After a holiday weekend of rich food and wine, perhaps a nice simple plate of pasta would be nice? Check out today’s free Italian listening comprehension exercise, which gives instructions on just how to prepare it! Click here to listen or go here to see the others in the current series. P.S. Occasionally I get emails […]
Latest free A2 Italian listening comprehension exercise
Good Friday might be a public holiday where you are, but it isn’t here in Italy. And while children in the UK have up to three weeks off school at Easter, in Italy the holiday is much shorter – my kids get barely a week of sleeping in, poverini! But anyway, here at OnlineItalianClub.com we […]
4th in A2 Italian Listening Comprehension Series
It’s April Fools’ Day, which is ‘pesce d’aprile’ – April Fish – in Italian. So my 11-year-old son was in a hurry to get off to school this morning to play jokes on his friends. It’s also the last day of school before the Easter holidays – a double reason to be cheerful… Normally, he […]
Third new A2 Italian listening comprehension exercise
Here’s today’s new free Italian listening comprehension exercise. Click here to give it a try. There’ll be others at the same level on Wednesday and Friday this week. Did you know that OnlineItalianClub.com ‘members’ get an email each time we publish something new? Perhaps you know other people learning Italian who would benefit from this? […]
2nd new Italian listening exercise (and ‘easy reader’ offer reminder)
It’s a family Christmas, goodwill to all. We’re exchanging presents, and it seems that everyone gets what they wanted. Except you! You’ve unwrapped your gift and are not at all pleased… What could they have been thinking of? Didn’t they know you had your heart set on…? +++ If this scenario sounds familiar, check out […]
TODAY: New Italian Listening Exercises (& easy reader offer)
Buongiorno to everyone! Having finished our series of ten A2 grammar exercises on Monday, from today we’re back to working on your listening skills for a bit. Listening – grammar – listening – grammar… Perhaps you’re beginning to see a pattern? The plan is to work up through the levels, right up to C2 (proficiency). […]
Free Italian grammar exercises: condizionale semplice
Here’s today’s free Italian exercise, this time on the condizionale semplice. It’s the last of our series of ten exercises at A2 (pre-intermediate) level. From Wednesday onwards, we’ll have something new for you! Click here to try today’s exercise. Check out the other exercises at this level. Or go here for easier/more difficult exercises. P.S. Our […]
Free Italian grammar exercises: futuro anteriore
Every now and then Italian surprises us by throwing up a tense which is more or less the same as one in English! Here’s a question from today’s free Italian exercise on futuro anteriore (future perfect, in English). “Simona è in ritardo, avrà perso/sarà persa/saranno persi l’autobus.” My translation would be something like: “Simona is […]
Free Italian grammar exercises: futuro semplice
Today’s free Italian grammar exercise is on the ‘futuro semplice‘. It’s not a hard tense to master, but nor is it nearly as essential as you might think, as Italians use the present tense a lot for talking about their future plans, reverting to the future tense mostly for emphasis or in more formal situations. […]
Free Italian grammar exercises: imperativo diretto
If, by any chance, you have an Italian boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife, or worse, Italian children… Then you’ll need the grammar for phrases such as ‘Pick your dirty socks up off the floor’ or ‘Put the top back on the toothpaste tube!’ In which case, today’s exercise will be invaluable, as it covers the imperativo diretto, used for giving instructions […]