{"id":978,"date":"2011-09-28T18:54:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T18:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=978"},"modified":"2011-09-28T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T18:54:15","slug":"passato-prossimo-un-ripasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/passato-prossimo-un-ripasso\/","title":{"rendered":"Passato Prossimo: un Ripasso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">In a recent blog I looked at the difference in use between the two most common types of past tenses: <strong>Passato Prossimo<\/strong> (Present Perfect) and <strong>Imperfetto <\/strong>(Imperfect tense). Today I\u2019m going to focus on the <strong>Passato Prossimo<\/strong> with a little exercise.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Fill in the gaps in the following two short paragraphs with the correct form of the verbs given in the table below. For example: <strong>andare<\/strong> will become <strong>sono andato\/a<\/strong> or<strong> siamo andati\/e<\/strong>, and <strong>comprare<\/strong> will become either <strong>ho comprato<\/strong> or <strong>abbiamo comprato<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>1. Lo scorso fine settimana io e Geoff ____ a Siena, una delle nostre gite preferite. Per prima cosa ____ per il centro storico per ammirare questa stupenda citt\u00e0 medievale, poi ____ il bellissimo Duomo e la magica Piazza del Campo. Siccome ci sentivamo in forma ____ sulla Torre del Mangia da dove ____ il vastissimo panorama. Dopo aver risceso i 503 scalini della Torre ed essere tornati gi\u00f9 nella piazza, ci era venuta un po\u2019 di fame cos\u00ec ____ il famoso Panforte e altri dolci tipici senesi. Insommma, ____ molto. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>2. Geoff, come al solito, ____ in giro con la macchina fotografica e ____ tante fotografie, mentre io ____ alcuni regali da portare agli amici. Poi, per riposarci un poco, ____ insieme al bar dove ____ due cappuccini. Mentre andavamo verso Porta Romana, Geoff si \u00e8 reso conto di aver lasciato il cappello nel bar, cos\u00ec ____ indietro a prenderlo. Io ho approfittato dell\u2019occasione e ____ al Palazzo Pubblico dove ____ gli affreschi del Buon governo e del Mal governo. Poi ____ sulla scalinata ad aspettare Geoff. In conclusione, <strong>____ una bellissima giornata.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"401\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>passeggiare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>salire<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>prendere<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>assaggiare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>divertirsi<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>visitare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>andare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>godersi<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>sedersi<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>fare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>tornare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>essere<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>ritornare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>andare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>andare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>comprare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>ammirare<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"133\">&#160;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">Don\u2019t forget to use the correct <strong>verbo ausiliare <\/strong>(auxiliary verb), i.e. <strong>essere <\/strong>or <strong>avere<\/strong>, and to change the past participle (masculine, feminine, singular and plural) where appropriate. You should also remember to insert the appropriate reflexive pronoun when a reflexive verb is used, e.g. <strong>godersi<\/strong> will become <strong>mi sono goduto\/a<\/strong> or <strong>ci siamo goduti\/e<\/strong>. If you are not sure about how to construct the past tense you might find it useful to refer to this blog: <strong>&#160;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/imperfetto-e-passato-prossimo-quale-devo-usare\/\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">Imperfetto e Passato Prossimo<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">P.S. Don\u2019t forget that when I write \u2018<strong>io<\/strong>\u2019 it refers to me, Serena, therefore it\u2019s in the feminine form.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the next blog I\u2019ll give you the answers together with the translation, and explanations for some of the more difficult bits.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Forza, coraggio!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent blog I looked at the difference in use between the two most common types of past tenses: Passato Prossimo (Present Perfect) and Imperfetto (Imperfect tense). Today I\u2019m going to focus on the Passato Prossimo with a little exercise. 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