1. Word Classes ou Parts of speech são as classes de palavras ou classes gramaticais. Circule apenas as palavras/imagens que representam verbos, ou seja, palavras que representam ação:

Whale Sharks         28-09-2021 15:00

This news is about the whale shark. It is very big. It weighs up to 18 tonnes. It is between 6 to 16 metres long. It is big, but it is not dangerous. It only eats very small fish and plankton.

Scientists do not know much about the whale shark. They want to study it. They want to help it.

They come to the Galapagos Islands. They want to learn about the shark’s mating habits. They also want to learn about their pups.

Difficult words: plankton (very small animals in the water), mate (come together to have babies), pup (a baby animal).

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2. Read the text carefully and find 4 adjectives. (Leia o texto cuidadosamente e encontre 4 adjetivos). Lembre-se: adjetivos são palavras que descrevem pessoas, coisas, animais, etc.

1. ______________________________________              2. ______________________________________

3. ______________________________________              4. ______________________________________

3. Mark true or false based on text information: (Marcar verdadeiro ou falso com base nas informações de texto:)

4. Sobre quais informações os cientistas desejam saber mais da espécie tubarão-baleia?

5. Os Nouns são as palavras que nomeiam coisas, lugares, pessoas, etc. Sublinhe de red 2 substantivos na frase abaixo:

Scientists do not know much about the whale shark.

6. Os Pronouns são palavras que podem substituir o nome. Encontre e circule de blue 2 pronomes na frase abaixo:

They also want to learn about their pups.

7. As Prepositions são palavras que estabelecem uma relação entre dois termos. Pinte de green 1 (uma) preposicção na frase abaixo:

It is between 6 to 16 metres long.

Look at the words in the box beside and write the correct grammatical classes in the blanks. (Olhe para as palavras na caixa ao lado e escreva as classes gramaticais corretas nos espaços em branco.)

8.

a) Scientists ___________ the reports.                 

b) You shouldn’t ___________ anything you read.

c) What is your religious _____________?

d) Seeing is _______________.

e) The characters are all ____________ portrayed.

9.

a) _______________! It could hurt him.

b) He _____________ so much about the baby that he forgot about himself.

c)She is such a ___________________ person.

d) She has a day ___________________ for 7 kids.

e) Make sure to drive _____________ when you go next week.

10. Define the word classes of the underlined words as they are used in the sentences below. Tick ​​X your answers. Only ONE X for each word. There are two examples at the beginning. (Defina as classes de palavras das palavras sublinhadas tal como são utilizadas nas frases abaixo. Assinale X para as suas respostas. Assinale apenas UM X para cada palavra. Há dois exemplos no início.)