Here’s the last in our series of free A1 Italian grammar exercises. I’ve saved you the worst one until the end! Today we have the infamous ‘pronomi indiretti‘. Just tried it myself, and all I will say is that there were red X’s all over the screen… Which goes to show the disadvantage of the […]
New free A1 Italian grammar exercise: pronomi diretti
Today and Friday we have the last two in our series of A1 (beginner/elementary) free Italian exercises. Today’s is pronomi diretti. Click here to give it a go! Find other exercises in this series on our A1 (beginner/elementary) page. Or other levels here. P.S. Sorry to bang on about this, but it’s important that as […]
New A1 Italian exercise: present tense of reflexive verbs
Here’s today’s free Italian exercise. The level, along with the others in the current series, is A1 (beginner/elementary), but it’s useful as revision for students at any level. The topic is the present tense of reflexive verbs, which are used more frequently in Italian than in English. Click this link to give it a try. […]
“Benissimo! Tutte corrette!” (New free Italian exercise)
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 […]
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 […]