Basic Portuguese in 15 Days: Home and Food and drink
Untimed topic quiz: 20 questions on Home and Food and drink, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 5: Home and Food and drink
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Question 1 of 20
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Answer: C. kitchen
A cozinha is the kitchen, the room where you cook (cozinhar).
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Question 2 of 20
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Answer: A. bedroom
In a home, o quarto is a bedroom. The living room is a sala.
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Question 3 of 20
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Answer: A. Há duas casas de banho.
Há never changes, even for plurals. Casas is feminine, so two is duas.
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Question 4 of 20
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Answer: C. na
Sala is feminine singular, so em + a = na: na sala.
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Question 5 of 20
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Answer: D. no
Quarto is masculine singular, so em + o = no: no quarto.
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Question 6 of 20
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Answer: C. fridge
O frigorífico is the fridge. The stove is o fogão and a cupboard is o armário.
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Question 7 of 20
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Answer: A. a casa de banho
In Portugal, the bathroom is a casa de banho. Banheiro is the Brazilian word, a banheira is a bathtub and o banho is a bath.
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Question 8 of 20
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Answer: D. A balcony
The speaker lists two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom, then says não há varanda: there is no balcony.
Transcript
O apartamento tem dois quartos, uma sala, uma cozinha e uma casa de banho. Não há varanda.
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Question 9 of 20
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Answer: B. In the kitchen, on the table
Inês says estão na cozinha, em cima da mesa: in the kitchen, on the table.
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Pedro: Onde estão as chaves?
Inês: Estão na cozinha, em cima da mesa. -
Question 10 of 20
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Answer: B. On the first floor
The text says no primeiro andar há três quartos: the three bedrooms are on the first floor.
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Question 11 of 20
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Answer: A. fish
O peixe means fish. Meat is a carne and chicken is o frango.
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Question 12 of 20
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Answer: A. os pães
Nouns ending in -ão have different plurals. Pão becomes pães.
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Question 13 of 20
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Answer: D. os limões
Limão is one of the many -ão nouns with the plural -ões: limões.
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Question 14 of 20
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Answer: D. os pastéis
Nouns ending in -l change -l to -is in the plural: pastel → pastéis.
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Question 15 of 20
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Answer: B. de
The verb gostar is always followed by de: gosto de chocolate.
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Question 16 of 20
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Answer: C. a água
Água is feminine and singular, so 'the' is a: a água.
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Question 17 of 20
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Answer: A. Tenho sede.
Portuguese uses ter for hunger and thirst: tenho sede (thirsty), tenho fome (hungry).
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Question 18 of 20
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Answer: A. Orange juice
The speaker says bebo um sumo de laranja: I drink an orange juice. Bread and cheese are what they eat.
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Ao pequeno-almoço, como pão com queijo e bebo um sumo de laranja.
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Question 19 of 20
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Answer: D. Rice, vegetables and eggs
Marta is vegetarian. She says como arroz, legumes e ovos: rice, vegetables and eggs.
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Rui: Gostas de carne?
Marta: Não, sou vegetariana. Como arroz, legumes e ovos. -
Question 20 of 20
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Answer: A. Oranges
Laranjas means oranges. The other items are bread, milk, eggs, cheese and salt cod.
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