- At a Brazilian bus station, you need to buy a ticket. Complete your question: "Onde fica a ___?"
Answer: bilheteria
'Bilheteria' is the ticket office, where you buy a 'bilhete' or 'passagem'. 'Plataforma' is tempting because it is a station word, but it is where you board, not where you buy tickets.
- Which sentence correctly asks for a round-trip ticket to Rio?
Answer: Quero uma passagem de ida e volta para o Rio.
'Passagem' is feminine (uma), the fixed expression for round trip is 'de ida e volta', and Rio takes 'o'. 'Um passagem' is tempting, but -agem nouns like passagem and viagem are feminine.
- Which sentence correctly asks whether the flight to Salvador is delayed?
Answer: O voo para Salvador está atrasado?
A delay is a temporary condition, so it takes 'estar', and 'atrasado' must be masculine to agree with 'o voo'. 'É atrasado' is tempting, but 'ser' makes lateness sound like a permanent feature of the flight.
- Translate: "What time does the flight to Recife leave?"
Answer: A que horas sai o voo para Recife?
'A que horas' asks for a clock time, 'sai' means leaves, and 'para' marks the destination. 'Que tempo' is tempting, but 'tempo' means duration or weather, so it can't ask what hour something happens.
- Complete: "O trem ___ da estação às dez horas." (The train leaves the station at ten.)
Answer: sai
'O trem' is a singular third-person subject, so 'sair' becomes 'sai'. 'Saem' is tempting because it also means they leave, but it is plural and would need a subject like 'os trens'.
