| Acknowledgments | 4 |
| Credits | 6 |
| Foreword | 7 |
| Objectives Summary | 10 |
| Legend | 11 |
| Preliminar: O Mundo Lusofono | 12 |
| Portugal | 12 |
| Lusophone countries | 14 |
| Countries, Nationalities, Languages | 16 |
| Proficiency Activities | 18 |
| Vnidade 0 | Ola! | 20 |
| Greetings | 22 |
| Goodbyes | 25 |
| Introductions | 26 |
| The Classroom | 28 |
| Neuter Demonstratives | 29 |
| Cardinal Numbers | 30 |
| How much is...? | 32 |
| In an Outdoor Cafe | 34 |
| Days of the week | 36 |
| Months of the year | 36 |
| Pronunciation-vowels | 40 |
| Review | 41 |
| Culture - Let's Visit Lisbon | 43 |
| Vocabulary | 46 |
| Expressions | 47 |
| Proficiency Activities | 48 |
| Vnidade 1 | Quem e? | 52 |
| Reading | 54 |
| Descriptive words | 56 |
| Structure | |
| I. | Singular form of definite articles | 60 |
| II. | Singular form of indefinite articles | 60 |
| III. | Adjective agreement | 62 |
| IV. | Present tense of to be (ser), singular | 64 |
| V. | Subject pronouns (singular) | 64 |
| Reading | 65 |
| Structure | |
| VI. | Present tense verb to have (singular) | 66 |
| VII. | Telling one's age using the verb ter | 66 |
| VIII. | Negative sentences | 68 |
| Reading | 69 |
| Structure | |
| IX. | The verb to be (ser) | 70 |
| X. | Subject pronouns | 70 |
| XI. | The verb to have (ter) | 72 |
| XII. | Definite articles | 73 |
| XIII. | Indefinite articles | 73 |
| XIV. | Rules of Forming the Plural | 74 |
| XV. | Demonstratives | 76 |
| Pronunciation - Accents | 77 |
| Review | 78 |
| Culture - Let's Visit Porto | 81 |
| Vocabulary | 84 |
| Expressions | 84 |
| Proficiency Activities | 85 |
| Vnidade 2 | Na Escola | 88 |
| Reading | 90 |
| The School | 92 |
| Structure | |
| I. | Regular verbs | 95 |
| II. | Present Indicative of -ar verbs, singular | 95 |
| III. | Gostar de - To like | 97 |
| IV. | Contraction of the preposition de with the definite article | 98 |
| V. | Contraction of the prepositon em with the articles | 98 |
| VI. | Acabar de - Just finished | 99 |
| VII. | What time is it? | 101 |
| VIII. | Expressions with time | 101 |
| IX. | At what time is...? | 102 |
| X. | Using a, as, ao with time | 102 |
| XI. | The verb chegar (to arrive) | 104 |
| School subjects | 107 |
| Structure | |
| XII. | Interrogative words | 110 |
| Pronunciation - Letter c, c, and nasal vowels | 112 |
| Review | 113 |
| Culture - Let's Visit Braga | 115 |
| Vocabulary | 118 |
| Expressions | 119 |
| Proficiency Activities | 119 |
| Vnidade 3 | Passatempos e Actividades Nos Tempos Livres | 122 |
| Reading | 124 |
| Leisure Places | 125 |
| Structure | |
| I. | Present Indicative of -ar verbs | 126 |
| II. | Ir - To go | 131 |
| III. | Verb to go with locations | 132 |
| IV. | To go by + transportation | 133 |
| V. | Future with the verb ir | 135 |
| VI. | Estar - To be (ser vs. estar) | 136 |
| The Weather | 138 |
| Structure | |
| VII. | Ter que - Must or have to | 140 |
| VIII. | Expressions with ter and estar com | 141 |
| IX. | Present Progressive (ongoing actions) | 142 |
| Pronunciation - Letter group ch | 143 |
| Review | 144 |
| Culture - Welcome to Coimbra | 149 |
| Vocabulary | 152 |
| Expressions | 152 |
| Proficiency Activities | 153 |
| Vnidade 4 | O Lar, A Casa e A Familia | 156 |
| Reading | 158 |
| The House | 160 |
| Structure | |
| I. | Present Indicative of -er verbs | 163 |
| II. | Ordinal numbers | 166 |
| Rooms and Furniture | 168 |
| Structure | |
| III. | Ha - There is, there are | 170 |
| IV. | Present Indicative of -ir verbs | 171 |
| V. | Irregular verbs (ver, ler, vir) | 173 |
| The Family | 174 |
| Structure | |
| VI. | Possessives | 178 |
| VII. | Irregular Verbs (ouvir, poder, pedir) | 180 |
| VIII. | Some Adverbs | 182 |
| Pronunciation - The letters j and g, and letter groups lh and nh | 183 |
| Review | 184 |
| Culture - Welcome to Evora | 189 |
| Vocabulary | 192 |
| Expressions | 193 |
| Proficiency Activities | 194 |
| Dictionaries | 199 |
| Index | 206 |
| Art Credits | 208 |
