Basic Portuguese in 30 Days: Telling the time
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Telling the time, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: Telling the time
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: A. What time is it?
Que horas são? is the usual way to ask the time.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: C. É
One o'clock is singular, so use é: É uma hora.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: B. São
All hours except one, midday and midnight are plural, so use são: São quatro horas.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: D. São três e meia.
Half past is e meia (feminine, from meia hora), and three is plural, so use são.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: C. 4:45
Menos means minus: five minus a quarter is 4:45. 5:15 is cinco e um quarto.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: B. às
For 'at' with hours, use às. Use à only with uma (one o'clock).
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: B. à
Uma (one o'clock) is singular and feminine, so 'at one' is à uma.
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: B. 8:30
The worker says abre às oito e meia: it opens at half past eight.
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Cliente: A que horas abre o banco?
Funcionário: Abre às oito e meia. -
Question 9 of 10
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Answer: B. 12:20
João says é meio-dia e vinte: twenty minutes after midday.
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Rita: Que horas são?
João: É meio-dia e vinte. -
Question 10 of 10
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Answer: A. No, it closes at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
On Saturday (sábado) the pharmacy is open from 9h00 to 13h00, so at 3 p.m. it is already closed.
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