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.

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").

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).