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Inglês – 8 a série/9 o ano – Volume 1<br />
3. Look at the following text and answer these questions.<br />
a) What kind of text is it?<br />
( ) An advertisement.<br />
( ) An encyclopedia entry.<br />
© Conexão Editorial<br />
( ) A website.<br />
b) Why was it written?<br />
( ) To sell a machine.<br />
( ) To give instructions.<br />
( ) To describe the history of an invention.<br />
c) Tick () three characteristics of this kind of<br />
text.<br />
( ) The information is organized in paragraphs.<br />
( ) Different kinds of fonts (typeface of letters)<br />
are used.<br />
( ) The author of the text is identified.<br />
( ) There is a picture.<br />
( ) The price of the equipment is sometimes informed.<br />
d) Do you think the text was written a long time ago or very recently? Why?<br />
4. Read the text in Activity 3 more carefully. Find examples of words and expressions for each of<br />
the categories. Follow the example.<br />
a) Price of the machine:<br />
$18.00, cheap<br />
b) Appearance and size:<br />
c) Durability:<br />
d) Other qualities:<br />
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