Portuguese activity, aimed at eighth grade students, about denoting words. Do you know when a word is denoting? When it is little used, when it has more than one meaning or when it doesn't fit in any kind of words? Come find out by answering the text-based questions Pantanal birds.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
They say that whoever arrives in the Pantanal feels in paradise. In the morning and late afternoon, the sky has different colors and the animals celebrate: the noises of birds, frogs and crickets come from everywhere. If we pay attention, we might even hear an alligator diving into a pond.
They are birds of various species: thrush, bem-te-vis, pink herons, parrots, hyacinth macaws and red macaws, tuiuiús, toucans.
In fact, the Tuuiú is the largest flying bird in Brazil and the symbol bird of the Pantanal. He has a white body, with very large wings, a black head and a red neck.
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Question 1 - In the sentence “If we pay attention, we may even hear an alligator diving into a pond.”, the use of the denoting word is registered:
( ) "If"
( ) "who"
( ) "until"
Question 2 - The denotative word, mentioned above, expresses the idea of:
( ) inclusion
( ) condition
( ) highlight
Question 3 - In the last paragraph of the text, the word “alias” introduces:
( ) a conclusion
( ) a correction
( ) an explanation
Question 4 – In prayer “happily we can contemplate various species of animals in the Pantanal!”, the underlined word is:
( ) a denoting word.
( ) an adverb of mood.
( ) an adverb of intensity.
Question 5 - It can be concluded that the denoting words are those that:
( ) are little used.
( ) have more than one meaning.
( ) do not fit into any word class.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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