B2 Portuguese Grammar Lessons

• 1 - Advanced Conditional Tenses

  Understand and confidently use advanced conditional tenses. Differentiate and apply the conditional present (futuro do pretérito), conditional past (condicional passado) and the future subjunctive (futuro do subjuntivo).

• 2 - Refining Use of Pronouns

  Master the use of clitic pronouns (pronomes clíticos), reflexive pronouns (pronomes reflexivos), relative pronouns (pronomes relativos) to give depth to your sentences.

• 3 - Personal Infinitive Application

  Use the personal infinitive correctly to express future actions related to other people.

• 4 - Understanding the Past Perfect

  Distinguish and apply the pluperfect indicative (mais-que-perfeito do indicativo) used to express an action that occurred before another action in the past.

• 5 - Subjunctive vs Indicative Moods

  Distinguish and use the subjunctive and indicative moods in complex sentences to communicate about facts, possibilities, necessities, and uncertainties.

• 6 - Passive Voice Usage

  Appreciate the difference and alter between active and passive voices in sentences. Effectively use the passive voice to place emphasis on the object of the action.

• 7 - Advanced Verb Conjugations

  Master advanced verb conjugations such as irregular verbs and common stem-changing verbs in various complex contexts.

• 8 - Sophisticated Use of Conjunctions

  Examine and use a wider range of conjunctions like correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions to structure your sentences.

• 9 - Time Sequence Constructs

  Get a full grasp of various constructs to express sequence and progression of time

• 10 - Complex Direct and Indirect Discourse

  Express yourself smoothly in situations requiring change from indirect to direct discourse along with associated pronoun and verb tense modifications.

• 11 - Nuances of Imperative Form

  Learn to use the nuances of the imperative form to give polite or informal commands, advice, or make requests.

• 12 - Proficient Use of Adverbial Clauses

  Incorporate adverbial clauses to communicate time, place, reason, condition, concession, and manner accurately.

• 13 - Emphasizing Statements

  Develop the ability to make nuanced emphasis in your sentences with word choices.

• 14 - Correct Use of Prepositions in Phrasal Verbs

  Understand and correctly use phrasal verbs with prepositions for a wide range of situations.

• 15 - Perfect Use of Gerund vs Infinitive

  Use gerunds and infinitives appropriately in complex sentences, understand their differences in meaning and function.

• 16 - Mastering Compound Tenses

  Dissect and understand the formation and usage of compound tenses to communicate about actions relative to other actions.

• 17 - Objective vs Subjective Expressions

  Master the correct use of subjective and objective expressions in the indicative and subjunctive moods.

• 18 - Tailoring Communication with Register

  Understand and demonstrate the correct usage of formal and informal registers in Portuguese grammar.