Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, about definite articles. How about analyzing them in the text Why does the piano have black and white keys? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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Originally, the piano's black keys were made from a dark and very resistant wood, ebony. The white ones were ivory, taken from the claws of elephants. Today, although pianos are made from synthetic materials, the appearance of the original raw materials has been maintained. The instrument has its current form, thanks to the Italian Bartolomeu Crisofori, who in 1709 named it “pianoforte”. The name was a reference to the type of sound it produced: in Italian, “piano” means “soft”, and “forte” means “loud”. The word “pianoforte” was very long and, over time, evolved into the current, shorter form.
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Question 1 - Underline the following definite articles:
“Why does the piano have black and white keys?”
Question 2 – The underlined articles above define the nouns respectively:
Question 3 – Watch:
“[…] the black piano keys were made from a very resistant dark wood […]”
Regarding this passage of the text, it can be said that:
( ) “as” is the definite article.
( ) “a” is a definite article
( ) “as” and “a” are definite articles.
Question 4 – In “The instrument has its present form […] that in 1709 he named it ‘pianoforte’.”, there is a definite article. Identify it:
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] over time, it evolved into the current, shorter form.”, the definite articles have in common:
( ) the gender.
( ) the number.
( ) gender and number.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
