activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about a champion swimming bird. What bird is that, huh? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Because they cannot fly, most penguins live on islands and remote regions, seeking to distance themselves as far as possible from terrestrial predators. But if, on the one hand, they lack the ability to fly, on the other hand, they are very well adapted to marine life. Some species spend up to 75% of their lives at sea.
The penguin's body, by itself, already shows that it is a great swimmer: fusiform, that is, narrower in the extremities. than in the center, atrophied wings that perform the function of fins, waterproof feathers, and a robust and heavy. All these characteristics contribute when diving in search of food.
Despite spending a lot of time at sea, penguins do not breathe underwater and therefore need to constantly rise to the surface to breathe. That's why they don't usually dive too deep. Nor do they need to: most of the animals in their diet are in the upper layers of the ocean. Their diet is basically composed of small fish, crustaceans and other marine life.
About half of the penguins, when in the sea, do not go deeper than 10 meters, and the dive normally lasts about 20 to 30 seconds. If the need arises, however, large penguins can dive to much greater depths. The record is held by an Emperor Penguin who reached 535 meters. Amazing, no!!!
Penguins can swim at up to 14 km per hour, although they usually do not exceed half that speed.
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Question 1 - Read back:
“But if, on the one hand, they lack the ability to fly, on the other hand, they are very well adapted to marine life.”
In this passage of the text, the author refers to:
Question 2 – According to the text, the penguin's body is "fusiform". This means that:
( ) “has atrophied wings”.
( ) “has waterproof feathers”.
( ) “it is narrower at the ends than at the center”.
Question 3 – According to the text, penguins “need to constantly rise to the surface of the sea to breathe”, because:
( ) “does not breathe underwater”.
( ) “they do not usually dive very deep”.
( ) “most of the animals in its diet are in the upper layers of the ocean”.
Question 4 – In the passage “Their food is basically composed of small fish, crustaceans and other forms of marine life.”, the underlined word indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) facts that alternate.
( ) facts that contrast.
Question 5 - In the section “In case of need, Nonetheless, large penguins can dive to much greater depths.”, the underlined expression could be replaced by:
( ) "then".
( ) "although".
( ) "therefore".
Question 6 - Watch:
“The record is for an Emperor Penguin who reached 535 meters. Amazing, no!!!”
The highlighted snippet is:
( ) an opinion.
( ) a hypothesis.
( ) a conclusion.
Question 7 - Identify the segment that has a description:
( ) “Some species spend up to 75% of their lives in the sea.”
( ) “[…] a robust and heavy skeleton.”
( ) “[…] the dive normally lasts about 20 to 30 seconds”.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
