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Activities: “How to form questions in Brazilian Portuguese?”

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
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These activities are part of our Brazilian Portuguese Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: Reorder each sentence

Use the words in each list below to form a direct question.

  • conhece / a Joana / né / você
    ?

  • o Brasil / é que / onde / fica
    ?

  • chegam / quando / vocês
    ?

  • nós / para / vamos / onde
    ?

  • falando / sobre / você / o que / está
    ?

  • aqui / trabalha / Mário
    ?

  • fica / viu / aqui / você
    ?

  • no cinema / eu / como / chego / é que
    ?

  • é / quem / essa bicicleta / de
    ?

Activity 2: Which picture fits?

Connect one of the direct or indirect questions in the box with the picture that best describes it.

O que elas estão comendo?
Para onde ela vai viajar?
De onde eles são?
Alô, a Joana está?
Eu não sei a que horas a Marina chega.
A photo of a young woman sitting on a wall and talking on a cell phone.

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A photo of a young woman reading sitting on the hood of her car, reading a large map.

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A photo of two women eating in a busy restaurant. The woman at the center of the image is drinking a glass of wine.

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A photo of two American passports being held up in the hands of two different women. In the background we can see a European-style plaza.

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A photo of an old-fashioned white alarm clock in some sheets. A hand is reaching out to touch it.

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