Colégio

PROF ª Patrícia Medeiros

M DISCIPLINA: Língua Inglesa 8ºANO

EXERCÍCIOS COMPLEMENTARES
Machado de Oliveira

1 - Answer the questions according to the text.

LIFE OF PI
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, is a fantasy adventure story, but with an
underlying theme that I never expected. Let me begin with a brief synopsis.
This is the story of Piscine Patel, nicknamed Pi, and his misadventures. He is a
young teenage Indian boy, son of a zoo owner.
Importantly, he is a practicing Hindu, Christian, and Muslim. His
experiences growing up with animals, his family, and his faiths are the main
topic of the first part.
The second part of the book is about his misadventures at sea. His family
decides to immigrate to Canada, bringing most of their zoo animals with them
to sell in North America. They board a cargo ship, but the ship sinks, and Pi
spends a total of 227 days floating in the Pacific Ocean, with a hyena, a zebra,
an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger for company. The first three animals die one
by one, but the tiger and Pi survive until they float and reach the Mexican
shores.
The final part of the book is an interview between Pi and a couple of
Japanese maritime officials. Pi narrates his story of his ordeal at sea with the
animals. However, the Japanese officials find his story incredulous and
unbelievable, so Pi provides another story, without the animals. The Japanese
officials find parallels between the two stories, and later on, Pi asks the officials
which story they prefer, to which they respond that they prefer the animal
story. Pi ends the conversation with and so it goes with God.
(http://blogcritics.org/book-review-life-of-pi-)

a) What is Pi’s real name?

b) Which animals died in the story?

c) Where does Pi arrive after the sinking of his ship?

d) How many days does Pi spend on the sea?

2- According to the text, read the sentences below and write (C) for correct or
(I) for incorrect. Rewrite the incorrect ones to make them correct.

a) ( ) This is a story about a boy and his experience in Canada with some

animals in the sea.

b) ( ) One of the main topic of the story is faith.

c) ( ) He doesn’t want to get out of the sea.

d) ( ) He arrives in America after sinking.

e) ( ) Pi’s father was the owner of a zoo in Canada.

3 - Make sentences in the affirmative form using the words and the
comparative forms given.
a) My friends / crazy / my cousins (equality)

b) This house / old / that apartment (superiority)

c) The blue car / fast / the red car (inferiority)

d) Brad / handsome / Tom (superiority)