Eletrotcnica Integrado Teacher: Elane Kreile

Students name: ____________________________________ Date: ___/___/___

A BRIGHT IDEA

I. WORD STUDY
1.

Match each paragraph with its main idea.

Paragraph 1 (

a) The brightest son gets the reward.

Paragraph 2 (

b) A soft light fills a dark room.

Paragraph 3 (

c) Three coins and one challenge.

Paragraph 4 (

d) At the market: three men, three different decisions.

2. Take words from the text to label these pictures.

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3. Match each word or phrase in bold with its meaning or definition.

(

) at first

a) occupy; fill

) flowers take up less space

b) if he should buy

) he could not decide whether to buy

c) in the beginning

) at last he found

d) a pleasant soft light

) he spread his straw

e) made it start to burn

) and lighted it

f)

) with a warm glow

g) covered the area with

finally he discovered

II. WORDS IN CONTEXT

1.

Use the context to complete each sentence with the correct word.

a) The old man called his sons and presented a ____________ to them. (gift / reward / challenge /
market / paper)
b) A young person has _________ experience than an old one. (more / most / less / little)
c) __________ cover a birds body. (Flowers / Corners / Feathers / Straw)
d) That ballet dancer is as _________ as a feather. (light / small / dark / ill / cheap)
e) My glass was empty and Ive __________ it with water. Now its full. (showed / bought / found /
thought / filled)
f)

Feathers are lighter than paper and they are cheaper. They are not so __________. (expensive /
warm / bright / rich / young)

g) Its dark in here. I have a candle, but I dont have a ________ to light it. (coin / room / glow /
match / town)
h) I dont want to __________ much of your time. I know youre a busy person. (return / take up /
smile / cover / call)

III. DISCOURSE MARKERS

1.

Match each discourse marker with its meaning or function.

) whether to buy (line 9)

) at first he could not decide (lines 5-6)

) so he bought a straw (line 8)

) at last he found (lines 13-14)

a. indica o incio de uma sequncia de fatos (=a

princpio)
b. indica

final

de

uma

sequncia

(=finalmente)
c.

introduz uma dvida (=se)

d. indica consequncia (=ento; portanto)

IV. DETAILED COMPREHENSION
1.

The rich old man _______

a) called his three sons because they were ill.
b) became very ill after he called his three sons.
c) called his three sons because he was very ill.
d) became very ill because he called his three sons.

2. The old man said he would give a reward to _________ of his three sons.
a) more intelligent
b) the cleverest
c) the cleverer
d) the least intelligent
3. The rich old man _____
a) wanted one of his sons to fill his room with coins.
b) told his sons to spend not more than a coin each.
c) did not want to test his sons intelligence.
d) told his sons he would reward them with a coin each.
4. The youngest son bought something that is very ______
a) dark.
b) small.
c) expensive.
d) heavy.
5. The three sons came back to their fathers room _______
a) the next morning.
b) on the following evening.
c) after a week.
d) later, but at the same day.

de

fatos

V. STRUCTURE
1.

Complete the sentences with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

a) Paper is ____________________ feathers. (expensive)

b) ____________________ man in that Chinese town was old and ill. (rich)
c) Straw is ___________________ flowers. (light)
d) ____________________ son had a __________________ idea _________ his brothers did.
(young good)
e) The young mans idea was ________________ of all. (bright)
f)

______________ son was _________________ of the rich mans sons. (young intelligent)

g) Flowers are __________________ feathers. (heavy)

h) Orchids are one of ________________ flowers in the market. (expensive)
2. Complete the text with the superlative form of the adjectives in parentheses.
A land of superlatives
China is a land of superlatives. It is _____________ (large)
country in East Asia and ______________ (populous)
1.35 billion people in the world. It contains the Great Wall of
China, which is the worlds ______________ (ancient)
architecture. It is home to some of the worlds __________
(tall) buildings. China shares with Nepal the worlds
______________ (high) mountain Everest and has the
fourth ___________ (large) desert the Gobi and the fifth ____________ (long) river the Yangtze.
Things are happening so fast that in just 10 years China will be ______________ (powerful) economy in
the world.
3. CHALLENGE: complete the sentences with the superlative form and information of your own.
a) ______________ (large) rain forest on the planet is the ______________ Forest.
b) ______________ (small) country in the world is __________________.
c) ______________ (cold) continent in the world is __________________.
d) ______________ (large) and _____________ (cold) country in America is ______________.
e) The second _______________ (long) river in the world is the _______________.
f)

________________ (dry) desert on the planet is the _________________ Desert, in Chile.