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Practice with Numbers by Fernanda L. Ferreira, Ph.D.

Now that you've learned all about using numbers to talk about time, days, months, and seasons, let's see what you remember. The following three exercises will test your knowledge; you can check your answers in Appendix C at the back of the book.

Exercise: Do You Have the Time?

Listen to the time said on the audio CD and circle the written equivalent below.

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<tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1.</p></td> <td><p>2:30</p></td> <td><p>12:30</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2.</p></td> <td><p>6:40</p></td> <td><p>7:20</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3.</p></td> <td><p>7:10</p></td> <td><p>1710</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4.</p></td> <td><p>12 A.M.</p></td> <td><p>12 P.M.</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2><link linkend="l29">Exercise: What Is the Date?</link></h2> <p>Listen to the CD and circle the date that you hear.</p> <p></p> <p>TRACK 49</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1.</p></td> <td><p>01/04</p></td> <td><p>01/05</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2.</p></td> <td><p>11/08</p></td> <td><p>08/11</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3.</p></td> <td><p>07/06</p></td> <td><p>06/07</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4.</p></td> <td><p>31/03</p></td> <td><p>31/05</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2><link linkend="l30">Exercise: Holidays</link></h2> <p>Write out the dates in Portuguese for the following holidays.</p> <ul> <li><p><emphasis>O Dia da Indenpendência dos Estados Unidos</emphasis> (Independence Day):</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>O Dia dos Namorados</emphasis> (Valentine's Day):</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>O dia de São Patrício</emphasis> (Saint Patrick's Day):</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>O (Dia de) Natal</emphasis> (Christmas Day):</p> <p>_______________________________________________________</p></li> </ul> <!--/gc--> <div id="pagination"><ul><li class="prev"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/brazilian-portuguese/the-vocabulary-of-numbers/the-months-and-seasons.htm" title="The Months and Seasons">The Months and Seasons</a></li><li class="next"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/brazilian-portuguese/first-conjugation-verbs/" title="First Conjugation Verbs">First Conjugation Verbs</a> </li></ul></div></div> <div id="coda"> <div id="rel"><div class="n5">Related Articles</div><ul> <li><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/brazilian-portuguese/the-vocabulary-of-numbers/practice-with-numbers.htm" zT="18/1YL/Zn"> Practice with Numbers - 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