Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, explores conjunctions. Let's analyze them in the text Is it a healthy food? To do this, answer the proposed questions!
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In addition to giving a slight feeling of well-being, chocolate, especially dark chocolate, has flavonoids, a substance found naturally in cocoa and also in fruits, vegetables, teas and red wine. Recent research shows that flavonoids work as an antioxidant, preventing or delaying damage to cells in the body, which can be good for blood circulation. Cocoa butter, used in the manufacture of chocolate, is also not considered a bad fat, as it does not raise blood cholesterol levels.
But it is good to remember that mainly milk chocolate, the most consumed in Brazil, also contains other types of fat and is rich in sugar and calories, which can be harmful to the heart. […]
Maria Ramos.
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Question 1 - The passage “[…] substance found naturally in cocoa and also in fruits […]” presents a conjunction that indicates the sum of facts. Identify it:
Question 2 – In “[…] preventing or delaying damage to body cells […]”, there is a conjunction:
( ) alternative.
( ) explanatory.
( ) conclusive.
Question 3 – The conjunction, present in the segment “[…] is not considered a bad fat, because it does not raise the levels of cholesterol in the blood.”, could be replaced by:
( ) "although".
( ) "why".
( ) "but also".
Question 4 – Underline the following adversative phrase:
“But it is good to remember that mainly milk chocolate, the most consumed in Brazil, also contains other types of fat [...]”
Question 5 - The adversative phrase underlined above expresses:
( ) a contrast.
( ) a caveat.
( ) compensation.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
