Portuguese Vocabulary

Series I

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 CONTENTS

The Alphabet Exercício 1 1

Numbers - Ordinal and Cardinal Exercícios 2 - 17 2

The Days of the Week Exercício 18 14

The Months and Seasons of the Year Exercícios 19 - 27 15

Numbers from 100 to 1000 Exercícios 28 - 29 23

The Thousands Exercícios 30 - 32 24

Telling Time & Time Expressions Exercícios 33 - 39 27

Game - bingo Exercício 40 34

Quizzes 35

Answers to written Exercises 37

 Exercício 1

Complete the alphabet and assign a number from 1 to 23 forming a key.

a b c d e f g h i j l m n o p q r s t u v x z
1

NUMERICAL ADJECTIVES

Numerical adjectives are divided into two categories: Ordinal numbers & Cardinal
numbers. The ordinal numbers are used to number objects in a series. The ordinal
numbers change; they can either be masculine or feminine to agree with the noun they
modify.

Ordinal Numbers from 1 to 10

first primeiro/a sixth sexto/a

second segundo/a seventh sétimo/a

CARDINAL NUMBERS FROM 0 to 20

0 zero zero
1 um one
2 dois two
3 três three
4 quatro four
5 cinco five
6 seis six
7 sete seven
8 oito eight
9 nove nine
10 dez ten
11 onze eleven
12 doze twelve
13 treze thirteen
14 catorze fourteen
15 quinze fifteen
16 dezasseis sixteen
17 dezassete seventeen
18 dezoito eighteen
19 dezanove nineteen
 20 vinte twenty
Exercício 4

NUMBERS FROM 0 to 20 NÚMEROS DE 0 a 20

d s

d
d

Exercício 8

Tell how many objects there are in each square.

1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________

Exercício 9

Follow the example below to complete the following addition exercises.

Exemplo: 35 + 7 = 42 trinta e cinco e sete são quarenta e dois

1. 15 + 8 = 23
________________________________________________________________________
2. 10 + 9 = 19
________________________________________________________________________
3. 12 + 16 = 28
________________________________________________________________________

Exercício 15

Complete the following exercise by writing the numbers by five's.

cinco, dez, ___________20_____________________30_____________________

THE DAYS OF THE WEEK OS DIAS DA SEMANA

The days of the week are not capitalized in Portuguese.

Sunday domingo
Monday segunda-feira

THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR OS MESES DO ANO

January janeiro
February fevereiro
March março
 Exercício 26

Write the months for each season in Portuguese.

season _________________ season ____________________

months _________________ months ____________________
_____________________________ ________________________________
_____________________________ ________________________________

Exercício 28

Write the following numbers in Portuguese.

1. 105_______________________________________________________________

2. 163_______________________________________________________________

Exercício 29

Write the following numbers in Portuguese.

Exemplos: 200 duzentos 234 duzentos e trinta e quatro

1. 215
________________________________________________________________________

2. 354
________________________________________________________________________

3. 425
________________________________________________________________________
 TELLING TIME

To tell time in Portuguese, use é with the number one and são with all other
numbers.

Exemplo:

1:00 É uma hora.

It's one o'clock

Exercício 34

Write the time in Portuguese.

1. 2:05 ______________________________________________________

2. 1:30 ______________________________________________________

3. 1:05 ______________________________________________________

4. 1:15 ______________________________________________________

Exercício 39
Que horas são?

12 12 12
11 1 11 1 11 1

10 2 10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6

1. ________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________

 QUIZ # 1

I. Write the following numbers in Portuguese.

10 ___________________________ 17 ________________________________

15 ___________________________ 19 ________________________________

23 ___________________________ 29 ________________________________

34 ___________________________ 45 ________________________________

56 ___________________________ 68 ________________________________

79 ___________________________ 82 ________________________________

99 ___________________________ 100 ________________________________

165 _________________________________________________________________

289 _________________________________________________________________

592 _________________________________________________________________

1 783 _________________________________________________________________

12 789 _________________________________________________________________

II. Write the days of the week in Portuguese.

1.______________ 2._______________ 3.________________ 4. _______________

5. ______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________

III. Write the seasons of the year in Portuguese.

1. ______________________________ 2. __________________________________

3. ______________________________ 4. __________________________________
 Sample Answer Key

Exercício 2
1. O Antonio vive na terceira casa. 2. Não, a Maria vive na quarta casa.
3. Não, o João vive na segunda casa. 4. A Manuela vive na primeira casa.

Exercício 3
1. Não, a Aurora vive na quarta casa. 2. A família Silva vive na primeira casa.
3. A Ana vive na segunda casa. 4. Sim, o José vive na terceira casa.

Exercício 4
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c i n c o
z
d e z a s s e i s
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z v i n t e
t a s t
r n d e z e
d e z o i t o e
z v i r d
e e s o n z e
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c a t o r z e s
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Exercício 5
três, cinco, sete, nove, onze, treze, quinze, dezassete, dezanove

Exercício 6
Zero, um, dois, três, quatro, cinco, seis, sete, oito, nove, dez, onze, doze, treze, catorze, quinze, dezasseis,
dezassete, dezoito, dezanove, vinte.

Exercício 7
two, seven, one, four, eight, eleven, fifteen, eighteen, twelve, seventeen,
five, nine, three, six, ten, thirteen, sixteen, twenty, fourteen, nineteen.

Exercício 8
1. 18, 2. 7, 3. 9, 4. 14, 5. 8, 6. 8, 7. 7, 8. 13, 9. 14, 10. 6, 11. 12, 12. 12,
13. 9, 14. 18, 15. 1, 16. 16, 17. 5, 18. 20, 19. 9, 20. 9

Exercício 9
1. um e dois são três 11. sete e dois são nove
2. quatro e três são sete 12. nove e cinco são catorze
3. dois e quatro são seis 13. doze e três são quinze
4. um e três são quatro 14. onze e nove são vinte
5. cinco e cinco são dez 15. dezassete e dois são dezanove
6. três e dois são cinco 16. dez e três são treze
7. sete e quatro são onze 17. nove e um são dez
8. seis e seis são doze 18. zero e um é um
9. cinco e quatro são nove 19. seis e zero são seis
10. quatro e quatro são oito 20. oito e dois são dez