Projeto 2: Um dia na cidade
Chapter Overview
This chapter is the Unit II integrated assessment. It does not introduce new grammar, vocabulary domains, pronunciation systems, or orthographic burdens. Instead, it asks you to combine everything activated in Chapters 6–9 — talking about food and preferences, describing your daily routine, locating places and moving through a neighborhood, and shopping for everyday items — into one connected day. You will follow a single narrator, Camila, through a Saturday in the city, and then use the same systems to plan and describe your own day.
Chapter Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Narrate a connected sequence of daily-life actions using regular -ar, -er, and -ir present-tense verbs, fazer, and ir.
- State food and drink preferences and order simply using gostar de and querer.
- Locate places and describe movement through a neighborhood using estar, ficar, ir a/para, and the contractions no/na/do/da.
- Ask prices, describe items, and complete a simple purchase using demonstratives, adjective agreement, precisar de, and poder.
- Combine these systems into one organized spoken and written account of a day in the city.
Communication Scenario
A conversation-group member is telling a friend about a Saturday spent running errands, eating, and shopping around the city — and then describing their own typical Saturday the same way.
- This chapter assesses only material activated in Chapters 6–9. No new productive grammar is introduced.
- You may invent your own city, places, foods, and purchases if you prefer not to describe a real day.
- Chapters 1–5 systems (greetings, ser, estar, ter, identity, family, days, dates, and times) continue to recycle throughout this chapter.
Unit II Systems Map
These four chapters work together to build one connected day. Review the map below before continuing.
Cap. 6 — O que você come?
Regular -ar present, gostar de, articles, querer, ordering with por favor.
Cap. 7 — Minha rotina
Regular -er/-ir, formulaic reflexive routines, a gente, frequency words, fazer, ir.
Cap. 8 — Onde fica?
estar vs. ficar, ir a/para, contractions no/na/do/da, onde.
Cap. 9 — Quanto custa?
Demonstratives, adjective position and agreement, precisar de, poder, numbers and prices.
Vocabulary Review
The following table gathers key vocabulary from Chapters 6–9 that this chapter continues to recycle. No new vocabulary domain is introduced here.
| Domain | Sample forms |
|---|---|
| Food and drink (Cap. 6) | o café da manhã, o almoço, o jantar, a água, o suco, gostar de, querer |
| Daily routine (Cap. 7) | acordar, trabalhar, estudar, comer, sair, fazer, ir, sempre, nunca, às vezes |
| Places and location (Cap. 8) | a rua, o mercado, o banco, a praça, ficar, no, na, do, da, onde |
| Shopping (Cap. 9) | a loja, o preço, caro, barato, este/esse/aquele, precisar de, poder, quanto custa |
This chapter does not activate new vocabulary. Use it as a reference while completing the tasks below.
Model Passage: Um dia na cidade
O sábado de Camila
No sábado, Camila acorda cedo e toma café da manhã em casa. Ela gosta de comer pão com queijo e tomar um suco de laranja. Às nove horas, ela sai de casa e vai ao mercado, que fica perto da praça. No mercado, ela compra frutas e legumes. Depois, ela vai a uma loja de roupas no centro. Ela precisa de uma camisa nova para o trabalho. Ela vê esta camisa branca e essa camisa azul; a azul custa setenta reais. Camila pergunta: "Posso pagar com cartão?" A vendedora responde: "Pode sim!" À tarde, Camila volta para casa, almoça com a família e descansa um pouco. À noite, ela sai com amigos para jantar em um restaurante perto do banco. Foi um bom sábado!
This passage combines routine verbs (Cap. 7), location and movement (Cap. 8), and shopping language (Cap. 9) into one connected narration. Notice that it stays in the present tense; narrating this same day in the past is developed beginning in Chapter 16.
Guided Practice
- Reread the model passage and underline every verb form. Identify which chapter (6, 7, 8, or 9) first activated each one.
- Complete each sentence with fica, vai, or gosta de: O mercado ______ perto da praça. / Camila ______ à loja de roupas. / Ela ______ pão com queijo.
- Rewrite each phrase with the correct contraction: em + a loja. de + o banco. em + o mercado.
- Complete each sentence with precisar de or poder: Camila ______ uma camisa nova. / Ela ______ pagar com cartão?
Listening Task
If no audio recording is available, ask a partner, instructor, or text-to-speech tool to read the script below aloud, or read it aloud to yourself slowly.
- What two things does the speaker buy at the market?
- Why does the speaker go to a store in the afternoon?
- Which shoes does the speaker prefer, and how much do they cost?
Speaking Task
Prática controlada — Controlled practice: four sentences
Say each sentence aloud about your own typical Saturday: Eu acordo ______. (a time); Eu gosto de ______. (a food); Eu vou a/ao/à ______. (a place); Eu preciso de ______. (an item)
Tarefa comunicativa — Communicative task: describe your day
With a partner, take turns describing a typical Saturday from morning to night. Include at least one food preference, one place with its location, and one shopping moment with a price. Your partner should ask at least one follow-up question using onde, quanto, or o que.
Prática individual — Solo alternative
Record yourself narrating your own version of Camila's Saturday, using the model passage as a structure but changing the places, foods, and items to match your own city or an invented one.
Reading Task
Uma mensagem de Camila
Oi, Rafael! Como você está? Hoje eu fui muito ocupada. De manhã, eu fui ao mercado perto da praça e comprei frutas. Depois, eu fui a uma loja no centro porque eu precisava de uma camisa nova. Eu vi uma camisa branca e uma camisa azul; a azul custava setenta reais. Eu comprei a azul e paguei com cartão. À noite, eu vou jantar com amigos perto do banco. E você, o que você fez hoje?
This message uses simple past forms (fui, comprei, vi, custava, paguei) for recognition only. Past-tense narration becomes an active productive system beginning in Chapter 16; here you only need to understand the message, not produce these forms yourself.
Tarefa de leitura — Reading task:
- Where did Camila go in the morning, and what did she buy?
- Which shirt did Camila buy, and how much did it cost?
- What does Camila plan to do tonight, and where?
Writing Task
Complete the following linked writing tasks in order to build a short message describing your own day in the city.
Tarefa 1 — Routine: Write two sentences describing your morning routine, using at least one regular -ar, -er, or -ir verb and one frequency word.
Tarefa 2 — Food: Write one sentence with gostar de or querer about something you eat or drink.
Tarefa 3 — Location and shopping: Write one sentence locating a place with ficar or a contraction, and one sentence about a purchase using a demonstrative and an adjective in correct agreement.
Tarefa 4 — Full message: Combine Tarefas 1–3 into one short message of five to six sentences for a friend describing your day in the city, following the model of Camila's message in the Reading Task.
- Draft each section separately. Write the routine, food, location, and shopping sentences one at a time before combining them.
- Combine the sections into one message. Add a greeting at the start, recycled from Chapter 1.
- Check verb agreement. Confirm that regular -ar/-er/-ir endings match the subject.
- Check contractions and demonstratives. Confirm that no/na/do/da and este/esse/aquele forms are correct and agree with their nouns.
- Check numbers and diacritics. Confirm that prices are written correctly and that accented forms such as é, está, and à are preserved.
Lista de revisão — Editing checklist:
- The message includes a greeting, a routine detail, a food preference, a located place, and a shopping moment with a price.
- Regular present-tense verbs agree with their subjects.
- Contractions and demonstratives are used correctly and agree with their nouns.
- precisar de and poder are used correctly for their functions.
- All diacritics and number spellings are preserved.
Culture and Communication
In many Brazilian cities, Saturdays commonly combine errands, open-air or neighborhood markets, and unhurried meals with family or friends, though the exact rhythm of the day varies widely by city, household, and personal schedule. Weekend mealtimes often stretch longer than weekday meals, and evening plans with friends are common but not universal.
Terms and habits around neighborhood markets, corner shops, and shopping districts vary across Brazil and across other Lusophone countries. This chapter continues to use the Brazilian production model established in Chapters 6–9; other regional patterns remain recognition only unless a later chapter labels and activates them.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Error: Saying O mercado está perto da praça when describing a place's fixed, permanent location.
Correction: Use ficar for a place's fixed location: O mercado fica perto da praça. Estar remains appropriate for people, movable objects, and temporary situations.
Error: Saying Eu vou a o mercado, leaving a and o uncontracted.
Correction: Contract the preposition and article: Eu vou ao mercado.
Error: Saying Eu comprei uma camisa azul e um sapato marrom bonito without checking each adjective separately when a sentence names several items.
Correction: Check each noun-adjective pair on its own: uma camisa azul (feminine singular) and um sapato marrom bonito (masculine singular) are each correctly agreed, even within the same sentence.
Chapter Summary
O que você praticou — What you practiced
This chapter did not activate new grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, or orthography. It consolidated Chapters 6–9 by combining routine, food preferences, location and movement, and shopping into one connected narration and one connected message, and by requiring you to move between all four systems in listening, speaking, reading, and writing tasks.
Chapter Review
Parte A — Compreensão (Comprehension)
1. Return to the Model Passage, and answer these short questions.
- Where does Camila go before the clothing store, and what does she buy there?
- How does Camila pay for the shirt?
Parte B — Escrita (Writing)
1. Write one sentence with a regular present-tense verb and one sentence with ficar.
2. Write one sentence with a demonstrative, a color or size adjective, and a price.
Parte C — Leitura (Reading)
1. Return to the Uma mensagem de Camila passage in the Reading Task, and list the three places Camila mentions.
Parte D — Fala (Speaking)
1. Tell a partner about your morning, afternoon, and evening in three connected sentences.
Practical Performance Task
Chapter 10 Practical Check — Unit II Integrated Assessment
Um dia na cidade: A Connected Day in the City
Complete the following connected tasks, in order, as one integrated performance covering Chapters 6–9.
- Read the Uma mensagem de Camila passage. Answer the comprehension questions above before continuing.
- Describe your routine. Use at least one regular present-tense verb and one frequency word.
- State a food preference. Use gostar de or querer.
- Locate a place. Use ficar or a contraction with no/na/do/da.
- Complete a purchase. Use a demonstrative, an agreed adjective, precisar de or poder, and a price in reais.
- Combine all five into one spoken and written account of a day in the city, applying the editing checklist from the Writing Task.
| Criterion | What is assessed |
|---|---|
| Routine verbs | The learner uses regular -ar/-er/-ir present-tense forms correctly and with correct agreement. |
| Food preference | The learner states a preference correctly using gostar de or querer. |
| Location and movement | The learner locates a place using ficar or a contraction and describes movement with ir a/para. |
| Shopping and transaction | The learner uses a demonstrative, an agreed adjective, and either precisar de or poder, with an accurate price. |
| Diacritics and spelling | The learner preserves diacritics throughout, including é, está, and à. |
This checkpoint uses only material activated in Chapters 1–9. No new productive grammar, vocabulary domain, pronunciation system, or orthographic burden is introduced in this assessment chapter.
Answer Key
Guided Practice
- Sample: acorda (Cap. 7), toma (Cap. 6), sai (Cap. 7), vai (Cap. 8), compra (Cap. 9), fica (Cap. 8) — other correct identifications from the passage are also acceptable.
- fica / vai / gosta de
- na loja / do banco / no mercado
- precisa de / pode
Listening Task — Comprehension
- The speaker buys fruit and bread (frutas e pão).
- The speaker goes to a store because they need new shoes (precisa de sapatos novos).
- The speaker prefers the brown shoes (os sapatos marrons), which cost eighty reais.
Reading Task
- Camila goes to the market near the square and buys fruit; then she goes to a store downtown and buys a blue shirt, paying by card; at night she plans to have dinner with friends near the bank.
Chapter Review
- Camila goes to a store in the center and buys a blue shirt; she pays with a card.
- Sample: Eu como pão de manhã. / O banco fica perto da praça. (other accurate sentences following the same patterns are also correct)
- Sample: Esta camisa azul custa setenta reais. (other accurate demonstrative-plus-adjective-plus-price sentences are also correct)
- The market, the clothing store, and the bank (o mercado, a loja de roupas, o banco).
Looking Ahead
O que você já sabe fazer — What you can do now
You can describe a full day of everyday life — your routine, your food preferences, the places you go, and the things you buy — combining these systems into one connected account, spoken or written, while preserving correct agreement, contractions, and diacritics.