Activity of text interpretation, aimed at 9th grade students, consists of several questions that work on different reading skills. The text tells us facts about “the ball”.
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Long before Brazil became world champion in soccer, our ancestors were already making their “peals”. Only they weren't like today, of course, with beams, little flags, referee and fans. Football came much later, with its rules created by the English.
But the ball, or pelota, or balloon, or “girl”, or “round”, as soccer announcers say, was already used since prehistory. It is mentioned in the oldest books and in the oldest engravings. Homer and other writers from ancient Greece tell us that the ball game was considered important to give the body greater elasticity and grace. References are found about ball games among the Egyptians and even among the Hebrews, who were little dedicated to athletics.
The ancient Romans were not very fond of sports either. They enjoyed watching gladiator fights, it's true, but just watching: they didn't participate. For, even among them, ball games were very widespread.
Roman baths even had a room for these games, and many gentlemen had fields for ball games in their homes.
Old balls weren't like today's either. The first balls were made of pieces of leather sewn and “stuffed” from the most diverse materials. The smallest of balls, the harpastum, it was a very hard ball and pounded with feathers. The biggest, the follis, were air-filled, made from animal bladders, very similar to today's balls.
Boy Scout Handbook. São Paulo: New Culture, 1985. P. 45-46.
Question 1 - The text theme is:
a) the emergence of football.
b) the origin and evolution of the ball.
c) ball games in Ancient Rome.
d) the presence of the ball in prehistory.
Question 2 - The second paragraph of the text, introduced by the conjunction "but", establishes with the previous paragraph the relationship of:
A:
Question 3 - In the excerpt "Well, even between they, ball games were very widespread.”, prominent pronoun replaces:
a) the egyptians
b) the Hebrews
c) the ancient Romans
d) the gladiators
Question 4 – Italic highlights the words harpastum and follis why:
A:
Question 5 - A clause is omitted in the following period:
a) "But they weren't like today's, of course, with beams, little flags, judge and fans."
b) "The ancient Romans were not very fond of sports either."
c) "The first balls were made of stitched pieces of leather and "stuffed" with the most […]"
d) "The smallest of the balls, the harpastum, it was a very hard ball and pounded with feathers.”
Question 6 – In the segment, “It is mentioned in the books more old and in the more old engravings.”, the term “more” indicates:
the conclusion
b) addition
c) comparison
d) condition
Question 7 – In the excerpt “But the ball, or pellet, or balloon, or “girl”, or “round” […]”, the conjunction “or” signals a:
a) exemplification
b) opposition
c) compliance
d) choice
Question 8 – In the passage “[…] it was a ball very hard and pounded with feathers.”, the highlighted part works syntactically as:
a) bet
b) predicative of the subject
c) nominal complement
d) adnominal deputy
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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