Portuguese activity: Accentuation

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, on accentuation. How about analyzing the accented words in the text? To do this, answer the proposed questions based on the text Salt in the heights!

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Salt in the heights

Salar de Uyuni is part of the Bolivian Altiplano, a region that is about four thousand meters high and was formed during the lifting of the Andes Mountains. In the past, approximately 40 thousand years ago, there was an immense prehistoric lake on the site, called Lake Michin, which after a long period of transformation and drying gave rise to the salar.

In the middle of the salar, we find some islands, which are the tips of ancient volcanoes that were submerged in the prehistoric era. The largest of these is Incahuasi Island, a word that means “house of the king” in the Quetchua language, spoken by the Bolivian Indians. There, there are giant cacti that can reach 10 meters in height. As these cacti grow about an inch a year, that means some of them _________ over a thousand years!

Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 277.
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Questions

Question 1 - The word “Bolivia” is emphasized because it is:

( ) proparoxytone.

( ) oxytone ending in “a”.

( ) paroxytone ending in a diphthong.

Question 2 – It can be said that:

( ) the word “language” follows the accent of “Bolivia”.

( ) the word “Indians” follows the accent of “Bolivia”.

( ) the word “language” and the word “Indians” follow the accent of “Bolivia”.

Question 3 – In the segment below, there is an accented oxytone word. Underline it:

“[…] Lake Michin, which after a long period of transformation and drying gave rise to the salar.”

Question 4 – The text contains two accented monosyllables for the same reason. Identify these monosyllables. Then enter the reason for the accentuation:

Question 5 – Why is the word “centimeter”, used at the end of the text, accented?

Question 6 - Complete the space with “have” or “have”:

“[…] that means some of them _________ over a thousand years!”

By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.