B2 Italian reading activity on Italo Calvino’s fairy tale “Il naso d’argento”: biography, story summary in Italian, the passato remoto and exercises with answers.
Italo Calvino’s “The Silver Nose”: A B2 Italian Reading Activity Read More »
A ready-to-use A1 writing rubric for Italian teachers, with the official A1 writing tasks of CILS, CELI Impatto and PLIDA, scored sample texts and feedback tips.
Assessing A1 Writing in Italian: A Rubric for Teachers (CILS, CELI, PLIDA) Read More »
Regional differences in Italian: vocabulary, accents and dialects today, with ISTAT data, a short dialogue and exercises to train your ear for real Italian.
Regional Differences in Italian: What the Exam Won’t Teach You Read More »
Italian vocabulary for family free time: activities, weekend plans, kids’ hobbies, ways to suggest an outing, mistakes to avoid and exercises with answers (A2-B1).
Italian Vocabulary for Family Free Time: Weekends and Activities Read More »
How to form and use the Italian past perfect subjunctive (congiuntivo trapassato): full conjugation, main uses, common mistakes and exercises with answers.
The Past Perfect Subjunctive: When to Use It and How to Form It Read More »
Italian food and cultural identity explained: regional pride, family memory, DOP, IGP and STG labels, UNESCO recognition, vocabulary and exercises with answers.
Italian Food and Cultural Identity: Why Cuisine Matters in Italy Read More »
Swiss-German mistakes in Italian explained by a teacher: word order, noun gender, double consonants, false friends and tu/Lei, with fixes and exercises.
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Italian pronominal verbs such as farcela, andarsene, cavarsela and prendersela explained with tables, a mini-dialogue, common mistakes and exercises with answers.
Pronominal Verbs: Farcela, Andarsene, and Other Essentials Read More »
Table manners in Italy explained: meal structure, bread, pasta and cappuccino etiquette, restaurant phrases, dialogues and exercises with answers.
Table Manners in Italy: A Short Guide to Dining Etiquette Read More »
Learn Italian cinema vocabulary: film genres, jobs on set, cinema verbs and useful expressions for talking about films, plus a dialogue and exercises.
Cinema Vocabulary: Talking About Films in Italian Read More »