Elementary (CILS A2)
257 self-paced lessons: The passato prossimo with avere and essere, the imperfetto, object pronouns, ci and ne, the future and the conditional, comparisons, commands, articulated prepositions, relative pronouns, health, shopping, travel and everyday life in Italy.
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The Past with Avere, Part 1 of 2: Regular Verbs
Say what you did with the present of avere plus a regular past participle: ho parlato, hai mangiato, ha dormito.
The Past with Avere, Part 2 of 2: Irregular Participles
Learn the common irregular participles: fatto, detto, scritto, letto, preso, messo, visto, aperto, chiuso, chiesto, risposto, bevuto, vissuto, perso.
Drill: Regular Participles
Produce forty regular verbs in the passato prossimo, in every person, with and without non.
Drill: Irregular Participles
Produce the twenty most common irregular participles in everyday sentences.
When Did It Happen?
Place events in the past with ieri, l'altro ieri, la settimana scorsa, tre giorni fa, stamattina and poco fa.
Sounds: Fatto, Finito
Hear and write the double consonants in fatto, detto, scritto, letto and messo, and the single ones in finito, dormito, capito and preso.
Dialogue Lab: What Did You Do This Weekend?
Monday morning in an office in Milano: colleagues ask what you did, describe an exhibition and a dinner out, and react.
Error Hunt: The Past with Avere
Find and fix the typical mistakes: invented participles, agreement with avere, the present for the past, and an unnatural pronoun.
Transformations: Today to Yesterday
Turn present-tense routines into yesterday's story: oggi lavoro becomes ieri ho lavorato.
Real-World Mission: A Diary Entry
Write a short diary entry about yesterday, in order, with the passato prossimo and time words.
Spiral Review: Beginner in the Past
Retell Beginner situations in the past: the bar, prices, family and times, all with the passato prossimo.
Unit 1 review: Past Tense with Avere
Listen, speak and write with what you learned in "Past Tense with Avere", then a short unit quiz.
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