Portuguese activity, focused on eighth grade students, explores personal pronouns. How about analyzing them in the text athlete food? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Contrary to what many people imagine, the diet of athletes who stand out in national and international competitions is very similar to that of non-athletes. What makes a difference are the combinations and times they eat.
To better understand this story, you need to know that nutrients – that is, vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids – contained in food have specific roles in our body. So let's go!
Carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are called macronutrients because we need large amounts of them in our daily lives. Vitamins and minerals are called micronutrients precisely because the body needs them in smaller amounts. But let's be clear: although our body needs more of some than others, all nutrients are absolutely essential for health.
Magazine “Science Today for Children”. Edition 250.
Available in:. (Fragment).
Question 1 - Mark the passage that contains a personal pronoun:
( ) “What makes a difference are the combinations and times when they eat.”
( ) “[…] vitamins and minerals are called micronutrients […]”
( ) “[…] all nutrients are absolutely essential for health.”
Question 2 – The personal pronoun, present in the passage marked above, refers to:
Question 3 – In the segment below, there is a personal pronoun. Underline it:
“Contrary to what many people imagine, the basis of nutrition for athletes who stand out in national and international competitions […]”
Question 4 – The personal pronoun, underlined in the previous question, indicates:
( ) the active voice of a verb.
( ) the reflexive voice of a verb.
( ) the pronominal passive voice of a verb.
Question 5 – In the passage “[…] we need large amounts of them in our daily lives.”, the subject of the verb is a personal pronoun that is hidden. Identify it:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
