Useful daily and work expressions – vocabulary

Complete with the missing information.

Portuguese English

Adeus! Goodbye! Bye! Bye, bye!

Alguém me pode emprestar uma caneta / um

lápis?

Boa noite!

Boa noite! (na hora de ir deitar)

Boa tarde! Good afternoon!

Bom dia! Good morning!

How are you today?

Esta frase está correta?

Be quiet!

Estou bem.

I’m sick.

Estou muito bem.

Eu não entendo!

I was absent last lesson.

Isto está correto?

I’m not very well.

Não faça(s) isso!

No, you may not.

O que é que fizemos a aula passada?

What can I do now?

Olá! Hello, Hi!

Ouçam-me! Ouve-me!

I’m sorry I’m late.

Pode desviar-se, se faz favor?

Pode falar mais devagar, se faz favor?

Can you repeat the word, please?

Pode repetir?

May I clean the board?

May I answer the phone?

Posso entrar?

Posso ir afiar o meu lápis?

Posso ir ao WC, se faz favor?

Posso ir lá fora um minuto?

May I answer?

Can I try?

Posso trocar de lugar?

Prestem /presta atenção! Pay attention!

Sit down!
 Yes, you may.

Tenho uma terrível dor de cabeça.

Vamos começar a aula. Let’s start the lesson.

 Numbers and mathematics
Read and study the following information.

CARDINALS 101 – a hundred and one 40th – fortieth

1 – one 102 - a hundred and two
2 – two (…) 50th – fiftieth
3 – three 154 – a hundred and fifty-four
(…) 60th – sixtieth
4 – four 200 – two hundred
5 – five 201 – two hundred and one 100th – hundredth
6 – six 300 – three hundred
7 – seven (…) 1000th – thousandth
8 – eight 1000 – a thousand
1.000.000th - millionth
9 – nine 1001 – a thousand and one
10 – ten 1025 – a thousand and twenty-five
11 – eleven ORDINALS
12 – twelve 1st – first (st)
13 – thirteen 2nd – second (nd)
14 – fourteen 3rd – third (rd)
15 – fifteen 4th – fourth (th)
16 – sixteen 5th – fifth (th)
17 – seventeen 6th – sixth (th)
18 – eighteen 7th – seventh
19 – nineteen 8th – eighth
20 – twenty 9th – ninth
21 – Twenty-one 10th – tenth
(…) 11th – eleventh
30 – thirty 12th – twelfth
31 – Thirty-one 13th – thirteenth
(…) 14th – fourteenth
40 – forty 15th – fifteenth
41 – forty-one 16th – sixteenth
(…) 17th – seventeenth
50 – fifty 18th – eighteenth
60 – sixty 19th - nineteenth
70 – seventy 20th – twentieth (th)
80 – eighty 21st – twenty-first
90 – ninety 22nd – twenty-second
100 – a hundred 30th – thirtieth
Mathematics
Examples:
5+5=?
(What’s five plus five? It’s ten.)
6–3=?
(What’s six minus three? It’s three.)
4x7=?
(What’s four times seven? It’s twenty-eight.)
8:4=?
(What’s eight divided by four? It’s two.)
 What’s…?
a) 2 x 4 =

b) 12: 3 =

c) 40 – 6 =

d) 32 + 7 =

e) 86 – 9 =

f) 50 x 5 =

To remember: 1.456 (DECIMALS) – one point four, five, six; 1/3 (FRACTIONS) – one third; 2/3 (FRACTIONS) – two
thirds; 2/49 – two over forty-nine; 1986 (YEAR) – nineteen, eighty-six; 2006 (YEAR) - two thousand and six or
twenty oh six; 1600 (YEAR) – sixteen hundred; século XVI (CENTURY) – 16th century; 1456 (NUMBER) – one
thousand, four hundred and fifty-six; 912553330 (PHONE NUMBER) – nine, one, two, double five, three, double
three, oh/zero.

EXERCISES:
A. Practise

What’s…?

5x4=
14 : 2 =
30 – 5 =
42 + 7 =
119 + 143=
260 : 2 =
1000-1=
2459 – 5 =

B. Write in words.
A 141

B 240

C 101

D 21st

E 13

F 30

G 13th

H 30th

I 42

J 24th

K 50

L 100

M 100th

N 1.5

O 1.5678

P 1920 (year)

Q 1920

R 1/5

C. Write the following phone numbers.

a) 971 678 543

b) 222 908 765

c) 269 083 284

d) 964 321 144

e) 234 400 556

f) 224 455 667

g) 967 780 033

h) 934 456 333

i) 212 000 231