Tag Archives: Italian grammar exercise
Congiuntivo o Infinito? Posted by Serena on Apr 10, 2017
When learning Italian, students are taught that verbs expressing desires, wishes, worries, doubts, opinions, and beliefs are followed by the subjunctive. If this is the case, then why do we say “spero di finire questo lavoro entro stasera” (“I hope to finish this job by this evening” infinitive) instead of “spero che io finisca questo…
Spot The Mistake Posted by Serena on Mar 27, 2017
This article was inspired by a recent linguistic scandal in which an Italian politician misspelt the simple preposition ‘a‘ (to) and wrote ‘ha‘ (he/she/it has) instead. Now, you can do better than that, can’t you dear readers? Let’s find out ……. Below I’ve written a series of sentences containing some of the most common spelling…
Rendersi Conto And Accorgersi – A Quiz Posted by Geoff on Mar 3, 2017
Here’s a useful quiz based on our articles Be Aware! and Have You Noticed?. Fill in the gaps in the Italian translations below using either rendersi conto or accorgersi. You can refer to the original articles for help. Presente: I realise that this isn’t an easy exercise _______ che questo non è un esercizio facile Do…
The Italian Adjective Bello Posted by Serena on Jan 9, 2017
In today’s exercise, we’re going to focus on the aggettivo ‘bello’ (adjective ‘beautiful, nice‘). As with the preposizioni articolate, the Italian adjective bello models its ending on the definite articles il, lo, la, i, gli, and le (the) when followed by a noun (see links to articles about the preposizioni articolate at the end of…
Italian Demonstrative Adjectives – Quello Posted by Serena on Dec 20, 2016
In today’s exercise, we’re going to focus on the aggettivo dimostrativo ‘quello’ (demonstrative adjective ‘that’/’those’). As with the preposizioni articolate (see links below), the Italian aggettivo dimostrativo models its ending on the definite articles il, lo, la, i, gli, and le (the). Let’s begin by looking at how demonstrative adjective correspond to definite articles. Then you…
Combining Prepositions With Articles – Part 5. Posted by Serena on Dec 14, 2016
In today’s exercise, we’re going to focus on combining the Italian definite articles il, lo, la, i, gli, and le (the) with the preposition ‘su‘ (on, in, about). We’ll begin by reviewing how we construct these preposizioni articolate (preposition/article combinations). This will be followed by an exercise that requires you to fill in the blanks…
Combining Prepositions With Articles – Part 4. Posted by Serena on Dec 6, 2016
In today’s exercise, we’re going to focus on combining the Italian definite articles il, lo, la, i, gli, and le (the) with the preposition ‘ in‘ (in, to). We’ll begin by reviewing how we construct these preposizioni articolate (preposition/article combinations). This will be followed by an exercise that requires you to fill in the blanks…