Today’s free Italian exercise is on ‘Connettivi e congiunzioni subordinanti‘. When I had a look at it just now, it reminded me of the time in 2003 when I’d decided to quit teaching and get a proper job, maybe in an Italian company, or better still a multinational, where it wouldn’t matter if my Italian […]

One of the questions in today’s free Italian exercise contains the phrase: “La vostra camera è un casino!” which is the sort of thing I often find myself shouting at one or other of my three teenagers. But if you’re picturing their bedrooms as being equipped with, say, a personal roulette table or slot machines with […]

Today we start the final ten exercises in our free Italian exercises series. They’re at C2 (proficiency) level, the most advanced material! As many readers will find this material challenging, I’ve picked out an easy one to begin with. The exercise tests your understanding of the difference between ‘finché’ and ‘affinché’, two words which are […]

Today’s free Italian exercise is on verbi pronominali. It’s a follow up to one we published recently so you can see if you’ve improved (I’m afraid I haven’t.) There are links to explanations of this grammar area, and older exercises, under ‘V’ (for ‘verbi’) in our alphabetical Grammar Index. Try today’s exercise Coming on Monday… Over […]

Today’s free Italian grammar exercise is the first of ten at C1 (advanced) level. I’m not giving you the link just yet, as there are a few things I want to say about it first. If you’re in a hurry, or don’t like reading, scroll down to get to the link RIGHT NOW! But then, […]

Here’s the last of the B2 grammar exercises, and yes I know that there’s a spelling mistake in no. 5! It seems as if Paolo, who wrote these exercises last year some time, created a series of similar questions by modifying the original, while leaving the spelling mistake intact! ‘Ritardo’ = late. ‘Ritado’ doesn’t mean […]

Today we’re excited to be publishing a completely new and original Italian easy reader: ‘Correre a tempo‘. Who’s this ‘we’, you might ask? Most of the credit goes to Enrico Maso, Italian teacher and author of ‘La montagna‘, ‘Cielo libero‘ and ‘Ciak si gira‘. Natalia Patruno is OnlineItalianClub.com’s part-time editor and was responsible for all stages […]

Call me lazy, or impatient maybe, but I hate learning things in the usual order. First studying the rules, then doing a practice exercise or two, and so gradually developing over time what I am able to confidently say and understand in Italian? What a bore. On the other hand, show me some examples of […]

Many thanks to David Orr who commented on the last article: I cannot access the test your level and click on next question to start the test and nothing happens? We’ve been working on optimising our exercises for search engines (so people can find things when they look for them.) Turns out that our Italian […]

Result! I’ve just tried out today’s Italian grammar exercise, which has the intimidating title of ‘Concordanza dei tempi verbali all’indicativo 1‘. When I pressed ‘Punteggio’ (score), the computer flashed up the message: Benissimo! Tutte corrette! The questions are a mix of tenses and conditional forms. If you’re doing plenty of reading and listening in Italian, […]