1) Listen to the following dialogue: IN STAZIONE (AT THE TRAIN STATION) Manuela: Meno male, abbiamo fatto in tempo ad arrivare alla stazione! Giorgia: Speriamo che il treno parta in orario… Veronica: Già, io non vedo l’ora di essere a Firenze! Si dice sia una delle città più belle d’Italia. Manuela: Te lo posso confermare: non penso ci sia città […]
Read moreTest your knowledge of combined pronouns with this free, online, interactive exercise. See also: Italian Grammar: Combined Pronouns Italian Combined Pronouns Fill in the missing words Italian Combined Pronouns Choose the correct statement
Read moreTest your knowledge of combined pronouns with this interactive exercise. See also: Italian Grammar: Combined Pronouns Italian Combined Pronouns Fill in the missing words Italian Combined Pronouns Fill in the missing words
Read moreTest your knowledge of indirect object pronouns with this interactive exercise.
Read moreIndirect pronouns have two forms: FORMA ATONA (Es. Mi piace il calcio) FORMA TONICA (Es. A me piace il calcio)
Read moreRead the text. As you can see there are a lot of repetitions! Replace the repetitions with the correct direct pronouns.
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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 moreFill in the blanks with “ci” or “ne”, then click “Verifica” to check your answers.
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 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 moreTransitive verbs (verbs with a direct object) have a passive form as well as an active form. In the passive form it subject is not who performed the action. Active form: Subject verb object Carla legge un libro Molte persone guardano la televisione Passive form: Subject verb who performed the action Il libro è letto da Carla La televisione è […]
Read moreThe past anterior tense, also called the preterite perfect tense, is used to talk about: an action which took place before an action in the past definite tense (passato remoto) To make the past anterior tense we use: The past definite form of the auxiliary verb essere or avere + The past participle of the main verb Examples: Dopo che ebbi cucinato, […]
Read moreThe trapassato prossimo tense is used to talk about: an action which had finished before another action took place in the past To make the trapassato prossimo we use: Imperfect indicative form of the auxiliary verbs essere or avere + The past participle of the main verb Examples: Marco aveva letto il giornale. (Marco had read the newspaper.) Ricordi quando eravamo […]
Read moreWhen we express time before something else we can say prima che or prima di, which both mean before. prima che prima di ecc. When we talk about what happened at the same time as something else we can say nel momento in cui ( the moment in which), quando (when) or mentre (while). mentre nel momento in cui quando ecc. When we express time after something else we can say dopo or dopo che which both mean after. dopo che dopo […]
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