Portuguese activity: Adnominal Adjuncts

Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the first year of high school, addresses adnominal adjuncts. Shall we analyze them in the text about arnica? To do so, answer the proposed questions!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Arnica

From the same botanical family as daisies and sunflower, arnica is a shrub with aromatic leaves, popularly used as a medicinal plant. Its leaves are used as an anti-inflammatory, in the treatment of bruises, bruises, muscle pain and varicose veins. Today, laboratory research is confirming the anti-inflammatory action of this species. As a result of the intense exploitation of its leaves, the species ended up on the list of endangered plants.

The name “arnica” is also used for several other species of the Asteraceae family, which can be a little confusing. Therefore, it is important to know the scientific name of each species: it is unique! The Cerrado is a true source of medicinal plants, with more than 700 species cataloged with these characteristics. […]

Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 251.
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Questions

Question 1 - In the passage “[…] arnica is a shrub with aromatic leaves […]”, the term “a” performs the function of adnominal adjunct because:

( ) explains a noun.

( ) determines a noun.

( ) complements a noun.

Question 2 – Underline the adnominal adjunct below:

“[…] popularly used as a medicinal plant.”

Question 3 – In the passage “Its leaves are used as an anti-inflammatory […]”, there is a pronoun with the function of adnominal adjunct. Identify this pronoun:

Question 4 – The pronoun identified above is:

( ) Undefined.

( ) possessive.

( ) demonstrative.

Question 5 - In “[…] with more than 700 species […]”, the adnominal adjunct was expressed by:

( ) an ordinal number.

( ) a cardinal number.

( ) a fractional number.

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