Basic Italian in 30 Days: Review
Untimed topic quiz: 10 questions on Review, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 30: Review
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Question 1 of 10
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Answer: C. Buongiorno, come sta?
Use buongiorno in the morning and the formal Lei form (come sta?) with strangers. Ciao is informal.
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Question 2 of 10
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Answer: A. lo
Masculine nouns that start with z or s + consonant take lo: lo zaino, lo studente.
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Question 3 of 10
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Answer: B. siamo
Essere with noi is siamo. Siete is for voi, and abbiamo is the verb avere.
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Question 4 of 10
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Answer: D. le case
Feminine nouns ending in -a make the plural with -e, and la becomes le: le case.
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Question 5 of 10
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Answer: A. Sono le tre e un quarto.
For most hours, use sono le + number: sono le tre. Use è only for one o'clock, noon and midnight: è l'una, è mezzogiorno.
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Question 6 of 10
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Answer: C. sono andati
Andare uses essere, and the participle agrees with Marco e Luca (masculine plural): sono andati.
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Question 7 of 10
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Answer: A. Sì, mi piacciono molto.
I gatti is plural, so use mi piacciono. Mi piace is for one thing, and ti piacciono would mean you like them.
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Question 8 of 10
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Answer: B. Two return tickets to Florence
Due biglietti means two tickets, per Firenze means to Florence, and andata e ritorno means return.
Transcript
Buongiorno. Vorrei due biglietti per Firenze, andata e ritorno, per favore.
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Question 9 of 10
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Answer: D. A mineral water
Marco says Io prendo solo un'acqua minerale: only a mineral water. Anna orders the cappuccino and the cornetto.
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Cameriere: Cosa prendete?
Anna: Per me un cappuccino e un cornetto.
Marco: Io prendo solo un'acqua minerale. -
Question 10 of 10
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Answer: C. Visit the Vatican Museums
Domani andrò ai Musei Vaticani uses the future: tomorrow I will go to the Vatican Museums. Her school is near the Colosseum.
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