Intermediário I

WhatsApp group chat about planning Carnaval in Salvador — packed with natural subjunctive triggers (quero que, tomara que, talvez, lamento que) across all three semantic categories.

Grammar note on ter + particípio + interview with Renata Souza (Revista Trajetórias). Includes comprehension, fill-in-blank, simples vs. composto choice, sentence transformation, and writing production.

Grammar reference on ter + particípio + a blog post about giving up a car for public transport and biking. Includes true/false, fill-in-blank, simples vs. composto choice, correct/incorrect usage, and writing production.

Memorization-focused grammar tables for the most common irregular verbs, grouped by shared stem pattern, plus an original interview about a real community garden ("horta comunitária").

Conjugation tables and fill-in-the-blank practice for 14 irregular verbs, each with a photo, plus a contextual text. Use it before the conversation practice.

Se + imperfeito do subjuntivo + futuro do pretérito practiced through a podcast transcript where two friends debate the twists of a Brazilian novela. Includes vocabulary of plot and characters, error correction, sentence-building, and a listener-comment writing task.

Como relatar o que alguém disse: mudança de verbo (presente→imperfeito, ir+infinitivo→imperfeito de ir+infinitivo), pronomes, possessivos e advérbios de tempo. Âncora: reportagem real da Agência Brasil sobre inteligência artificial no governo, com citações diretas e discurso indireto lado a lado.

Voz passiva analítica (ser + particípio) practiced through a renovation blog post — what was knocked down, installed, and painted, and what's still pending. Includes gender/number agreement drills and vocabulary of construction and materials.

Grammar note on se + imperfeito do subjuntivo + futuro do pretérito, plus a street-poll text where four Brazilians describe how they'd change their city. Includes comprehension, controlled practice, transformation, giving advice, and writing production.

How Brazilians replace the futuro do pretérito with imperfeito do indicativo in everyday hypothetical speech, anchored on Diego Guerra's crônica about winning the lottery. Includes comprehension, escrito/falado transformation, register recognition, and paired writing production.

Grammar reference covering all six uses of the imperfeito — including simultaneous actions with enquanto — with an authentic Rubem Braga text and 12 interactive exercises.

Reading text comparing three Brazilian cars with authentic ad copy — comprehension questions, vocabulary in context, and discussion prompts.

Interactive exercises comparing Brazilian cars (Fiat Mobi, VW Gol, Ford F-150) — gap fill, sentence completion, true/false, and free writing. Based on authentic ad copy.

Reading and exercises comparing prices at the atacarejo, the corner store, and the feira livre — the three degrees of comparison (superioridade, igualdade, inferioridade), with a real Procon price survey.

Practice distinguishing the three tenses — present habit, completed past event, and ongoing/habitual past — through a real dialogue about the weekend.

Reference material anchored in a Rubem Braga crônica about apartment life — 10 spatial prepositions in context, contrast with English in/on/at, apartment diagram, and mandatory contractions table.

Interactive exercises on spatial prepositions — gap fill, sentence transformation, and a production task describing a real place. Based on the Rubem Braga text.

Speaking practice with 14 irregular verbs, each illustrated by a photo. Questions are designed to make you use different personal pronouns (eu, você, ele/ela, a gente, nós, vocês, eles/elas).

Dialogue and grammar reference covering 7 uses of mesmo: the same, emphasis, surprise, indifference, and more. Read before class.

Dialogue-based reference material and interactive exercises covering 7 uses of mesmo: agreement, emphasis, surprise, indifference, and more.

A husband keeps thinking his wife is sick — until she finally spells it out. Subjuntivo presente in authentic dialogue: querer que, é melhor que, é possível que. Five interactive exercises.

Two parents navigate potty training with patience. Subjuntivo presente with new triggers: é normal que, evitando que, é importante que. Five expressions and a focus on Brazilian nasal vowels.

Antônio wants to rush to the store; Andréia is skeptical. A conversation about tech, consumerism, and the English loanwords that have taken over Brazilian Portuguese — with a focus on the futuro do subjuntivo with se.

A customer buys a perfume gift for his sister — navigating fragrance families, brand suggestions, and the subtle art of saying I'd prefer something more fun. Focus on the polite conditional: gostaria, poderia, preferiria.

The company has a new conference room — but just try to book it. A real workplace conversation covering schedules, departments, and budgets. Focus on ir + infinitivo for future plans and formal address with a senhora / o senhor.

A father needs help choosing his son's first guitar — nylon or steel strings, acoustic or electric? Focus on softening advice with talvez + present subjunctive and suggesting alternatives with em vez de / ao invés de.

Antônio and Andréia revisit São Paulo's soccer museum — and end up arguing passionately about who was better: Pelé or Garrincha, Maradona or Messi. A lesson in talking about life experiences and defending an opinion like a true torcedor.

Andreia and Antônio argue over Bahia's most iconic street food — acarajé versus caruru — walking through the whole process from feijão-fradinho to azeite-de-dendê. Focus on the comparativo de superioridade: mais... do que.

Two friends get excited about the Olympic opening ceremony and the torch relay passing through Santos. A short, high-energy dialogue built on the pretérito perfeito for talking about past experiences, plus the liaison between words like os atletas.

A short, punchy dialogue about buying Olympic tickets — and the age-old excuse for skipping basketball: it's too hard, and too expensive, to get tickets. Focus on já + pretérito perfeito and the impersonal é + adjetivo + infinitivo.

A silver medalist reflects on her pole vault final — using acabar de + infinitivo to talk about what just happened, and the pretérito perfeito to narrate her last attempt step by step.

Two friends marvel at Olympic gymnastics — uneven bars, balance beam, vault — comparing what they like best. Focus on expressing preference (gostar mais / preferir) and softening contrast with mas.

A friendly debate about the Olympic medal count — the US versus China — using continuar + gerúndio for ongoing trends and a curious fact: the IOC officially doesn't recognize the medal table at all.

Two friends watch a swimmer get disqualified for a false start after years of training — using the superlative (o mais rápido) and the conditional seria for hypothetical judgments.

A skeptic and a former diver debate whether Olympic dives really look different — pretérito imperfeito for a childhood competitive habit, next to pretérito perfeito for single completed actions.

Two friends untangle Olympic rowing terminology — palamenta dupla vs. simples — while practicing the "ou...ou" (either/or) construction and an informal spoken imperative.

A cynic and an idealist debate the real meaning of the Olympic motto — introducing the presente do subjuntivo triggered by "duvidar que," plus two esdrújula words always written with an accent.

Two friends dream up their impossible Olympic careers — practicing the hypothetical "se" clause: imperfeito do subjuntivo (pudesse, corresse) paired with the condicional (seria, poderia).

A photo of Andreia goes viral on Facebook against her wishes — practicing the imperfeito do subjuntivo triggered by a past-tense request, plus social media vocabulary and pop-culture references.

Two friends vent about a mutual acquaintance who takes every political conversation to the extreme — contrasting the real "se + futuro do subjuntivo" with the hypothetical "se + imperfeito do subjuntivo + condicional."

A friend explains how to switch your phone's keyboard between two languages — practicing the informal possibility structure dá pra + infinitivo and step-by-step instruction sequencing.

Two friends reminisce about childhood memories of a little brother who's about to get married — contrasting habitual imperfeito with specific perfeito events.

A patient describes ongoing cough symptoms to her doctor — practicing pretérito perfeito composto (tenho tossido) for repeated recent actions.

A patient describes intense headaches and resists her hypertension diagnosis — practicing como se + imperfeito do subjuntivo and doubt/denial expressions.

A patient who's been traveling admits she's fallen behind on her diabetes treatment — practicing não admira que + presente do subjuntivo.

A friend gives practical advice on signing up for a gym — practicing the informal imperative for advice-giving (tenta, pede, verifica) and membership vocabulary.

A friend explains how to judge cachaça quality — practicing dever + infinitivo for expressing expectations/norms, and drink-tasting vocabulary.

Two friends debate the stereotype that men dislike shopping, using a personal anecdote as evidence — practicing pretérito perfeito for narrating a specific story.

Two friends debate the fairness of pay-by-weight restaurants — practicing pode ser que + presente do subjuntivo for conceding a point in an argument.

A friend walks another through creating a YouTube channel step by step — practicing informal sequential imperatives (aperta, clica, entra, dá) and internet vocabulary.

Conjugação completa (regulares e irregulares) do futuro do presente e do futuro do pretérito (condicional), mais o uso do pretérito imperfeito com valor de condicional na fala. Texto âncora: reportagem real da Agência Brasil sobre a Mega-Sena da Virada.

Como o presente do indicativo, combinado a um advérbio de tempo (depois, mais tarde, amanhã, semana que vem), substitui o futuro na fala cotidiana. Âncora: conversa de WhatsApp entre colegas de trabalho adiando compromissos.

Crônica sobre rotina do dia a dia com foco nos verbos irregulares na 1ª pessoa (faço, ponho, durmo, digo, peço...) e nas expressões de frequência (sempre, nunca, geralmente, eventualmente, raramente).