Basic Italian in 7 Days (Fast Track): Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
Untimed topic quiz: 50 questions on Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 6: Phone and appointments, Asking questions, Yesterday and more
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Question 1 of 50
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Answer: C. Pronto?
Italians say Pronto? when they answer the phone. Presto means soon or early.
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Question 2 of 50
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Answer: B. One moment, please.
Un attimo means a moment. You hear it when someone puts you on hold.
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Question 3 of 50
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Answer: D. prendere
To make an appointment is prendere un appuntamento. Vorrei is followed by the infinitive.
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Question 4 of 50
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Answer: D. Sì, va benissimo.
Va benissimo means that's perfect. Sono le dieci tells the time, and No, giovedì non posso refuses.
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Question 5 of 50
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Answer: C. You have the wrong number.
Sbagliare means to make a mistake, so Ha sbagliato numero means you dialled the wrong number.
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Question 6 of 50
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Answer: A. Può ripetere, per favore?
With Lei, potere is può. Puoi is the informal tu form, posso means I can and possono means they can.
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Question 7 of 50
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Answer: A. dottor
Before a name, dottore loses the final -e: il dottor Rossi. The same happens with signor and professor.
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Question 8 of 50
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Answer: C. Tuesday at four
Martedì is Tuesday and alle quattro means at four o'clock.
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Segretaria: Studio medico, buongiorno.
Paziente: Buongiorno, vorrei un appuntamento con il dottor Bianchi.
Segretaria: Va bene martedì alle quattro? -
Question 9 of 50
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Answer: B. Call back this evening
Marco is not there (non c'è), so Giulia says richiamo stasera: I'll call back this evening.
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Giulia: Pronto, sono Giulia. C'è Marco?
Signora: No, mi dispiace, non c'è.
Giulia: Va bene, richiamo stasera. -
Question 10 of 50
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Answer: A. To meet at 11 instead of 10
Non posso venire alle 10 means I can't come at 10, and Va bene alle 11? asks if 11 is OK.
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Question 11 of 50
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Answer: B. Where?
Dove means where. When is quando, who is chi and how is come.
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Question 12 of 50
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Answer: B. Quanti
Quanto agrees with the noun. Anni is masculine plural, so use quanti.
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Question 13 of 50
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Answer: D. Quante
Sorelle is feminine plural, so use quante.
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Question 14 of 50
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Answer: C. Qual è il tuo indirizzo?
Write qual è with no apostrophe. Use qual è, not cosa è, to ask for an address or a number.
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Question 15 of 50
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Answer: B. Quando arriva Paolo?
Domani sera (tomorrow evening) answers quando (when).
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Question 16 of 50
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Answer: A. Dove abita Marco?
Put the question word first, then the verb, then the subject. Italian does not use a word like do.
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Question 17 of 50
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Answer: D. Perché lavoro in Italia.
Perché? asks why, and the answer starts with perché (because).
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Question 18 of 50
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Answer: C. London
Di dove sei? asks where you are from. Tom says Sono di Londra; he lives (abito) in Milan.
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Anna: Di dove sei?
Tom: Sono di Londra, ma abito a Milano. -
Question 19 of 50
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Answer: D. Lucia's colleague
Chi è? asks who someone is. Lucia answers È Marta, la mia collega: my colleague.
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Giorgio: Chi è quella ragazza?
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Question 20 of 50
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Answer: A. Question 4
Perché means why, so question 4 asks for a reason. Question 2, Di dove sei?, asks where you are from.
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Question 21 of 50
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Answer: A. Yesterday I worked.
Ieri means yesterday, and ho lavorato is the passato prossimo of lavorare.
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Question 22 of 50
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Answer: D. ho mangiato
Mangiare uses avere + participle: ho mangiato. With avere, the participle normally does not change.
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Question 23 of 50
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Answer: B. dormito
Regular -ire verbs make the participle with -ito: dormire, dormito.
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Question 24 of 50
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Answer: B. venduto
Regular -ere verbs make the participle with -uto: vendere, venduto.
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Question 25 of 50
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Answer: A. visto
Vedere has an irregular participle: visto. Ho visto un film means I saw a movie.
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Question 26 of 50
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Answer: B. ha letto
Leggere uses avere, and its participle is irregular: letto.
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Question 27 of 50
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Answer: C. è andata
Andare uses essere, so the participle agrees with Giulia (feminine): è andata.
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Question 28 of 50
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Answer: D. Fish
Abbiamo mangiato il pesce means we ate fish.
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Ieri sono andato al ristorante con mia moglie. Abbiamo mangiato il pesce.
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Question 29 of 50
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Answer: A. He watched a movie.
La sera ho visto un film means in the evening I watched a movie. He played soccer before that.
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Laura: Cosa hai fatto sabato?
Paolo: Ho giocato a calcio e la sera ho visto un film. -
Question 30 of 50
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Answer: B. By bus
Ho preso l'autobus means I took the bus. Prendere has the irregular participle preso.
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Question 31 of 50
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Answer: A. next week
Prossimo/prossima means next. Last week is la settimana scorsa.
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Question 32 of 50
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Answer: B. Domani vado al mare.
Domani (tomorrow) + present tense is a common way to talk about the future. The other sentences are in the past.
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Question 33 of 50
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Answer: C. parleremo
In the future of -are verbs, a becomes e: parleremo. Parlerete is for voi and parlerò for io.
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Question 34 of 50
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Answer: B. andrò
Andare has an irregular future: andrò, andrai, andrà... Andrà is for lui or lei.
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Question 35 of 50
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Answer: D. faremo
Fare has a short future: farò, farai, farà, faremo. Faremmo, with mm, means we would do.
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Question 36 of 50
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Answer: B. di
Pensare di + infinitive means to be thinking of doing something.
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Question 37 of 50
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Answer: A. Vado al cinema con Anna.
Stasera means this evening, so answer with a plan in the present tense: Vado al cinema.
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Question 38 of 50
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Answer: D. Two weeks
Resteremo due settimane means we will stay two weeks. Il mese prossimo (next month) is when they leave.
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Il mese prossimo andrò in Sicilia con la mia famiglia. Resteremo due settimane.
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Question 39 of 50
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Answer: D. Play tennis
Luca works in the morning (domani mattina lavoro), but in the afternoon he plays tennis (il pomeriggio gioco a tennis).
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Sara: Cosa fai domani?
Luca: Domani mattina lavoro, ma il pomeriggio gioco a tennis. -
Question 40 of 50
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Answer: A. Something to drink
Portate qualcosa da bere means bring something to drink. The party is next Saturday at 8 p.m.
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Question 41 of 50
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Answer: D. Can you help me?
Può is the formal you form of potere, and aiutarmi means to help me.
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Question 42 of 50
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Answer: C. possiamo
Potere is irregular. With noi it is possiamo. Possono is for loro and potete for voi.
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Question 43 of 50
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Answer: A. puoi
With tu, potere is puoi. Può is for lui, lei or Lei, and poi means then.
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Question 44 of 50
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Answer: D. Potrebbe aprire la finestra, per favore?
Potrebbe (could you) with per favore is very polite. Apri! is a direct order, and devi means you must.
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Question 45 of 50
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Answer: D. Can I help you?
Posso means I can and aiutarla means to help you (formal). Shop staff often say this.
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Question 46 of 50
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Answer: B. Prego!
Prego means you're welcome. Per favore means please, so it is not an answer to grazie.
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Question 47 of 50
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Answer: C. So nuotare.
For a skill you have learned, use sapere: so nuotare. Posso nuotare means I am allowed or able to swim now.
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Question 48 of 50
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Answer: C. At the end of this street, on the right
In fondo a questa strada means at the end of this street, and a destra means on the right.
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Turista: Mi scusi, mi può dire dov'è la stazione?
Signore: Certo, è in fondo a questa strada, a destra. -
Question 49 of 50
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Answer: C. Only in cash
The cashier says Mi dispiace, oggi accettiamo solo contanti: today we accept only cash.
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Cliente: Posso pagare con la carta?
Cassiera: Mi dispiace, oggi accettiamo solo contanti. -
Question 50 of 50
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Answer: D. Use the Wi-Fi for free
Si può means you can. The sign says you can read, study and use the Wi-Fi for free (gratis), but not eat, drink or make calls.
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