Portuguese activity, focused on students in the ninth year of elementary school, addresses the conjunctions. How about analyzing them in the text that tells us the origin of the Balloon? So, answer the questions proposed below! In the passage “[…] the balloon caught fire and scared everyone.”, does the conjunction “and” indicate opposing facts, facts that add up or facts that alternate? Let's go to the challenge?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
Bartolomeu de Gusmão was a Brazilian priest. He found that air, when heated, is lighter than atmospheric air. With that, he invented the hot air balloon, but the creation was not successful. When he went to show his discovery in public, the balloon caught fire and scared everyone. Thus, the “flying priest”, as he was called at the time, was forgotten. If not for that, the story of Bartolomeu de Gusmão could have been quite different.
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Question 1 - Highlight the conjunction present in this period of the text:
“With that, he invented the hot air balloon, but the creation was not successful.”
Question 2 - In the period above, the conjunction expresses the idea of:
( ) caveat.
( ) contrast.
( ) compensation.
Question 3 - In the passage “[…] the balloon caught fire and scared everyone.”, the conjunction “e” indicates:
( ) opposing facts.
( ) facts that add up.
( ) alternating facts.
Question 4 – In the segment “Thus, the “flying priest”, as he was called at the time, was forgotten.”, the term “how” plays the role of:
( ) causal conjunction.
( ) comparative conjunction.
( ) conformative conjunction.
Question 5 - Note this excerpt:
“If not for that, the story of Bartolomeu de Gusmão could have been quite different.”
It can be said that in this excerpt:
( ) there are two coordinating conjunctions.
( ) there are two subordinate conjunctions.
( ) there is a coordinating conjunction and a subordinate conjunction.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
