B1 Portuguese Grammar Lessons

• 1 - Revision of Basic Tenses

  Reaffirm your understanding of the present, past, and future tenses, including simple, progressive, and perfect variations.

• 2 - Subjunctive Tense - Introduction

  Grasp the basics of the subjunctive tense, recognize its usage in expressing uncertainties and hypothetical conditions.

• 3 - Indicative vs. Subjunctive

  Distinguish uses of the indicative and subjunctive moods, understand when to use each for more precise communication.

• 4 - Demonstrative Pronouns

  Know how to use demonstrative pronouns to indicate specific things in relation to distance and understand their inflection according to gender and number.

• 5 - Relative Pronouns and Clauses

  Master how to connect two sentences using relative pronouns for more complex and smoother conversations.

• 6 - Revision of Pronominal Placement

  Refresh your knowledge on the correct placement of pronouns in a sentence to improve clarity in communication.

• 7 - Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns

  Understand the usage of reflexive verbs and pronouns to express actions done to oneself.

• 8 - Complex Sentence Structures

  Compose more complex sentences integrating new verbs and conjunctions for more advanced dialogs.

• 9 - Subjunctive Tense - Commands

  Discover how to use subjunctive tense to make commands and suggestions for more assertive communication.

• 10 - Indirect Speech

  Efficiently transition from direct to indirect speech and understand how verb tenses change in indirect speech.

• 11 - Advanced Imperfect Tenses

  Delve deeper into the usage of Portuguese imperfect tenses to perfectly recount past activities.

• 12 - Adverbial Clauses

  Incorporate adverbial clauses into your connversations to add information about place, time, cause, condition, manner, and comparison.

• 13 - Passive Voice

  Learn how to use the passive voice to shift the focus from the subject to the object in a sentence.

• 14 - Subjunctive Tense - Conjunctive phrases

  Explore how to use subjunctive in conjunctive phrases to express conditions that may or may not occur.

• 15 - Reported Speech

  Apply the rules of reported speech to narrate what someone else has said in a conversation.

• 16 - Pronoun Cliticization

  Grasp the concept of cliticization, a process in which pronouns attach to a verb for more concise sentences.

• 17 - Gerund vs. Infinitive

  Distinguish when to use the gerund or infinitive forms to depict ongoing versus one-time actions.

• 18 - Condicional Tense

  Master the conditional tense to express hypothetical situations and future possibilities.

• 19 - Past Participle Clauses

  Form complex sentences using clauses beginning with a past participle, adding more depth and variety to your language.

• 20 - Sequences of Tenses

  Understand the correct sequence of tenses during indirect speech and complex sentence structures.