Song in Italian: Lunapop – 50 Special With this song you can practice using adverbs and prepositions (simple and articulated). See also: Italian Articulated Prepositions Exercise Trailer in italiano: Into The Wild (Nelle terre selvagge) Italian Prepositions Serie TV: The Big Bang Theory Adverbs and Time Expressions Multiple choice exercise
Read moreTest your knowledge of Italian with this exercise on descriptive adjectives.
Read more1) 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.
Read moreTest your knowledge of direct pronouns with this interactive exercise.
Read moreda + la = dalla We use this in the same cases as “da” when the noun which follows is feminine singular and starts with a consonant. Dalla casa, dalla scuola. (From home, from school.) da + le = DALLE We use this in the same cases as “dalla” when the noun which follows is feminine plural and starts with a consonant or […]
Read moreFill in the blanks with “ci” or “ne”, then click “Verifica” to check your answers.
Read morePreposizione semplice + l’articolo determinativo (preposition + definite article) di + il = DEL We use this in the same cases as the prepositon “di” when the noun which follows is masculine singular and starts with a consonant. L’onda del mare. (The wave of the sea.) di + la = DELLA We use this in the same cases as the prepositon “di” […]
Read moreThe following time expressions can be used when talking about actions which happened in the past: L’altro giorno (The other day, not clear exactly what day): we use a past tense. L’altro giorno ho incontrato Andrea al supermercato. (The other day I met Andrea at the supermarket.) La settimana scorsa (Last week): we use a past tense. La settimana scorsa sono […]
Read moreThe passive form is used to express an action suffered by the subject. verb essere + the participio passato of the chosen verb Il quadro fu dipinto da Monet. You can also use “venire” and “andare” as auxiliaries. La colazione viene servita ogni giorno. La tesi va consegnata alla segreteria. The conjugation is the same for the verbs in -are, -ere, -ire. Io sono amato. […]
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 […]
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