Basic Portuguese in 7 Days (Fast Track): Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 3: Home, Food and drink, Shopping and prices and more
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Question 1 of 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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Answer: C. na
Sala is feminine singular, so em + a = na: na sala.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: D. no
Quarto is masculine singular, so em + o = no: no quarto.
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Question 6 of 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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 40
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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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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: A. How much is it?
Quanto custa? means 'How much does it cost?'. Use it to ask a price.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: B. custam
Os sapatos is plural, so use custam (they cost). Custa is for one thing.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: A. três euros e vinte
3,20 € is three euros and twenty cents: três euros e vinte. Treze is 13.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: D. expensive
Caro means expensive. Cheap is barato and sales are saldos.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: A. Tem um tamanho maior?
Maior means bigger, so Tem um tamanho maior? asks for a bigger size.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: D. the checkout
In a shop, a caixa is the checkout, where you pay. The fitting room is o provador.
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: A. Não, obrigada.
Quer saco? means 'Do you want a bag?'. You can answer sim, por favor or não, obrigado / obrigada.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: A. €1.80 per kilo
The seller says um euro e oitenta o quilo: one euro eighty a kilo.
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Cliente: Quanto custam as laranjas?
Vendedor: Custam um euro e oitenta o quilo. -
Question 29 of 40
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Answer: D. By card
The customer asks posso pagar com cartão?: can I pay by card? The cashier says yes.
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Funcionária: São vinte e três euros e quarenta.
Cliente: Posso pagar com cartão?
Funcionária: Sim, claro. -
Question 30 of 40
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Answer: C. €15
Camisolas are sweaters. The old price was 25 € and the sale price (saldos) is 15 €.
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Question 31 of 40
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Answer: D. Queria um café, por favor.
Queria (I would like) with por favor is the polite way to order in Portugal.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: B. A small strong black coffee
Um café in Portugal is an espresso: small, strong and black. Coffee with milk in a tall glass is um galão.
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: B. a custard tart
Um pastel de nata is a small custard tart, very popular in Portugal.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: C. Anything else?
Mais alguma coisa? means 'Anything else?'. If you don't want more, say é tudo.
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: C. A conta, por favor.
A conta is the bill. A ementa is the menu.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: A. Queria uma água sem gás.
Sem gás means 'without gas' (still). Com gás means sparkling.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: A. Para levar, por favor.
Para levar means 'to take away'. Para aqui would mean you want to eat in the café.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: B. A galão and a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
The customer says queria um galão e uma tosta mista. A tosta mista is a toasted ham and cheese sandwich.
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Empregado: Bom dia, o que deseja?
Cliente: Queria um galão e uma tosta mista, por favor. -
Question 39 of 40
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Answer: A. Cold water
The customer answers fresca, which means cold from the fridge. Natural would mean room temperature.
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Cliente: Uma água, por favor.
Empregada: Fresca ou natural?
Cliente: Fresca, se faz favor. -
Question 40 of 40
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Answer: B. €2.10
Café costs 0,80 € and pastel de nata costs 1,30 €. Together that is 2,10 €.
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