Here’s an exercise based on our recent articles about temporal expressions.

Fill in the gaps in the Italian paragraphs below using expressions from those two articles. You you can find them here:
Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 1
Italian Temporal Expressions – Part 2

N.B. in some cases you will have more than one option.

Serena: “I met Carla and Massimo at the market this morning. They came back from a holiday in Puglia the day before yesterday.”
Geoff: “Why don’t we invite them over for dinner next week end? We haven’t seen them for a long time.”
Serena: “Okay, I’ll phone them now.” … “Hi Carla, are you free next Saturday? We’d like to have you over for dinner.”
Carla: “I’d really like that, I’ll have to ask Massimo first, but at the moment he’s not here. I’ll call you back in a couple of hours, alright?”
Serena: “Alright, we’ll talk again soon. Bye!”

Serena: “_______ al mercato ho incontrato Carla e Massimo. Sono tornati _______ da una vacanza in Puglia.”
Geoff: “Perché non li invitiamo a cena per _______? E’ da tanto che non li vediamo.”
Serena: “Sì, va bene. _______ gli telefono.” … “Ciao Carla, siete liberi _______? Ci farebbe piacere avervi a cena da noi.”
Carla: “Mi piacerebbe molto, prima però devo chiedere a Massimo, ma _______ non c’è. Ti richiamo _______, va bene?”
Serena: “D’accordo, ci risentiamo _______. Ciao!”

Ravenna. Foto di Geoff.

Geoff: “Do you remember that time we went to Ravenna?”
Serena: “Yes, it must have been about four years ago. I’d like to go back there one day.”
Geoff: “Me too, in fact I was thinking that we haven’t been on a trip lately, we could go there next week. We don’t have any urgent commitments right now. What do you think?”
Serena: “That’d be great! And then if we’re still free we could go to Mantova next month.”

Geoff: “Ti ricordi quella volta che siamo andati a Ravenna?”
Serena: “Sì, deve essere stato circa _______. Mi piacerebbe tornarci _______.”
Geoff: “Anche a me, infatti stavo pensando che _______ non abbiamo fatto nessun viaggio, potremmo andarci _______. _______ non abbiamo impegni urgenti. Cosa ne pensi?”
Serena: “Sarebbe bellissimo! E poi, se siamo ancora liberi, _______ potremmo andare a Mantova.”

Geoff: “Have you seen my blue gloves around? I used them last Saturday, but I can’t remember where I put them.”
Serena: “Up until a couple of days ago they were on the table in the living room, I don’t know if they’re still there, have a look.”
Geoff: “These days I seem to loose everything!”
Serena: “From now on put them with your hat, then you won’t loose them”
The next day – Geoff: “Serena, have you seen my hat?!? 🤔”
Serena: “😤”

Geoff: “Hai visto i miei guanti blu da qualche parte? Li ho usati _______, ma non mi ricordo dove li ho messi.”
Serena: “_______ erano sul tavolo in soggiorno, non so se sono ancora lì, dacci un’occhiata.”
Geoff: “_______ mi sembra di perdere tutto!”
Serena: “_______ mettili col tuo cappello, così non li perdi più.”
_______ – Geoff: “Serena, hai visto il mio cappello?!? 🤔”
Serena: “😤”

Solutions to follow later this week.

Buon Divertimento!