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Verb Drills 1 - Lesson 10

Italian verbs in the Passato Remoto / Essere and Avere

After this class you should;
be able to conjugate essere and avere in the Passato Remoto as well as in 5 other tenses
should be able to identify verbs used in the Passato Remoto
have a good understanding of what the passato remoto is and when it is used

Grammar
	advanced online exercise
Vocabulary sono sei è siamo siete ero eri era eravamo eravate erano sarò sarai sarà saremo sarete saranno sii siamo siate sia siano fui fosti fu fummo foste furono stato I am you are he/she is we are y’all are I was being/used to be you were being/used to be he/she was being/used to be we were being/used to be y’all were being/used to be they were being/used to be I will be you will be he/she will be we will be y’all will be they will be be! (fam) let’s be! y’all be! (fam) be! (form) y’all be! (form) I was you were he/she was we were y’all were they were been ho hai ha abbiamo avete hanno avevo avevi aveva avevamo avevate avevano avrò avrai avrà avremo avrete avranno abbi abbiamo abbiate abbia abbiano ebbi avesti ebbe avemmo aveste ebbero avuto I have you have he/she has we have y’all have they have I was having/used to have you were having/used to have he/she was having/used to have we were having/used to be y’all were having/used to be they were having/used to be I will have you will have he/she will have we will have y’all will have they will have have! (fam) let’s have! y’all have! (fam) have! (form) y’all have! (form) I had you had he/she had we had y’all had they had had
	Printable Vocabulary
	printable crossword
Comprehension
	Printable Practice Sheets
	printable comprehension crossword
	useful Italian phrase; Buon compleanno Happy birthday
Class Dialog Try to learn how to say everything below in Italian (using the simple present tense for the progressive present), print out and bring the printable form of this dialog and be prepared to say the dialog below for one of the persons in class. Person #1 – ________, can I ask you a question? (una domanda)? Person #2 – Yes __________, I am ready, what is it? Person #1 – Do you remember when you used to always be tired (stanco)? Person #2 – Yes, when I was a student, I used to always be tired because I had too much homework (compiti). Why? Person #1 – Tomorrow I will be at school and tomorrow night I will have too much homework. Person #2 – You will do fine, you are very intelligent. Person #1 – I know but the day after tomorrow (dopo domani) I will be too tired to help you! Person #2 – We will not be too tired. You will see. We will not have too much to do. Person #1 – The owners of slaves (padroni degli schiavi) in Rome were so! Person #2 – What? Be an adult (adulto)! Person #1 – Really? Be an adult? You say this to mean after you have been mean? Person #2 – I have been mean? Excuse me? Are you hungry? Person #1 – No, I am not hungry but… Person #2 – Were you hungry yesterday? Will you be hungry tomorrow? Person #1 – No, I have always had all that I need. Person#2 – Want more money (denaro)? Have some! Person#1 – No thank you, I have enough. Person#2 – Why do you have enough? Person #1 – Because you always give me everything I need. But we have to wash 28 cars tomorrow! Person #2 – And what are you saying? Person #1 – Daddy (Mommy), I am only 5! printable class dialog

You can learn more about the passato remoto tense on these pages of the following books.

290 - 293 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao" by Carla Federici & Carla Larese Riga, copyright 1986.
133 - 137 of the book "Complete Italian Grammar" by Marcel Dansesi, copyright 1976.
266 - 272 of the book "Italian Grammar Drills" by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2007.
44 - 49 of the book "Italian Verb Drills" (Third Edition) by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2011.

If you do not own these books, don't worry, it is not mandatory that you do unless you were instructed to buy them at the beginning of the class. However, they can be very useful in a lot of ways and if you would like to know more about these books and where to buy them, simply go to our online bookstore or quicker yet, just click on the appropriate book below.

Did you know?

" Emilia-Romagna is a region in central Italy, lying between the ranges of the Appennine Mountains (Appennino Ligure, Appennino Tosco-Emiliano) and the Po plain, bordered by the Adriatic Sea on the East.

Bologna is the capital of the region. Other important cities include Modena, Parma, Rimini, Piacenza and Ravenna. "

This information about Lazio obtained from http://www.freeworldmaps.net/europe/italy/political.html

Have you heard?

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