Use the Right Accent Marks When Necessary This is a special exercise for participants of the punctuation guide. Use the audio to listen for the stressed syllables. Then rewrite the sentences using the correct accent marks. Don’t have the accents on your keyboard? Use this (another tab). But it’s not convenient for mobile use. Eu …
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A Short and Sweet Exercise on Using Prepositions of Place in Portuguese You don’t have to type anything for this exercise. All you need to do is to answer allowed what the card is asking. If according to the picture you see that something is on top of something else, you should say so. Only …
Verbs and Their Prepositions – Drag Them In Portuguese, some verbs pair up with specific prepositions for apparently no reason. But this happens in English, too. (Think of a verb like “make up”.) In the following exercise, instead of thinking only of the prepositions themselves, you should think of the verbs first. Drag the …
Vocabulary Exercise — Everyday Words 1 In this short vocabulary exercise, you should choose the words that most logically complete the sentences. Since those are everyday words, you should understand the whole sentence to give the right answer.
My Routine — Preterite Using the Preterite in Portuguese is never easy. You should do your best to practice it in all forms and shapes possible. In this exercise, you have a short and sweet text about someone’s routine. We made it easier for you and conjugated all the verbs, but you should understand …
Ser and Ir in the Preterite — Unscramble The following is an exercise for beginners to practice using the preterite in Portuguese. The verbs in question are ser / ir. You need to unscramble the words to form sentences. Tip: pay attention to capitalization and punctuation. They have been preserved, so you know where sentences …
Listening Comprehension – José’s Routine Welcome to a new listening comprehension exercise. This exercise has been planned for beginners, but if you think your listening comprehension is lacking you might try your hand at it. (It’s a good way to practice spelling, too.) The sentences are connected. They describe the routine of a man called …
Practicing the Future with the Verb Ir Hi, and welcome to one more exercise. This exercise is good for beginner- and intermediate-level students. In it, you will practice the future using the verb IR in Portuguese. This is by far the most common form of the future tense in spoken Portuguese. In written Portuguese, people …
Find the Words Related to Travel This is a quick activity for you to improve your vocabulary retrieval. In today’s practice, we are going to deal with vocabulary related to travel. Try and find the words below as quickly as possible. Take a look at the word list before starting. The faster you can find …
Use the Present Subjunctive with Verbs that Express Wish, Order, Desire, or Supposition (WODS) As I said in the learning notes — exclusive to the Continuing Education Program members — the subjunctive can be used with a plethora of verbs and expressions. I call them triggers. One such trigger is the verbs that express “wish, …
