Basic Italian in 30 Days: Food and drink
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Food and drink, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 10: Food and drink
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: A. cheese
Il formaggio is cheese. Milk is il latte and bread is il pane.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: D. le mele
Feminine nouns in -a end in -e in the plural, and la becomes le: le mele.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: C. i pomodori
Masculine nouns in -o end in -i in the plural, and il becomes i: i pomodori.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: C. un'
Arancia is feminine and starts with a vowel, so una becomes un': un'arancia.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: A. dello zucchero
Zucchero is masculine and starts with z, so its article is lo. Di + lo = dello: dello zucchero.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: B. dell'acqua
Acqua is feminine and starts with a vowel, so its article is l'. Di + l' = dell': dell'acqua.
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: A. le uova
Uovo is irregular: one egg is l'uovo, but two or more are le uova.
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: D. A croissant
The speaker says mangio un cornetto. A cornetto is an Italian croissant.
Transcript
Per colazione bevo un caffè e mangio un cornetto.
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Question 9 of 10
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Answer: D. Bread, cheese and apples
The speaker says del pane (bread), del formaggio (cheese) e delle mele (apples).
Transcript
Oggi compro del pane, del formaggio e delle mele.
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Question 10 of 10
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Answer: A. Fish with potatoes
The secondo is the main course. Here it is pesce con patate: fish with potatoes.
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