But first, many, many thanks to: Anastasiya, Anne, Bernard, Brian, Chatzikostas, Cheryl, Chris, Christine, Conny, Dian, Efi, Ewa, Fran, Gosia, Graham, Jean, Josephine, Kara, Karen, Kaye, Larry, Linda, Linda Ann, Liz, Lizzy, Loma, Luba, Michael, Mike, Pat, Patricia, Patricia, Piotr, Raymond, Rich, Stefan, Tina, Toby, Valerie, & Warren All of whom answered my plea for help […]
Just 2/10 Correct On The New ‘Subjunctive’ Exercise!
Thanks to Nina, who wrote with a correction to one of Monday’s exercises – the present conditional one, number 3. That should be now be working correctly, if you fancy another go. Today I have just the one exercise for you. It’s on the subjunctive and is entitled ‘Which Subjunctive?’ You’ll need to know the […]
Conditional Exercises & New ‘Book Of The Week’ Offer
Today I have two ‘new’ exercises on conditional forms, and a ‘Book Of The Week’ offer, of which more later. But first, the grammar. The topic is conditionals. Yuk! Part of the problem with studying conditional structures in Italian is the terminology. These two exercises were originally called ‘periodo ipotetico della possibilità’ and ‘periodo ipotetico […]
Three Free A2 (Pre-Intermediate) Level Italian Exercises
Today I have three more ‘reworked’ Italian grammar exercises for you. They’re on different topics, the only connection is the level, which is A2 – pre-intermediate. If you don’t know what that means, or know, but don’t have any idea what YOUR level in Italian is, check out this article I wrote years ago – […]
Direct/Indirect Imperative Exercises
Buongiorno a tutti! Today I have two exercises on the imperative (do this, don’t do that). One covers the ‘direct imperative’ and the other deals with the polite, third-person ‘indirect imperative’. There are explanations and further practice material in Lesson 15 of our Free Italian Lessons series. Or you could try the new exercises first, […]
New Italian Easy Reader ‘Colpo di forbici’ Out Today!
Today is the first day back after the holidays. The kids are at home for another ten days, which complicates things, as there are lunches and so on to leave out. And when I finally get to school, there’ll be meetings, deadlines, and a whole lot of catching up to do… Sigh! So, you’ll excuse […]
Two Free Italian Grammar Exercises On Pronouns
Ciao a tutti! A short one today, as we’re off to Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, for a final weekend of sun, sailing and relaxation before the big ‘rientro’ (back to work) next week… Anyway, this morning I have two free Italian grammar exercises on pronouns for you. They’re both dropdown exercises, which are my […]
Possessive Adjectives? Reflexive Verbs??
Learning a foreign language can mean having to get to grips with grammatical terminology. Which can be intimidating, if you’re not familiar with it. For example, today’s two free Italian exercises cover possessive adjectives and reflexive verbs. Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, etc.) need to agree with the noun in Italian, rather than with […]
Test Your Knowledge Of These Two Italian Future Tenses
Here’s a challenge for a Monday morning! Two exercises, on two different Italian future tenses. If you’ve not studied these future forms before, or if you’d simply like to revise them before doing the exercises, start with Lesson 17 in our Free Italian Lessons series, which covers the future simple tense. It seems we don’t […]
Two Free Italian Exercises On The Imperfect Tense
Today I have two more ‘refurbished’ exercises from my pile of older stuff that needs to be sorted out, this time on the Italian imperfect tense. The imperfect is a really useful little bit of grammar, common in speech as well as text, and easy to learn and remember (it’s the one with a ‘v’ […]