Verb Drills 1 - Lesson 12
Italian verbs in the Passato Prossimo (putting it all together)
After this class you should;recognize and be able to use the irregular past participles listed in the book Verb Drills
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Exercise (Italian to English) Exercise (English to Italian) Exercise (Italian to English) Exercise (English to Italian)
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Printable Practice Sheets
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printable comprehension crossword
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useful Italian statement; Il mio hovercraft/aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille My hovercraft is full of eels |
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Class DialogTry 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 - Are you ready (pronto)? Person #2 - No, I'm not ready. I was ready but not now. Person #1 - Why? What happened? Person #2 - Remember my brother (mio fratello), Bruno? Person #1 - Yes, he and my sister (mia sorella)were born the same day. Person #2 - I promised to watch her children (i suoi figli) for three hours today. Person #1 - How beautiful! How did it go? Person #2 - I started to get ready to go out with you after they left. Person #1 - When did they leave? Person #2 - They left eight hours ago! Person #1 - I don’t understand, why aren’t you ready? Person #2 - When I thought that I was almost ready, I took my shoes (le mie scarpe) and I found a surprise (una sopresa)! Person #1 – Oh good! I like a surprise! What was this surprise? Person #2 – There was food in my shoes. In fact, it was soup (zuppa)! Then, I went into the kitchen to wash my shoes and I noticed a smell (odore). Person #1 - Another surprise? Person #2 - Yeah. They put my keys (le mie chiavi) in the oven (forno) and then they turned it on. Person #1 - You can’t drive now? What will we do now? Ugh, I'm sorry but I gotta go, good luck! Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. Person #2 - Yes, tell me! Person #1 - Your cat (gatto) is in your mailbox (casella di posta). Bye! Person #2 - Bruno! printable class dialog
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You can learn more about the Passato Prossimo on these pages of the following books.
73 - 75 & 77 - 79 of the book "English Grammar for Students of Italian" by Sergio Adorni and Karen Primorac, copyright 1995.
114 - 119 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao" by Carla Federici & Carla Larese Riga, copyright 1986.
124 - 131 of the book "Complete Italian Grammar" by Marcel Dansesi, copyright 1976.
249 - 257 of the book "Italian Grammar Drills" by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2007.
50 -60 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?
" Liguria is a region in the Western part of Italy. Genoa (Genova) is the capital of the region, which is divided into the provinces of Genoa, Imperia, La Spezia and Savona (named for their principal cities).Liguria lies on the coast of the Gulf of Genoa and posesses a number of various landscapes. The zone of Appennines meets the ranges of the Alps here."
This information about Lazio obtained from http://www.freeworldmaps.net/europe/italy/political.html
Have you heard?
Senza una donna, nice slower song with hints of classic Zucchero. A nice little song to study by. L'ascolti e fammi sapere che cosa tu pensi. Grazie!|
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