Portuguese activity: Coordinating conjunctions

Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses coordinating conjunctions. Let's analyze them in the text canids? To do so, answer the proposed questions! In the segment “[…] they have a generalist diet, which may include fruits and seeds in their diet. feeding.”, the conjunction expresses a fact that explains another, that is opposed to another or that adds to other?

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canids

Canids are animals belonging to the Canidae family, which includes dogs, wolves, jackals, coyotes and foxes. They are divided into 35 species spread around the world, on all continents (except Antarctica). They usually hunt alone or in pairs, but there are species that form collaborative groups. Despite being part of the order Carnivora, they have a generalist diet, and may include fruits and seeds in their diet. In Brazil, there are 6 species of this family […]

“Pro-Carnivores Institute”. Available in: .

Questions

Question 1 - Underline the following conjunction:

“Usually they hunt alone or in pairs […]”

Question 2 – The underlined conjunction above is:

( ) conclusive.

( ) alternative.

( ) explanatory.

Question 3 – The conjunction, used in the passage “[…] but there are species that form collaborative groups.”, could be replaced by:

( ) "then".

( ) "Yet".

( ) "but also".

Question 4 – In the segment “[…] they have a generalist diet, and may include fruits and seeds in their diet.”, the conjunction expresses a fact that:

( ) explains another.

( ) is opposed to another.

( ) is added to another.

Question 5 – The conjunctions analyzed in the previous questions are coordinating. That's because they link prayers:

( ) meaning dependent on each other.

( ) independent of each other's meaning.

( ) partially dependent on each other for meaning.

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