Texts, dialogues and discussion topics from Nuno's own lessons, graded A1 to B1. Every Portuguese line has an English translation you can reveal when you need it, plus vocabulary, comprehension questions and answers. Free to read, free to print.
A twenty-four-year-old medical student introduces himself, where he's from, what he studies, and what he loves and hates about daily life.
A fourteen-year-old ballet dancer with a house full of books and toys, and a family split between Porto and Lisbon.
An eleven-year-old gymnast from Lisbon explains, body part by body part, what it really takes to chase an Olympic dream.
A seventy-seven-year-old widower takes you through his day, breakfast, exercise, cards with friends, and a Sunday visit from his sons.
A friend's enormous house, floor by floor, room by room, in the simplest Portuguese you need to describe a home.
Meet Pedro's close-knit family in Porto and pick up the possessives you need to talk about your own.
Daniel turns thirty-eight in Tenerife, and this gentle A1 story walks through his day using the essential phrase fazer anos.
Inês walks you through her breakfast table, from iogurte com cereais to a chávena de chá, in simple present-tense Portuguese.
Inês returns to describe how her whole family shares the housework, from making her bed to washing the dishes after dinner.
Inês takes you through a full school day, from the eight thirty bell to the walk home, with clock times and her favourite subjects along the way.
Tiago walks you through his favourite day of the week, a slow Saturday of shared chores, a family outing and a film after dinner.
Daniel watches the sky change from his window and gives you every phrase you need for talking about the weather in European Portuguese.
Daniel takes you through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and tells you exactly which one is his favourite and why.
A quiet walk down a familiar street where every this and that marks exactly how far away it is.
A cold morning, a girlfriend who never feels the chill, and a day of Christmas shopping through the eyes of a Portuguese local.
One sister packs light and simple, the other loves heels and colour, and both help you build your clothing vocabulary in Portuguese.
A couple house-hunting for more space asks every question that matters before they say yes.
A parcel that is not in the system, an unhelpful clerk, and the famous Livro de Reclamações.
Two friends order a full meal, complain about a cold dish and ask for the bill, giving you every phrase you need for eating out in Portugal.
Tiago spends his summer at the beach, the pool and on a family trip in August, and this A2 reading gives you the vocabulary for a Portuguese summer.
A mysterious box, three missing backpacks and an old photograph turn a Portuguese classroom into a lesson on este, esse and aquele.
Pollution, climate change and who is actually responsible for fixing it, argued out in the opinion language every B1 learner needs.
Screens, scrolling and fake news, weighed up in the opinion language that turns a B1 rant into a proper argument.
Battle goblins and dragons with the right verb form. Present and past tense, four verb groups.