Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Portuguese, Premium Second Edition

Sue Tyson - Wardis a language consultant and teacher and writer.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1 Subject pronouns • Family 2 Ser (to be) • Professions 3 Estar (to be) • Moods / emotions 4 Regular -ar verbs: present tense • Hobbies and leisure 5 Regular -er verbs: present tense • Meals and menus 6 Irregular verbs, part 1: present tense • The weather 7 Irregular verbs, part 2: present tense • Politics 8 Regular -ir verbs: present tense • Personality 9 Irregular -ir verbs: present tense • Accidents / incidents 10 -ir verbs with spelling changes • Transport 11 Ter (to have) and its uses • Animals 12 Haver (to have, to be) and its uses • The classroom 13 Reflexive verbs • Daily routine 14 Ir (to go) + infinitive to express the future • Days and months 15 Saber vs. conhecer • The city center 16 Definite article: the • The restaurant 17 Indefinite articles: a / an / some • The hotel 18 Nouns • Around the house 19 Describing things • Common adjectives 20 Colors • Clothing 21 Demonstratives: this and that • Literature and cinema 22 Nonchanging demonstratives • Materials 23 Possessives, part 1: my / your / our • Technology 24 Possessives, part 2: his / her / their • Education 25 Relative pronouns: that / which / who / whom / where • At the beach 26 Making comparisons: more (than) / less (than) • Describing people 27 Superlatives • Sports 28 Comparisons: tão and tanto • The countryside 29 Numbers • Measurements 30 Telling the time 31 Prepositions, part 1: movement • Shops 32 Prepositions, part 2: place • Furniture 33 Prepositions, part 3: time • Expressions of time 34 Prepositions + verbs / verbs + prepositions • Eating and drinking 35 Com + pronouns • Current events 36 Prepositions + pronouns • The airport 37 Por • Idioms with por 38 Para • Idioms with para 39 Adverbs • Geography and the world 40 Negatives • School subjects 41 Interrogatives, part 1: how / who / when / where / what • Vacations 42 Interrogatives, part 2: how much / how many / which (what) • Crime 43 Direct-object pronouns • Polite expressions 44 Indirect-object pronouns • The body 45 Position of pronouns: When do they move? • Illness 46 Algum and nenhum • The media 47 Todo and outro • The kitchen 48 Muito, pouco, and tanto • Entertainment 49 Alguém, ninguém, tudo, and nada • Languages and nationalities 50 Quantities and packages • The supermarket English–Portuguese glossary Answer key