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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?

A lot less edgy and less "techno" but non the less all Lorenzo. This is your chance to hear him sing something a little more mainstream and he really does a good job! Bravo Lorenzo!

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