Practice Sections
Vocabulary: 876 words, flashcards & context practice
5 min read Updated 2026-10-27
The vocabulary section covers 876 exam-relevant words in 21 themed sets — essential verbs, family, daily routine, food, directions, transport, home, weather, shopping, professions, health, and more. Each set has five practice tabs:
- Cards — classic flashcards. Mark each word as known or unknown; unknown words go to your review pile.
- PT→EN quiz — recognize the Portuguese word.
- EN→PT quiz — produce the Portuguese word (the direction the writing and speaking sections need).
- Contexto — fill-the-gap sentences built from real examples. Choose your difficulty and answer by picking an option or typing the word — typed answers tolerate accents and small ending differences.
- Review — spaced repetition over the words you've marked unknown or missed. A word you know comes back in 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and then 60 days; miss it and it returns to today; pass it at 60 days and it leaves the pile. Due words are counted per set and across all sets on the dashboard, and Word review runs through every due word in one go.
A set counts as completed on the dashboard once you finish flashcards, PT→EN and EN→PT; Contexto is extra practice on top. Each mode, Contexto included, awards 10 XP the first time you finish it in a set; playing it again with “Start over” is for practice. Leave a quiz halfway and it picks up at the same question when you come back on the same device.
Audio pronunciation
Tap the speaker icon on any word, or on a sentence in Contexto, to hear it in a European Portuguese voice. Words and example sentences play from ready recordings, checked by speech recognition, so they start at once and there is no daily limit.
Tracking your vocabulary
The progress page shows per-set completion for each mode, your context-practice accuracy, average answer time, most-missed words, and the size of your review pile.
Not sure how many words you already know? The free 2-minute vocabulary test estimates your coverage of the 876-word base — a good before/after measure of your prep.
Still stuck? Email hello@cipleready.com — we read every message and fix reported problems fast.