{"id":14490,"date":"2017-07-14T17:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=14490"},"modified":"2017-07-14T17:19:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T15:19:49","slug":"transitive-and-intransitive-verbs-a-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/transitive-and-intransitive-verbs-a-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitive And Intransitive Verbs – A Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short while ago we published an article about Transitive And Intransitive Verbs<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>. Here’s a quiz in which you have to choose which auxiliary verb to use, essere<\/strong> or avere<\/strong>, when transposing a sentence from the present tense into the present perfect (passato prossimo<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n

How to complete the quiz:<\/span><\/p>\n

Below, you’ll find a series of sentences in the present tense followed by the same sentence in the present perfect containing a gap into which you need to insert the correct auxiliary verb followed by the past participle of the main verb. Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Paolo lava<\/em> la macchina<\/strong> (Paolo is washing<\/em> the car)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Paolo ha lavato<\/span><\/em><\/span> la macchina<\/strong> (Paolo has washed<\/span><\/em> the car)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Giorgia va<\/em> al lavoro in macchina<\/strong> (Giorgia goes<\/em> to work by car)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Giorgia \u00e8 andata<\/em><\/span> al lavoro in macchina<\/strong> (Giorgia went<\/em><\/span> to work by car)<\/p>\n

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Mim\u00ec si riposa sulla valigia di Serena<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Your turn:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> la mamma fa<\/em> gli spaghetti alla carbonara<\/strong> (mother is making <\/em>spaghetti carbonara)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> la mamma __ _____<\/span> gli spaghetti alla carbonara<\/strong> (mother has made<\/em><\/span> spaghetti carbonara)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Giovanni viene<\/em> a trovare suo padre tutte le domeniche<\/strong> (Giovanni comes<\/em> to visit his father every Sunday)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Giovanni __ _____<\/span> a trovare suo padre domenica scorsa<\/strong> (Giovanni came<\/em><\/span> to visit his father last Sunday)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> siamo<\/em> a casa tutta la settimana<\/strong> (we are <\/em>at home all week)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> __ _____<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong> a casa tutta la settimana<\/strong> (we were<\/em><\/span> at home all week)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Gianna viaggia<\/em> molto per lavoro<\/strong> (Gianna travels<\/em> a lot for work)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Gianna __ _____<\/span> molto per lavoro<\/strong> (Gianna has travelled<\/em><\/span> a lot for work)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> prendiamo<\/em> l’ombrello perch\u00e9 piove<\/strong> (it’s raining, let’s get <\/em>the umbrella)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> __ _____<\/span> l’ombrello perch\u00e9 pioveva<\/strong> (we got<\/em><\/span> the umbrella because it was raining)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Mim\u00ec si riposa <\/em>sulla valigia di Serena<\/strong> (Mim\u00ec is resting <\/em>on Serena’s suitcase)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Mim\u00ec __ __ _____<\/span> sulla valigia di Serena<\/strong> (Mim\u00ec rested<\/em><\/span> on Serena’s suitcase)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> d’estate camminiamo<\/em> molto<\/strong> (in the summer we walk<\/em> a lot)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> l’estate scorsa __ _____<\/span> molto<\/strong> (last summer we<\/em> walked<\/em><\/span> a lot)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> Gianni non viene<\/em> perch\u00e9 non si sente<\/em> bene<\/strong> (Gianni isn’t coming<\/em> because he<\/em> doesn’t feel<\/em> well)
\npassato prossimo:<\/span> Gianni non<\/strong> __ _____<\/span> perch\u00e9 non __ __ _____<\/span> bene<\/strong> (Gianni didn’t come<\/em><\/span> because he didn’t feel<\/em><\/span> well)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> perch\u00e9 non rimanete<\/em> a cena da noi?<\/strong> (why don’t you stay<\/em> for dinner with us?)
\npassato prossimo: <\/span>perch\u00e9 non ___ _____<\/em><\/span> a cena da noi? <\/strong>(why didn’t you stay<\/em><\/span> for dinner with us?)<\/p>\n

presente:<\/span> rimandiamo l’appuntamento, non ce la facciamo!<\/strong> (let’s postpone the appointment, we can’t make it!)
\npassato prossimo: <\/span>_____ _____<\/span> l’appuntamento, non ___ _____ _____<\/span>!<\/strong> (we postponed<\/span><\/em> the appointment, we couldn’t make it<\/em><\/span>!)<\/p>\n

We’ll publish the answers at the beginning of next week. Buon fine settimana!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

A short while ago we published an article about Transitive And Intransitive Verbs. Here’s a quiz in which you have to choose which auxiliary verb to use, essere or avere, when transposing a sentence from the present tense into the present perfect (passato prossimo). How to complete the quiz: Below, you’ll find a series of…<\/p>\n

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