Andalusia PAU Portuguese study plan

Identify the main idea, purpose and intended audience of 6 short informative Portuguese texts (200-300 words each), writing a one-sentence summary for each in your own words.

Annotate unknown vocabulary in those texts and classify each item as cognate, false friend, or opaque, recording 40 items in a personal glossary with a Portuguese definition rather than a translation.

Recognise and label the tense and mood of 30 verb forms taken from the texts (presente, pretérito perfeito, imperfeito, futuro, subjuntivo presente).

Locate discourse connectors in the texts and group them by function: addition, contrast, cause, consequence, exemplification.

Answer 15 exam-style multiple-choice comprehension questions on unseen texts, justifying each choice with a quoted line from the text.

Distinguish explicit information from inference in 8 questions by marking each as 'stated' or 'implied' and explaining the cue that decided it.

Apply pronoun reference tracking to 10 ambiguous sentences, identifying what each pronoun (ele, ela, isso, o qual, cujo) refers to.

Produce 10 paraphrases of difficult sentences, keeping the meaning while changing the syntactic structure.

Summarise 4 argumentative texts in 60-80 words each, preserving the author's stance and the two strongest supporting points.

Transform 6 direct-speech passages into reported speech, adjusting tense, pronouns and time markers correctly.

Reduce 5 long sentences to their core proposition by deleting subordinate clauses, then rebuild them with different connectors.

Compare two texts on the same topic and state in 5 sentences where they agree, where they diverge, and which evidence each uses.

Write 3 opinion paragraphs of 120-150 words on exam-style prompts, each containing a clear thesis, two arguments and a concluding sentence.

Self-edit those paragraphs against a checklist covering article use, noun-adjective agreement, personal infinitive and connector variety, logging every error type.

Convert 10 informal sentences into formal register suitable for an exam essay, replacing colloquial vocabulary and contractions.

Draft and revise one 180-word formal email (complaint or request) using an appropriate opening, closing and register.

Compose a 200-250 word argumentative text under a 40-minute timer, then mark it against exam criteria for content, organisation, grammar and vocabulary.

Integrate 8 subjunctive and impersonal constructions (é importante que, caso, desde que, se bem que) accurately into your own writing.

Build a personal bank of 25 academic connectors and sentence frames, then use at least 10 of them in a single coherent text.

Rewrite one timed essay twice, each revision targeting a different weakness identified in your own marking.

Reformulate 3 source texts into different genres: a summary, a formal letter and a short news item, keeping facts accurate.

Practise interaction by recording 4 two-minute spoken responses to opinion prompts, then transcribing them to identify grammar slips.

Condense a 300-word text into 50 words and expand a 50-word note into 150 words without adding new claims.

Edit a peer-style sample answer, marking and correcting 15 planted errors across grammar, register and cohesion.

Map the Portuguese-speaking world by listing all Lusophone countries and one distinctive cultural or linguistic feature of each.

Compare European and Brazilian Portuguese on 10 concrete points (pronoun placement, gerund use, vocabulary, spelling under the orthographic agreement).

Read 3 short authentic texts on Lusophone cultural topics and answer comprehension questions, noting culture-specific references you had to look up.

Explain in 150 words how one cultural topic could appear in a reading or writing task, and prepare 10 facts you could deploy as supporting detail.

Sit two full timed mock exams under real conditions and score every section using the official weighting.

Analyse both mocks to rank your five weakest skills and write a targeted fix for each.

Re-drill your error log from weeks 1-7, re-testing 30 previously missed items until each is answered correctly twice.

Rehearse the written production section twice more, aiming to cut planning time and raise your self-assessed score by one band.