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question 1
Identify the apposition in the following sentence: "Maria, the school secretary, filled out the documents."
a) Maria
b) the secretary of choice
c) completed the documents
d) the documents
In the sentence above, “the school secretary” is an example of an appositive, because it is not part of the basic structure of the sentence. There are different types of bet and, in this case, the bet is explanatory, because it contains an explanation about the previous term (Maria).
question 2
Indicate the alternative that contains an example of a comparative bet:
a) That factory, a money machine, went bankrupt.
b) The performers' demands included: white towels, sparkling water and a box of chocolates.
c) Classmates, teachers, and staff were all in your favor.
d) The writer Machado de Assis is one of the greatest names in our literature.
In the sentence “That factory, a money machine, went bankrupt.”, “a money machine” is a comparative bet, because it compares the factory with a machine.
As for the bets present in the remaining prayers:
b) Artists' requirements included: white towels, sparkling water and box of chocolates. (enumerative bet)
c) Classmates, teachers and staff, everyone was in your favor. (recapitulative bet)
d) the writer Machado de Assis is one of the greatest names in our literature. (specific bet)
question 3
Identify the specific apposition in the following sentence: "The tragedy Hamlet is one of the most performed in the world."
a) the tragedy
b) is one of the most staged
c) in the world
d) Hamlet
In the sentence above, “Hamlet” is an example of a specific appositive, because it is a proper noun that is specifying the common noun “tragedy”.
question 4
Indicate the alternative in which the term taken from the following sentence is an appositive: Capitu, by Machado, is the most famous female character of the sublime writer.
a) female character
b) Chapter
c) by Machado
d) of the sublime writer
In the sentence above, “de Machado” is an example of an appositive, because it is not part of the basic structure of the sentence. There are different types of bet and, in this case, the bet is explanatory, because it contains an explanation about the previous term (Capitu).
question 5
Mark the alternative that correctly presents a specific bet:
a) Documents, letters and photographs, everything was destroyed by fire.
b) I want only two things: health and peace.
c) Student John must attend the rehearsal tomorrow.
d) Children, young people and adults all saw it and said nothing.
In prayer "Student João must attend the rehearsal tomorrow.”, “John” is a specific appositive, because it is a proper noun that is specifying the common noun “student”.
As for the bets present in the remaining prayers:
a) Documents, letters and photographs, all was destroyed by fire. (recapitulative bet)
b) I only want two things: health and peace. (enumerative bet)
d) Children, young people and adults, all saw and said nothing. (recapitulative bet)
question 6
Indicate the only alternative that contains bet.
a) That required additional effort, which I didn't want to do.
b) The meal, light and tasty, pleased the guests.
c) Maria, who is the most talkative, did not open her mouth.
d) Effortlessly, the team won a place on the podium.
a) That required additional effort, which I didn't want to do. (recapitulative bet)
As for the remaining prayers:
b) the meal, light and tasty, pleased the guests. (predicative of the subject, because the appositive cannot be formed by adjectives)
c) Mary, who is the most talkative, did not open his mouth. (explanatory subordinate clause)
d) hardworking, the team won a place on the podium. (predicative of the subject, because the appositive cannot be formed by adjectives)
question 7
Indicate the alternative in which the highlighted term is not an explanatory bet:
a) my friend Pedro it is an excellent runner.
b) Paris, the capital of France, it is a charming city.
c) Mary, the neighbor next door, traveled yesterday.
d) Pedology, science that studies soils, is little known.
In the sentence “My friend Pedro is an excellent runner.”, the term “Pedro” is a specific appositive, because it is a proper noun that is specifying the common noun “friend”.
question 8
Remove the bet from each of the sentences below.
a) Only two countries in South America, ie Chile and Ecuador, do not border Brazil.
b) I only want one thing: peace.
c) Ana, a 7th grade teacher, has worked at this school for years.
d) Iracema, the virgin with the lips of honey, is a character by José de Alencar.
e) That candy that auntie makes, a delicacy from the gods, never runs out.
a) Only two countries in South America, i.e. Chile and Ecuador, do not border Brazil. (explanatory bet)
b) I only want one thing: peace. (enumerative bet)
c) Anne, 7th grade teacher, has been working at this school for years.
d) Iracema, the virgin of honey lips, is a character by José de Alencar. (explanatory bet)
e) That candy that auntie makes, a delicacy of the gods, never left. (comparative bet)
question 9
(UFC) Read what is said below about the bet.
The idea contained in a term that exercises any syntactic function can be expanded, explained, developed or summarized by means of an accessory term equivalent to it: the apposition. The bet can be classified, according to its value in the prayer, in: explanatory, enumerative, summarizing or recapitulative, comparative It is specific.
DE NICOLA, José; INFANT, Ulysses. Contemporary grammar of the Portuguese language. São Paulo: Scipione, 1997, p. 281.
i. In the following periods, the passages in bold play the role of a bet. Rank them according to their value in prayer.
b.1. Invisible as the wind and spells, Death had taken over the fragile breath of the pagan boy the night the door had opened to let him through.
In this prayer, the bet “Invisible as the wind and charms” is classified as a comparative, because it makes an implicit comparison with death.
b.2. When the Old Woman with the Big Hat, so the stuffer of saddles for mounts called hunger, he perched for good, watching the suffering of the living, the waters had long since parted (...).
In this sentence, the bet “thus the stuffer of mounts called hunger” is classified as explanatory because it contains an explanation about the previous term (Old Woman of the Big Hat).
II. Build a sentence in which great grandson figure like specific bet.
The boy's great-grandson had the same birthday as the mayor.
The specific bet is not marked by punctuation marks. It is usually a noun that specifies a generic noun.
question 10
(Unirio-RJ) In "We pass, then, the two of us, privileged creatures, to enjoy the table...", the syntactic function of the highlighted term is:
a) subject
b) direct object
c) bet
d) adverbial adjunct
e) vocative
“Privileged creatures” is affixed, because it is clarifying other terms of the sentence (both of us).
As for the other syntactic functions:
subject it is the being that performs or undergoes the action expressed by the verb. It is a fundamental term of prayer.
direct object it is the complement of the verb that is usually not accompanied by a preposition.
adverbial adjunct it is the term of the sentence that expresses circumstances, for example, of time, manner, place.
vocative is the term of prayer used to call someone or something.
Read too:
- I bet: what it is, types, examples and exercises
- Vocative
- Syntactic function: what it is (with examples and exercises)
FERNANDES, Marcia. Betting exercises (with commented feedback).All Matter, [n.d.]. Available in: https://www.todamateria.com.br/exercicios-sobre-aposto/. Access at:
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- I bet: what it is, types, examples and exercises
- Subordinate clause exercises
- 35 Coordinated Sentence Exercises with feedback
- Pronoun Exercises
- Exercises about adjectives
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