The One World Italiano page dedicated to Italian grammar offers a wide range of resources to help students improve their language skills.
It includes detailed sections on grammar rules, spelling, and practical exercises. Topics range from the use of auxiliary verbs “essere” and “avere” to differences between similar forms like “si” and “sì”.
It is a comprehensive reference for those who want to deepen their understanding of Italian grammar.
NE is a pronominal particle which serves as a pronoun and has various uses. It can be used as: Pronome personale indiretto: di lui, di lei, di loro, da lui, da lei, da loro. È da tanto tempo che non vedo Enrica e Gianni: non ne so niente. di loro Non ho visto il film, ma ne ho sentito parlare bene. del film Da questa […]
Read moreExercise to test your knowledge of the Italian simple conditional and perfect conditional.
Read moreCI is a pronominal particle which serves as a pronoun. It has various uses: Sostituisce il pronome personale diretto noi (anche nei verbi riflessivi) Luca ha visto Maria e me (noi) al cinema ieri. → Luca ci ha visto al cinema ieri. Ci vediamo domani! (Verbo riflessivo: io vedo te, tu vedi me = ci vediamo) Sostituisce il pronome personale indiretto a noi Carla […]
Read moreInformal letters are sent to family, friends and people who we know quite well. Example of an informal letter: Place and date Cagliari, 20 dicembre 2007 Recipient Caro Stefano, Introduction Riesco a scriverti solo adesso perché sono stato molto impegnato sia per gli allenamenti di basket sia per la scuola. B O D Y Purpose Ora però non posso più […]
Read moreFormal letters are used for matters of work and business. Often we don’t know who we are writing to. We could write to, for example: a public body a business department the manager of a company the head of a university department a freelance professional Because we don’t know the person, the language used is formal and we always use […]
Read moreThe infinitive is one of the impersonal forms of the verb and does not conjugate. Its form always stays the same irrespective of gender and number. There is the present infinitive and the past infinitive. The present infinitive regular verbs finish with -ARE, -ERE and IRE. The past infinitive is used to talk about a finished action. To make the past infinitive, we […]
Read moreThis tense is used to indicate: a continuous action in the past Examples: Il telefono squillava ininterrottamente. (The telephone was ringing all the time.) Due anni fa andavo in palestra ogni tre giorni. (Two years ago I went to the gym every three days.) Prendevamo il treno ogni mattina alle 6:00. (We took the train every morning at 6 am.) or a […]
Read moreTest your knowledge of the sentential adverbs with this interactive Italian exercise. See also: Grammar Reference: Italian Sentential Adverbs
Read moreSome verbs are irregular in the direct imperative form: Essere (to be) Sii (tu) Siate (voi) Avere (to have) Abbi (tu) Abbiate (voi) Sapere (to know) Sappi (tu) Sappiate (voi) Other irregular imperative and monosyllabic verbs have two forms in the 2nd person singular: Dare (to give) Da’/ Dai (tu) Fare (to do/make) Fa’/ Fai (tu) Stare (to stay) Sta’/ Stai […]
Read moreThe imperative is used to give orders or commands and corresponds with the present indicative. Es: Sii buono! (Be good!) Fai il bravo! (Behave!) Non dirlo a nessuno! (Don’t tell anyone!) Di la verità! (Tell the truth!) Abbiate pazienza! (Be patient!) Fate piano! (Take your time!) Mangia tutto! (Eat everything!) Dormite! (Sleep!) Leggete da pag. 1 a pag. 20! (Read from page 1 to page 20!) […]
Read moreThe gerund is used to talk about: something happening now or at a certain time in the past something which happened in the past at the same time as another action It is formed from the root of the present simple + –ando or –endo, depending on the conjugation It can have two tenses: Present Mangiando una mela mi cadde un […]
Read moreThe Italian future perfect tense is used in the following situations: Actions which will have already finished before another action takes place in the future (for which action we generally use the future simple). Example: Quando avrò finito di fare la doccia, uscirò. When I have finished my shower, I’ll go out. To show uncertainty about whether something happened or not. […]
Read moreTest your knowledge of adverbs of place with this interactive Italian exercise. See also: Italian Grammar: Adverbs of Place
Read moreThe future simple tense is used to talk about: an action which has yet to happen To form the future of Italian verbs it is necessary to add the correct endings to the root of the verb. Examples: Domani andrò al mare. (I’m going to the beach tomorrow.) Partiranno la settimana prossima. (They’re leaving next week.) Pranzeremo alle 14:00. (We are going to […]
Read moreTest your knowledge of adverbs of frequency with this Italian exercise. See also: Adverbs of Frequency
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