activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the history of the cicada and ants. Shall we know this story? So read the text very carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
On a beautiful winter day, the ants were going to great lengths to dry up their stores of wheat. After a downpour, the grains had become completely wet. Suddenly a cicada appears:
"Please, little ants, give me some wheat!" I'm damn hungry. I think I will die.
The ants stopped working, which was against their principles, and asked:
- But why? What did you do during the summer? Didn't you happen to remember to save food for the winter?
"To tell you the truth, I didn't have time," replied the cicada. 'I spent the summer singing!'
— Well… If you spent the summer singing, how about spending the winter dancing? said the ants, and went back to work laughing.
Moral: Lazy people get what they deserve.
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Question 1 - The text above is:
( ) A tale.
( ) a fable.
( ) a notice.
Question 2 – Read back:
“On a beautiful winter day, the ants were going to great lengths to dry up their stores of wheat.”
Identify the reason for all this work:
Question 3 – In “—Please, little ants, give me some wheat!”, the grasshopper addresses the ants to:
( ) ask.
( ) order.
( ) to advise.
Question 4 – The excerpt “The ants stopped working, which was against their principles, and they asked […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 5 – In “—But why?”, the dash marks:
( ) the beginning of one of the ants' speeches.
( ) a pause in one of the ants' speeches.
( ) the continuity of one of the ants' speeches.
Question 6 - According to the story, the grasshopper told the ants that she didn't have time to "store food for the winter" because:
( ) did not remember.
( ) was very hungry.
( ) spent the summer singing.
Question 7 - In the segment “[…] the ants said, and went back to work laughing.”, the highlighted word indicates:
( ) ant actions that add up.
( ) actions of opposing ants.
( ) actions of the ants that alternate.
Question 8 - Watch:
“Moral: Lazy people reap O they deserve.”
The underlined term is equivalent to:
( ) "that".
( ) "all".
( ) "that one".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
