Portuguese activity, focused on eighth grade students, explores paroxytone words. Let's analyze these words in the text about the city of Cristiano Otoni? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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The municipality of Cristiano Otoni is located in the central region of Minas, 118 km from Belo Horizonte. Rural tourism is one of the main highlights in the region, with beautiful farms and pleasant hotels for rest and leisure.
The exuberant nature of the city has even more life with several streams and waterfalls.
Visitors can also visit Cristiano Otoni in the building of the old Railway Station of the Central do Brasil Railroad, deactivated for several years. The property currently belongs to the municipality and is listed as a Historical and Cultural Heritage.
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Question 1 - The paroxytone word “municipality” is accented because it ends:
( ) in “o”.
( ) in vowel.
( ) in diphthong.
Question 2 – Underline the accented word for the same reason as “municipality”:
“[…] and it is listed as a Historical and Cultural Heritage.”
Question 3 – In “[…] with beautiful farms and pleasant hotels for rest and leisure.”, there is an accentuated paroxysmal word. Point it:
( ) “beautiful”.
( ) “pleasant”.
( ) “hotels”.
Question 4 – Watch:
“Visitors can also get to know Cristiano Otoni the building of the old Railway Station of the Central Railroad of Brazil [...]”
Identify the accented paroxytone words present in this passage:
Question 5 - Why is the word “immobile”, used in the last paragraph of the text, accented?
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
