This 12 lesson course is delivered in 3 modules, each with 4 lessons (lições).
Module 1:
Past (perfeito) tense - regular verbs and ser, ir, estar, ter
-Life events
-Going out
-Visiting places
Module 2:
Past (perfeito) tense - irregular verbs
-When did you?
-We went to...
-Holidays
Module 3:
Imperfeito and perfeito past
-I used to
-Arranging to meet
-Music
The last lesson of each module is a revision and review session.
Please note that this platform describes the components of the lessons (lições) as lessons (very confusing and something we cannot change) So within each lesson (lição), you have the components of the lesson (lição), which are called lessons.
In this 4 lesson block, we're going to look at:
The regular AR and ER verbs in the past tense - pretérito, and the irregular verbs IR, SER, ESTAR and IR
The topics of the lessons are:
Life events
Going out
Visiting places
And as usual, the final lesson of the module will revise and review the content of the previous three lessons.
Life events
(Regular) AR verbs in the past tense - pretérito
Going out
Regular ER and IR verbs in the past tense - pretérito
Visiting places
SER, IR, ESTAR and TER in the past - pretérito
Revision 1
Acabar de - to have just done something
In this 4 lesson block, we're going to look at:
The irregular verbs in the past tense - pretérito
And the topics of the lesson are:
Talking about when you did things
Talking about where you have been
Holidays
And as usual, the final lesson of the module will revise and review the content of the previous three lessons.
Talking about when you did things in the past
The irregular verbs FAZER and VER in the past tense - pretérito
Talking about where you went in the past
The irregular verbs DIZER; QUERER; SABER and TRAZER in the past tense - pretérito
Holidays
The irregular verbs DAR, PODER, VIR, PÔR and HAVER in the past tense - pretérito
Revision 2
Revision of all the verbs in the pretérito
In this 4 lesson block, we're going to look at:
Formation and use of the 'other' past tense - the imperfeito. And then contrast its use with that of the perfeito.
The topics of the lessons are:
I used to...
Arranging to meet
Music
And as usual, the final lesson of the module will revise and review the content of the previous three lessons.
I used to ...
Formation of the imperfeito past tense in the regular and irregular forms
Focussing on the meaning as 'used to' talking about past habits
Arranging to meet
Contrasting the imperfeito with the perfeito tenses
Focussing on states that continue vs actions that happen
Music
Further contrasting the imperfeito and perfeito tenses
Focussing on ongoing actions - estava a vs competed actions
Revision 3
The use of the imperfeito with a conditional and polite meaning