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Elementary stories

Original Brazilian Portuguese stories written for this level, with comprehension questions.

20 original stories written for this level, each with a comprehension check.

Férias em Jericoacoara

Juliana plans the perfect week on the coast of Ceará, and almost everything goes wrong.

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A mangueira de Pirenópolis

A man remembers the July vacations of his childhood in a small town in Goiás, and goes back twenty years later.

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A entrevista de emprego

While she waits for a job interview in Curitiba, Bianca helps a stranger with a broken printer.

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Um recifense em Porto Alegre

Tiago moves from Recife to Porto Alegre and finds the South cold in more ways than one.

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Açaí com peixe

Vanessa from São Paulo orders açaí in Belém and gets something she didn't expect.

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Perdido em Olinda

During Carnaval in Olinda, Marcos loses his friends in the crowd and his phone dies.

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A quadrilha de Campina Grande

A week before the festa junina dance competition, Pedro loses his dance partner.

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Chuva na padaria

A busy bank manager in São Paulo gets caught in a summer storm on his way to an important meeting.

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Doutor Internet

Felipe wakes up with a pain in his foot, reads about it online and is sure he's seriously ill.

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A foto da feira

At an antiques market in São Paulo, Ana finds an old photo of a young woman who looks just like her.

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O primeiro encontro

Gabriel and Fernanda meet on a dating app, and each one plans a first date around the other's favorite hobby.

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O atalho

Three friends drive from São Paulo to Florianópolis, and one of them finds a shortcut on the GPS.

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A moqueca do vô Dito

After her grandfather dies, Isadora tries to cook his famous moqueca from his old recipe notebook.

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A noite sem luz

In Natal, the power goes out ten minutes before the last episode of a telenovela, and only one house still has light.

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A visita surpresa

On a lazy Friday night in Recife, Larissa and Henrique find out that his mother is on her way up.

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O cachorro carteiro

Every morning in Florianópolis, a dog leaves an envelope with a mysterious note at Débora's door.

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O bolão

An office in Goiânia thinks it has won the lottery, and everyone celebrates in their own way.

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Rede no barco

Vítor takes a riverboat from Manaus to the Parintins festival, but he arrives late to hang his hammock.

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Número errado

A widower in Fortaleza gets a text message meant for someone else, about a little girl's birthday cake.

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O papagaio da dona Cida

In a small town in Bahia, a prize-winning cake disappears from the church fair, and a talkative parrot may know something.

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