Portuguese activity, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, addresses definite articles. Let's analyze them in the text Why are elephants' ears so big? To do so, answer the proposed questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The ears of elephants, highly irrigated, serve to cool the animal. Warm blood, as it passes over the thin surface of the ears, is cooled by wind air in contact with _____ skin. It is also to help cool down that the elephant flaps its ears.
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Question 1 – Underline the following definite article:
“Why are elephants ears so big?”
Question 2 – The underlined article above defines the meaning of the noun:
Question 3 – Watch:
“The highly irrigated ears of elephants serve to cool O animal."
In this passage, the highlighted word is:
( ) definite article.
( ) personal pronoun.
( ) demonstrative pronoun.
Question 4 – Complete the space with the definite article:
“[…] is cooled by wind air in contact with _____ skin.”
Question 5 – The definite articles, in the section “[…] the elephant wags its ears.”, indicate:
( ) the same gender.
( ) the same number.
( ) different gender and number.
Question 6 – In the text, there is a term that is the contraction of the preposition “in” with the definite article “the”. Tick it:
( ) "for the".
( ) "of".
( ) "at the".
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.