Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses comma. Let's analyze this punctuation mark in the text mustelids? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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Mustelids are animals belonging to the Mustelidae family, the largest family of the Carnivora order, which includes otters, weasels, badgers, ferrets, among others. They are small or medium-sized animals divided into 56 species spread throughout the world, except for Australia and Antarctica. They have a diet consisting primarily of meat, but some species may occasionally feed on plant matter. They can inhabit terrestrial, aquatic or marine environments. In Brazil, there are 6 species of this family.
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Question 1 - In the segment “Mustelidae are animals belonging to the Mustelidae family, the largest family of the order Carnivora, which includes otters […]”, the commas indicate:
( ) a bet.
( ) a vocative.
( ) an adverbial adjunct.
Question 2 – The excerpt below was transcribed without the comma. Put it:
“They are small or medium-sized animals divided into 56 species spread out […]”
Question 3 – In the period “They have a diet consisting primarily of meat, but some species may occasionally feed on vegetable matter.”, the comma separates a sentence:
( ) absolute.
( ) coordinate.
( ) subordinate.
Question 4 – In “Can inhabit terrestrial, aquatic or marine environments.”, the comma indicates:
( ) an omission.
( ) an enumeration.
( ) a displacement.
Question 5 - In the passage “In Brazil, there are 6 species of this family.”, the comma separates an adverbial adjunct that expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.