun.
Question 5 - In “[…] Sergipe, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Ceará, Piauí and Rio Grande do Norte.”, there are two accented oxytone words. Locate them:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.