Today I have two more Italian vocabulary exercises for you, neither simple. These are really for those of you with a fairly advanced knowledge of Italian. (If that’s not you, don’t worry! You’ll surely find something to study on our Italian Lessons, Italian Conversations or Listening pages.) Anyway, here are the links: Expressions With Venire […]
Online Italian Lessons – Frequently Asked Questions!
Since our Autumn Sale began yesterday, we’ve been busy with our online lesson students rushing to sign up for lesson credits at a great price. These are the regulars who’ve been studying with one of our online teachers for a while, some of them for years. Mostly they take a lesson or two a week, […]
4 Advanced Exercises On Idioms And Expressions
Buondì. I’ve got a lot on today, so I’ll be brief. Here are four fairly advanced vocabulary exercises covering idioms and expressions. They’re suitable for anyone with at least an intermediate level. If this stuff is too hard for you, check out the ‘free Italian exercises organised by level‘ page on our site. Buono studio! […]
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 […]
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 […]
Start The Week Off Right With 2 Subjunctive Exercises!
Today we’ve having fun with the subjunctive! The first exercise is a gapfill, where you’re supposed to conjugate the verb in the appropriate form of the subjunctive. If you’re feeling lazy, use the ‘Soluzioni’ button to view the answers first. Read the sentences through and try and figure them out. When you’ve understood as much […]
Greetings From The Edge Of The Internet
I’m on holiday in Cornwall, England, which it’s rather trying as the Internet connection is intermittent at best. Part of yesterday afternoon was spent on the broadband helpline with a very nice guy in Kolkata, India. It’s monsoon season there. The rest of the afternoon saw me standing beside one of the local pubs (they […]