- At school, a janitor holding a mop sets out a sign: "Cuidado: piso molhado." What does "molhado" mean?
Answer: wet
A janitor with a mop and a "cuidado" warning signals a freshly mopped floor, so "molhado" means wet. "Dirty" contradicts the clue: mopping makes the floor clean, not dirty.
- Use the clues to complete: "Ontem à noite eu ___ muita pizza, e hoje estou com dor de barriga."
Answer: comi
"Ontem à noite" requires the past, and "pizza" plus "dor de barriga" (stomachache) point to eating, so "comi" fits. "Como" has the right meaning but the wrong tense for yesterday.
- "Marta é muito educada: sempre diz 'por favor' e 'obrigada'." Which English sentence correctly conveys the meaning?
Answer: Marta is very polite.
Saying "por favor" and "obrigada" shows good manners, so "educada" here means polite. "Educated" is a false-cognate trap: schooling is not what the context describes.
- "Estou com tanto sono que vou cochilar no sofá por meia hora." What does "cochilar" most likely mean?
Answer: to take a short nap
"Estou com tanto sono" (I'm so sleepy) plus "meia hora" on the sofa points to a short nap. "To cook" comes only from the sound-alike "cozinhar" and ignores the sleepiness clue.
- Read: "No verão, a praia fica lotada: não há lugar nem para estender a toalha." What does "lotada" mean here?
Answer: crowded
"Não há lugar nem para estender a toalha" (no room even to spread a towel) means the beach is packed, so "lotada" means crowded. "Empty" misreads the negative: there is no space because of too many people.
