Portuguese activity, aimed at sixth year students, proposes the study of punctuation marks. In order for our ideas to be well understood, we need to correctly punctuate our text, right? How about learning more about the functions of punctuation marks? Answer the questions based on the text the old smuggler, written by Stanislaw Ponte Preta!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Says she was an old lady who knew how to ride a scooter. Every day she crossed the border on her scooter, with a brute sack behind the scooter. The Alfândega staff – all roguish – began to distrust the old lady.
One day, when she was on the scooter with the bag behind her, the customs inspector told her to stop. The old lady stopped and then the inspector asked her:
– Listen here, grandma, what are you carrying in that bag
The old lady smiled with the few remaining teeth and the others, which she could get from the dentist, and replied:
– It's sand!
BLACK BRIDGE, Stanislaw. “Two friends and a bore”. 8th ed. Sao Paulo.
Question 1 - In the excerpt “One day, when she came on the scooter with the bag behind […]”, the comma separates an expression that indicates:
( ) place
( ) time
( ) quite
Question 2 - In the passage “The Customs staff – all rogue – began to distrust the old lady.”, the dashes separate:
( ) a conclusion
( ) a comparison
( ) one explanation
Question 3 - Taking into account the context, the phrase "- Listen here, grandma, what do you carry in that bag" should be closed with:
( ) Question Mark
( ) exclamation mark
( ) end
Question 4 - The colon was used twice in the text to announce:
( ) the speeches of the customs inspector.
( ) the old lady's lines.
( ) a speech by the customs inspector and a speech by the old lady.
Question 5 - Quote all punctuation marks present in the text:
A.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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