- A: "Vai cair um temporal hoje à tarde." B: "Então não esquece o ___." Which word fits?
Answer: guarda-chuva
'Temporal' means a heavy storm, so B reminds A to bring a guarda-chuva (umbrella). Guardanapo looks similar because of 'guarda-', but it means napkin and does nothing in the rain.
- A: "Já vamos almoçar?" B: "Quase! É quase meio-dia." What does B mean?
Answer: Almost! It's almost noon.
"Meio-dia" means noon, and the lunch context supports it; "quase" means almost. Midnight is tempting because both use "meio/meia," but midnight is "meia-noite" and makes no sense before lunch.
- A: "O que você fez ontem?" B: "Ontem eu ___ pizza com meus amigos." Choose the verb form.
Answer: comi
"Ontem" and the question "O que você fez?" point to a completed past action, so the preterite "comi" fits "eu." "Comemos" is also past tense, but it is the "nós" form and does not agree with "eu."
- A: "Estou com uma dor de cabeça horrível." B: "Toma um ___ e descansa um pouco." Which word fits?
Answer: remédio
A headache (dor de cabeça) calls for medicine, so 'Toma um remédio' fits. 'Curativo' is tempting as a health word, but it means a bandage for a cut, which does not help a headache.
- A: "Cadê a Júlia?" B: "Ela ___ no banheiro, já volta." Choose the verb form.
Answer: está
'Já volta' shows Júlia is there only for a moment, so we use estar: 'Ela está no banheiro.' 'É' comes from ser, which is not used to say where a person is right now.
- At a café you hear: "Moço, traz a ___, por favor. Já vou pagar." Which word fits?
Answer: conta
The clue "Já vou pagar" (I'm about to pay) shows the customer wants "a conta," the bill. "Gorjeta" is tempting because it involves money, but a tip is left by the customer, not requested from the waiter.
- A: "Vamos à praia hoje?" B: "Não posso, estou resfriado." What does B mean?
Answer: I can't, I have a cold.
"Estou resfriado" means "I have a cold," a common reason to skip the beach. It is tempting to read it as "I'm feeling cold" because of "frio," but that idea is expressed with "estou com frio."
- A: "Perdi o ônibus de novo!" Which reply is correctly written AND shows B understood?
Answer: Que pena! Você vai chegar atrasado?
Missing the bus means arriving late, so 'atrasado' fits, and 'vai' needs the infinitive 'chegar'. 'Adiantado' is spelled fine but means early, which makes no sense after missing the bus.
