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1) Listen to the following dialogues:<\/h3>\n
\n
ASPETTANDO VERONICA (Waiting for Veronica)<\/h5>\n

Manuela:<\/strong>\u00a0Giorgia, hai visto Veronica?
\nGiorgia:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00c8 entrata in un negozio circa mezz’ora fa.
\nManuela:<\/strong>\u00a0Ti ha detto qualcosa?
\nGiorgia:<\/strong> S\u00ec, abbiamo deciso di incontrarci alle 6 davanti alla fontana, ma ancora non si \u00e8 vista.
\nManuela<\/strong>:\u00a0Eccola!
\nVeronica:<\/strong>\u00a0Scusate, vi ho fatto aspettare? Ho avuto fame e sono entrata un attimo in un bar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2) Shopping Vocabulary:<\/h3>\n

\u00c8 entrata in un negozio<\/strong><\/span> circa mezz’ora fa.
\n(She went into a shop about half an hour ago.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ho avuto fame e sono entrata un attimo in un bar<\/strong><\/span>.
\n(I was hungry and and I popped into a caf\u00e9.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\" <\/a> The city<\/a><\/p>\n

3) The present perfect tense (passato prossimo):<\/h3>\n

The present perfect tense is generally used to talk about something which happened recently or some time ago but its effects are still felt. Construction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Auxiliary verb to have <\/span>(<\/span><\/strong>avere)<\/span><\/strong> or to be (<\/span>essere)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0in the present form<\/span><\/td>\n+<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPast participle<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ho (I have)<\/p>\n

Hai (you have)<\/p>\n

Sono (I am)<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nletto (read)<\/p>\n

parlato (spoken)<\/p>\n

caduta (fallen)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Construction of the Past participle<\/strong><\/span> for regular verbs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Regular verbs<\/strong><\/td>\nPast Participle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(to speak) parlare \u2192<\/span><\/strong>
\n(to sell) vendere \u2192<\/strong><\/span>
\n(to sleep) dormire \u2192<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n		parlato<\/strong><\/span> (spoken)
\nvenduto<\/strong><\/span> (sold)
\ndormito<\/strong><\/span> (slept)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0The past participle<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> The present perfect tense<\/a><\/p>\n

4) Time expressions:<\/h3>\n

Domani<\/strong><\/span> vado al mare.
\n(Tomorrow I’m going to the beach.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00c8 entrata in un negozio circa mezz’ora fa<\/span><\/strong>.
\n(She went into a shop about half an hour ago.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\" <\/a>Time expressions<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a> Adverbs of time<\/a><\/p>\n

5) Test what you’ve learnt in this unit.<\/h3>\n

\"\" <\/a> Exercise N\u00b08<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Listen to the following dialogues: ASPETTANDO VERONICA (Waiting for Veronica) Manuela:\u00a0Giorgia, hai visto Veronica? Giorgia:\u00a0\u00c8 entrata in un negozio circa mezz’ora fa. Manuela:\u00a0Ti ha detto qualcosa? Giorgia: S\u00ec, abbiamo deciso di incontrarci alle 6 davanti alla fontana, ma ancora non si \u00e8 vista. Manuela:\u00a0Eccola! Veronica:\u00a0Scusate, vi ho fatto aspettare? Ho avuto fame e sono entrata un attimo in un […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-traveling-italy"],"yoast_head":"\nUnit 8 - Waiting for Veronica - One World Italiano<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Italian course - Unit 8. Vocabulary: The city. 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