Portuguese activity, aimed at first year high school students, about the personal pronouns. The challenging questions proposed explore the aforementioned pronouns in the fable the cat and the cockroach, written by Millôr Fernandes! See one of them: In the excerpt “– Me ooooooo! – the cockroach begged.”, was the personal pronoun used in line with the language: regional, cultured, poetic or informal? Shall we answer?
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The old cockroach climbed by the bottom of the glass that, still with some wine, had been left in a corner of the kitchen, descended from the inside and began to nibble on the wine. Due to the small distance that the cockroaches go from the mouth to the brain, the alcohol soon rose to the latter. Drunk, the cockroach fell into the glass. She struggled, drank more wine, became dizzier, struggled more, drank more, drank more, and was almost dying when she saw the face of the domestic cat that smiled at her afflictions from the top of her glass.
- Kitten, my kitten - she asked - save me, save me. Save me that as soon as I leave I'll let you swallow me whole, just like you like. Save me.
– Do you really let me swallow you? – said the cat.
– Saaaalva me! - Begged the cockroach. - I promise.
The cat then turned the glass with a paw, the liquid ran out and with it the cockroach, which, as soon as it was on the ground, ran to the nearest hole, where it burst into laughter.
- What's that? asked the cat. – Aren't you going to get out of there and keep your promise? You said you would let me eat you whole.
- Ah, ah, ah - laughed then the cockroach, unable to contain herself. 'And you're such an ass as to believe the promise of an old drunk cockroach?
Moral: Sometimes self-deprecation gets us out of the pack.
Millôr Fernandes. “Fabulous fables”. 8. ed. Rio de Janeiro, Nordic, 1963. P. 15-6.
Question 1 - In the following passage, a personal pronoun replaces an expression. Underline it:
"The cat then turned the cup with a paw, the liquid ran and with it the cockroach that, as soon as it found itself on the ground […]"
Question 2 - The underlined personal pronoun above replaces:
a) "The cat"
b) "the cup"
c) "the liquid"
from the ground"
Question 3 - Look at this fragment:
"- Kitten, my kitten - asked Is it over there –, me save, save me.”
In relation to the personal pronouns underlined above, it is stated that:
I. The two pronouns function as a subject.
II. The two pronouns work as a complement.
III. The first works as a subject, the second works as a complement.
IV. The first works as a complement, the second works as a subject.
It is correct that it is stated in:
there
b) II
c) III
d) IV
Question 4 - In the excerpt “– Me ooooooo! – the cockroach begged.”, the highlighted personal pronoun was used in line with the language:
a) regional
b) cultured
c) poetic
d) informal
Question 5 - In the segment “Fought, drank more wine, got dizzier […]”, the oblique personal pronoun “if”, which accompanies the verb “debate”, indicates the use:
a) of the reflective voice
b) active voice
c) of the analytical passive voice
d) of the pronominal passive voice
Question 6 – In the moral of the story “Sometimes self-deprecation frees us from the squad.”, the pronoun “us” plays the role of:
a) subject
b) direct object
c) indirect object
d) predicative of the subject
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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