ITALIANO PER PRINCIPIANTI

LESSON PLAN

Objective:

Describing recent past events (2)

FORMING THE PAST PARTICIPLE:

The past participles of all are regular verbs end in ato:
parlare ho parlato con tuo padre I spoke to your father

The past participles of all ere regular verbs end in uto:
dovere abbiamo dovuto prendere il treno we had to take the train

The past participles of all ire regular verbs end in ito:
finire i ragazzi hanno finito gli esami una settimana fa the kids finished the exams a week ago
See Italianissimo p.194

Many verbs, particularly verbs ending in ere, have irregular past participles. There is no rule to help you learn all these forms. You just need to remember them! You can find the most common ones on page 251-252 of your coursebook.

FIND BELOW SOME USEFUL LINKS TO PRACTISE AND CONSOLIDATE WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS WEEK

http://www.verdru.be/rete1/r1asu11gr01.htm (form irregular past participles)http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/prossimo1.htm (form the past tense)


Ami imparare i verbi italiani? You may find this site useful: http://www.process1.co.uk/italian_verbs_trainer.htm

LESSON PLAN

Objectives:

Saying how often you do things (the present tense)
Describing recent past events (1)

Italianissimo p.61 v
1) Ogni giorno guardo la televisione I watch TV every day
Spesso vado al cinema I often go to the cinema
D’estate vado al mare In the summer I go to the sea


2) The passato prossimo describes a recently completed action:

Ho giocato a tennis I played tennis
Abbiamo mangiato spaghetti We ate spaghetti

It is formed with the present tense of the auxiliary verb avere (sometimes essere) followed by the past participle of the verb:

Ho comprato un computer I have bought a computer

See Italianissimo p.115 vi

FIND BELOW SOME USEFUL LINKS TO PRACTISE AND CONSOLIDATE WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS WEEK

Practise the present tense
http://www.iluss.it/verb_mach_free/pres_indic_3_a.htm

Learn more about the passato prossimo
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare145a.htm
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare345a.htm

LESSON PLAN

REVISION:

Asking and explaining the way: ITALIANISSIMO p.148 vii
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/lj/directions/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/lj/driving/index.shtml

Using the present tense of common verbs:

Matching exercises with verbs ending in "are, ere, ire"
http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/are1.htm
http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/ereire1.htm
http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/ereire2.htm
A challenging translation exercise
http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/adfs10.htm