{"id":2496,"date":"2012-10-17T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T13:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2016-10-31T21:48:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T20:48:18","slug":"grammar-quiz-trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/grammar-quiz-trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar Quiz: Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a quiz to help you check your knowledge of the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo. If you haven\u2019t already done so you should read our recent blogs <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/e-fin-tutto-a-tarallucci-e-vino\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>e fin\u00ec tutto a tarallucci e vino<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or the passato prossimo.\u00a0 Each sentence contains (<em>in brackets<\/em>) the English translation of the missing words, and the<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> infinitive of the Italian verb<\/span> which you should use. I\u2019ve completed the first one as an example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Quella sera<\/strong> (<em>she had gone<\/em> \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>andare<\/em><\/span>) <strong>a letto presto <\/strong>&#8211; <em>Solution:<\/em><strong>\u00a0 Quella sera<span style=\"color: #0000ff\"> era andata<\/span> a letto presto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ieri sera <\/strong>(<em>I went \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">andare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>a letto presto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Non l\u2019 <\/strong>(<em>I had heard \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sentire<\/span><\/em>) <strong>arrivare perch\u00e9 dormivo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Non l\u2019 <\/strong>(<em>I heard \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sentire<\/span><\/em>) <strong>arrivare perch\u00e9 dormivo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>(<em>We had decided \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">decidere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>di partire presto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> (<em>We decided \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">decidere<\/span><\/em>)<strong> di partire presto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <\/strong>(<em>They had got married \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sposarsi<\/span><\/em>) <strong>molto giovani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> (<em>They got married \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sposarsi<\/span><\/em>)<strong> molto giovani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Il giorno prima <\/strong>(<em>it had rained \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">piovere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>tanto <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Il giorno prima<\/strong> (<em>it rained \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">piovere<\/span><\/em>)<strong> tanto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now continue with the sentences below, which contain both the trapassato prossimo and the passato prossimo:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Quando<\/strong> (<em>we got \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">tornare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>a casa<\/strong> (<em>we discovered \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">scoprire<\/span><\/em>) <strong>che il gatto<\/strong> (<em>had eaten \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">mangiare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>la torta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12. La finestra<\/strong> (<em>had been left \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">lasciare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>aperta facilitando l\u2019ingresso ai ladri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>13. Luisa mi<\/strong> (<em>told \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">dire<\/span><\/em>) <strong>che non<\/strong> (<em>had never been \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">essere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>a Londra in vita sua<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> (<em>It had been \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">essere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>una giornata molto stancante perci\u00f2<\/strong> (<em>we took \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">prendere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>il taxi per tornare a casa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15. Paolo mi<\/strong> (<em>told \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">raccontare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>che quando era bambino suo padre<\/strong> (<em>had emigrated \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">emigrare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>in America con la famiglia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> (<em>I\u2019ve found out \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">sapere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>che la strada<\/strong> (<em>had already been damaged \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">danneggiare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>dall\u2019alluvione di due anni fa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>17. La ditta<\/strong> (<em>had lost \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">perdere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>troppi soldi e quindi<\/strong> (<em>it failed \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">fallire<\/span><\/em>)<strong>. Alcuni impiegati ci<\/strong> (<em>had worked \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">lavorare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>per pi\u00f9 di vent\u2019anni<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>18. Il gatto<\/strong> (<em>came back \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">tornare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>a casa affamato e dimagrito perch\u00e9<\/strong> (<em>it had been left \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">rimanere<\/span><\/em>) <strong>rinchiuso nel garage per tre giorni<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>19. I due ragazzi <\/strong>(<em>had been missing \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">scomparire<\/span><\/em>) <strong>da due giorni quando <\/strong>(<em>they were found \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">ritrovare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>dai carabinieri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> (<em>We had just started \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">cominciare<\/span><\/em>) <strong>a mangiare quando Luisa<\/strong> (<em>phoned \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">telefonare<\/span><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have fun. I\u2019ll publish the answers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the solutions in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/grammar-quiz-trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-the-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a quiz to help you check your knowledge of the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo. If you haven\u2019t already done so you should read our recent blogs Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo and e fin\u00ec tutto a tarallucci e vino Complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/grammar-quiz-trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[229169,58910,839,229166],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","tag-italian-pluperfect","tag-italian-present-perfect","tag-passato-prossimo","tag-trapassato-prossimo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12815,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/12815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}