Here’s an exercise on ‘passato remoto’, which I admit to hardly knowing at all. I scored 7/12 when I tested it – I’m sure you’ll do better! So why do I hardly know this tense at all, even after seventeen years living in Italy? It’s partly due to the fact I’m very lazy / busy […]
Italian Exercise on the Passive + Book of the Day Offer!
Today’s free Italian gammar exercise is on the passive and related forms. If you haven’t studied the passive before, you’ll find notes to help you here and here. By related forms, I mean the impersonal ‘Si’ which is covered here and here, and the variation of the passive with ‘venire’. We don’t seem to have an explanation of that one anywhere […]
Exercise on uses of ‘fare’ + last few days of e-book offer
Today I have a nice exercise on the various uses of the verb ‘fare’. Just like its English equivalent (to do), ‘fare’ forms part of many useful expressions and so is common in spoken Italian. Click here to try the exercise. Done that, but still have an insatiable thirst for improving your Italian? Below, I’ve pasted […]
Exercise on pronomi relativi & Italian easy reader offer
I’ll be brief this morning as I’ve already spent ages adding the recently published B1-level Italian grammar exercises to the B1 page and to the Italian grammar index. Sooner or later a member of my family is going to remind me that I’m supposed to be on holiday… So today we have the first of […]
Free Italian exercise + new easy reader ‘Cena con delitto!’
Thanks to everyone who pointed out the error in Friday’s free exercise. I’ve been traveling with my family and so haven’t got around to fixing it yet, but I do appreciate the feedback. Please keep it coming! Allora, today I have for you the final free grammar exercise at B1 (intermediate) level, plus a new […]
Free Italian grammar exercise on ‘pronomi combinati’
I’m typing this in the dark, so expect it to be short. Family holiday, shared room, sleeping child, you get the idea. Plus, because of the crappy hotel WiFi, I have the computer connected to my smartphone’s data connection, which seems to be working well so far. But you never know… So, to get to […]
Nice easy exercise on ‘preposizioni articolate’
Buondì. I’m up and posting early today as I’ll be busy the whole day working on one of those corporate training events at a lovely resort up in the Appennini near Bologna, where I live. Sounds fun, huh? But the food will be good, at least. Anyway, so here’s a quick email with today’s free […]
‘Boh!’ (New Italian grammar exercise on periodo ipotetico.)
‘Boh!’ is a useful word. First of all the pronunciation: ‘boh’ rhymes with ‘so’ or ‘go’, but maybe with less of that English sounding ‘oh’ sound, a mono vowel rather than a dipthong. Use the word when you have no idea, no clue, no proposal regarding what action to take. When you admit you are […]
Easy reader offer, ‘congiuntivo passato’ & reorganisation!
Lots to tell you today, and very little time to tell it in, so here goes: 1. ‘Easy Reader’ Offer The special launch price on our new Italian easy reader (.pdf ebook) ‘L’amore ai tempi del supermercato‘ ends this Sunday. Get yours today, at a 25% discount! Download your free sample chapter (.pdf ebook, also […]
Italian grammar exercise on the ‘congiuntivo’ (+ reminders)
Here’s the second in our series of B1 Italian grammar exercises, designed to help you explore (or remember) the vagaries of Italian grammar. Today we have the ‘congiuntivo presente‘. There’ll be other exercises over the next few days covering other tenses of the congiuntivo. Click here to try today’s exercise. P.S. Reminder 1: don’t forget […]