Annoyingly, you really can’t speak Italian unless you learn to conjugate verbs, both regular and irregular. Worse, it’s mostly the present tense that causes the problems. Wham! Just as you’re starting out, you have to memorise complex conjugations of frequently-used, essential verbs. And unless you get to grips with them, you’ll be unable to say […]
Archives for January 2015
New A1 Italian exercise: present tense of irregular verbs
Buongiorno a tutti. Here’s today’s new free Italian exercise: presente verbi irregolari It practices the present tense and conjugation of some essential irregular verbs. Click here to study! You can see recent exercises in this series, and what’s coming next on our A1 Italian exercises page. Or if you’re looking for something more challenging, check out […]
How to say “I like” in Italian (I always get this wrong!)
Today’s free Italian exercise is on piace/piacciono, the verb used to say “I like” in Italian. I’m ashamed to say that I still get this wrong, even though I’ve been learning the language for over 15 years… If you’re also having difficulty, think of it like this: the verb actually means ‘to please’ not ‘to like’. […]
Passato prossimo (& ”Divorzio all’italiana” offer ending!)
Friday again, and time for the latest in our series of A1 (beginner/elementary) Italian grammar exercises. Following on from the last one (whether to use ‘essere’ or ‘avere’ as the auxiliary very in the passato prossimo), here’s a second practice exercise on the same tense form: Passato Prossimo Remember, these are completely new exercises, written […]
New A1 exercise: essere or avere with the passato prossimo?
Here’s the third in our new series of A1 (beginner/elementary) Italian grammar exercises. Today we have a useful one on whether to use the auxiliary verb ‘avere’ or ‘essere’ when forming a past tense. If you know any French, that’s a start, because Italian is very similar in this respect. Go here to try today’s […]
New A1 exercise, c’è o ci sono? (+ launch of latest e-book!)
Monday again, and the second in our new series of free Italian exercises. These are at A1 (beginner/elementary) level, but would form a useful ‘ripasso’ (revision) for OnlineItalianClub.com members at any level of competence. So today we have ‘c’è o ci sono?’, that is to say ‘there is or there are?’ Completing the exercise is […]
New series of free Italian exercises – ‘articoli’ today!
Buondì. It’s taken me the best part of two weeks to get used to the idea that we’re now in 2015, but finally it’s sunk in. So, a new year, a new approach with our regular publishing of free materials for learning Italian! Today we begin a series of ten interactive Italian exercises covering the […]
Advanced Italian verb forms 17/17 Il futuro anteriore
Here we are, at the end of our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ series of Italian listenings! On Friday, we’ll have something different for you. But for today, enjoy an advanced Italian grammar form which is, basically, very much like the equivalent form in English: Il futuro anteriore This one has it’s permanent home on our B2 […]
Advanced Italian verb forms 16/17 Gerundio presente e passato
Back to normal this week with the final two ‘Italian grammar listenings’ from our ‘La grammatica ascoltata’ series. Then, on Friday, a new series of free Italian exercises at beginner/elementary level. But more about that on Friday. Today’s text (at B2 Upper-Intermediate level) takes a look at the present and past gerund forms, which are […]
Last chance to save 15% on Italian lessons and e-books!
Here’s a final reminder that our ‘Flash Offer’ (15% off everything in our online shop) ends tonight (Sunday 11th Jan.) Today is your last chance to stock up on online Italian lessons, e-books, or to sign up for our Italian writing course – at prices which won’t be repeated any time soon! To profit from […]
