{"id":17798,"date":"2019-02-19T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T11:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=17798"},"modified":"2019-02-19T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T11:50:07","slug":"italian-temporal-expressions-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-temporal-expressions-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Temporal Expressions Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an exercise based on our recent articles about temporal expressions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fill in the gaps in the Italian paragraphs below using expressions from those two articles. You you can find them here:
\nItalian Temporal Expressions \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nItalian Temporal Expressions \u2013 Part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

N.B. in some cases you will have more than one option.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Serena: “_______<\/span> al mercato ho incontrato Carla e Massimo. Sono tornati\u00a0_______<\/span> da una vacanza in Puglia.”<\/strong>
\nGeoff: “Perch\u00e9 non li invitiamo a cena per _______<\/span>? E’ da tanto che non li vediamo.”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “S\u00ec, va bene. _______<\/span> gli telefono.” … “Ciao Carla, siete liberi _______<\/span>? Ci farebbe piacere avervi a cena da noi.”<\/strong>
\nCarla: “Mi piacerebbe molto, prima per\u00f2 devo chiedere a Massimo, ma _______<\/span> non c’\u00e8. Ti richiamo _______<\/span>, va bene?”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “D’accordo, ci risentiamo _______<\/span>. Ciao!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ravenna. Foto di Geoff.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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

Geoff: “Ti ricordi quella volta che siamo andati a Ravenna?”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “S\u00ec, deve essere stato circa _______<\/span>. Mi piacerebbe tornarci _______<\/span>.”<\/strong>
\nGeoff: “Anche a me, infatti stavo pensando che\u00a0_______ <\/span>non abbiamo fatto nessun viaggio, potremmo andarci _______<\/span>.\u00a0_______ <\/span>non abbiamo impegni urgenti. Cosa ne pensi?”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “Sarebbe bellissimo! E poi, se siamo ancora liberi, _______<\/span> potremmo andare a Mantova.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Geoff: “Hai visto i miei guanti blu da qualche parte? Li ho usati _______<\/span>, ma non mi ricordo dove li ho messi.”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “_______<\/span> erano sul tavolo in soggiorno, non so se sono ancora l\u00ec, dacci un’occhiata.”<\/strong>
\nGeoff: “_______<\/span> mi sembra di perdere tutto!”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “_______ <\/span>mettili col tuo cappello, cos\u00ec non li perdi pi\u00f9.”<\/strong>
\n_______<\/span>\u00a0– Geoff: “Serena, hai visto il mio cappello?!? ?”<\/strong>
\nSerena: “?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Solutions to follow later this week.<\/p>\n

Buon Divertimento!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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 \u2013 Part 1 Italian Temporal Expressions \u2013 Part 2 N.B. in some cases you will have more than one option…<\/p>\n

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