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PRACTICE
MAKES PERFECT

Italian
Sentence
Builder
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PRACTICE
MAKES PERFECT

Italian
Sentence
Builder

Paola Nanni-Tate
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Contents

Introduction vii

1 Declarative sentences and word order 1

2 Interrogative sentences 11

3 Questions and answers 21

4 Imperatives 29

5 Coordinating conjunctions 39

6 Subordinating conjunctions 45

7 Relative pronouns 53

8 Present and past participles 59

9 Adjectives 67

10 Adverbs 77

11 Pronouns 85

12 Infi nitives 93

13 Words with special meaning 99

14 Idioms and special phrases 105

15 Antonyms and contrasts 109

16 Passive voice 113 17 Subjunctive mood 119

v
18 Punctuation 129

19 Letter writing 139

20 Let’s write! 145

Answer key 151

vi Contents

Introduction
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PRACTICE
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Italian
Sentence
Builder
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Declarative sentences and

word order ·1 ·

subject predicate

1
Declarative sentences
 subject verb complement

ESERCIZIO

1 ·1

2 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

1 ·2

Declarative sentences and word order 3

Word order in declarative sentences

subject verb direct object

verb subject

subject verb indirect object

Declarative sentences with

direct and indirect object nouns

subject verb direct object indirect object

Declarative sentences with direct and indirect object

pronouns

subject indirect object direct object verb

4 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

1 ·3

Declarative sentences and word order 5

Declarative sentences with prepositional phrases

Declarative sentences with adverbial phrases or adverbs

adverbial phrase subject verb

subject verb adverbial phrase

6 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

 subject verb adverb complement

ESERCIZIO

1 ·4

Declarative sentences and word order 7

Negative declarative sentences

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ESERCIZIO

1 ·5

Declarative sentences and word order 9

ESERCIZIO

1 ·6

ESERCIZIO

1 ·7

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ESERCIZIO

1 ·8

Declarative sentences and word order 11

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Interrogative sentences
·2 ·

verb subject

Forming interrogative sentences

◆

11
 ◆

ESERCIZIO

2 ·1

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 ESERCIZIO

2 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

2 ·3

Interrogative sentences 17
Interrogative words

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ESERCIZIO

2 ·4

Interrogative sentences 19
 Da dove verb

Di dove essere

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◆

Interrogative sentences 21
 ESERCIZIO

2 ·5

Quando bevi il caffè?

Quale caffè bevi?
Perchè bevi il caffè?
Bevi il caffè, vero?

22 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

Interrogative sentences 23
ESERCIZIO

2 ·7

ESERCIZIO

2 ·6

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ESERCIZIO

2 ·8

Interrogative sentences 25
 Questions and answers
·3 ·

Forming questions from sentences

21
 ◆

ESERCIZIO

3 ·1

Chi vuole giocare a scacchi?

A che cosa vogliono giocare i bambini?

Questions and answers 27

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ESERCIZIO

3 ·2

Questions and answers 29

Chi and che cosa

ESERCIZIO

3 ·3

Chi parla con mia sorella?

30 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

3 ·4

Questions and answers 31

ESERCIZIO

3 ·5

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ESERCIZIO

3 ·6

Che cosa hai comprato?

Ho comprato una macchina.

Questions and answers 33

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Imperatives
·4 ·

(tu) verb ! singular informal command

(voi) verb ! plural informal command

Lei verb ! singular formal command

Loro verb ! plural formal command

-are verbs

29
-ere verbs

-ire verbs

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Irregular imperative forms

ESERCIZIO

4 ·1

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Addressing groups

ESERCIZIO

4 ·2

Imperatives 39
Lasciare in the imperative form

lasciare infi nitive !

ESERCIZIO

4 ·3

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Negative imperatives

Imperatives 41
 non infi nitive !

Imperatives with object and refl exive pronouns

42 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

4 ·4

Imperatives 43
ESERCIZIO

4 ·5

ESERCIZIO

4 ·6

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ESERCIZIO

4 ·7

Dalle le matite colorate!

Imperatives 45
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Coordinating conjunctions
·5 ·

subject predicate

word/phrase/clause conjunction word/phrase/clause

Types of conjunctions

39
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Conjunctions ma and e

◆
 ESERCIZIO

5 ·1

Coordinating conjunctions 41

ESERCIZIO

5 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

5 ·3
ESERCIZIO

5 ·4

Coordinating conjunctions 43
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 Subordinating conjunctions
·6 ·

main subordinating verb dependent clause conjunction clause

Common subordinating conjunctions

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Subordinating conjunctions 57
 conjunction (time) dependent clause main clause

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 main subordinating indirect dependent clause interrogative
conjunction clause

main modal subordinating dependent clause conjunction

clause

Subordinating conjunctions with indicative and

subjunctive moods

indicative verb conjunction (time) dependent clause

conjunction subjunctive verb independent clause

Subordinating conjunctions 59
ESERCIZIO

6 ·1

ESERCIZIO

6 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

6 ·3

ESERCIZIO

6 ·4

Subordinating conjunctions 61
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Relative pronouns
·7 ·

Che and chi

noun relative pronoun (subject) relative clause

noun relative pronoun (direct object) relative clause

53
Cui

relative clause indirect object pronoun main clause

possessor defi nite article cui noun main clause

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Il quale

Quello che, ciò che, and quanto

main clause relative pronoun dependent clause

ESERCIZIO

7 ·1
ESERCIZIO

7 ·2

Relative pronouns 55

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 ESERCIZIO

7 ·3

Quanto, chiunque, and dove

ESERCIZIO

7 ·4

ESERCIZIO

7 ·5

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ESERCIZIO

7 ·6

Relative pronouns 57
 Present and past
participles ·8 ·

Present participles

present participle (noun) verb direct object

subject verb direct object present participle (adjective)

70 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder 59

subject present participle (verb) dependent clause
ESERCIZIO

8 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

8 ·3

Present and past participles 73

Past participles

subject past participle (adjective) verb

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 past participle (noun) verb direct object

subject avere/essere past participle

subject essere past participle

Past participles standing alone

past participle object main clause

Present and past participles 75

ESERCIZIO

8 ·4

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ESERCIZIO

8 ·6

ESERCIZIO

8 ·5

Quando avranno terminato gli esami, le bambine andranno in America.

Present and past participles 77

Position of pronouns with the past participle

78 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

8 ·7

Present and past participles 79

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Adjectives
·9 ·

Attributive adjectives

subject verb object attributive adjective

Predicative adjectives

subject linking verb predicative adjective

67
ESERCIZIO

9 ·1
Position of adjectives

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ESERCIZIO

9 ·2

Adjectives 83
Adjectives used as nouns

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ESERCIZIO

9 ·3

ESERCIZIO

9 ·4

Adjectives 85
Adverbial adjectives

subject verb adverbial adjective

ESERCIZIO

9 ·5

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Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

subject verb comparative adjective di second term

of majority of comparison

subject verb comparative adjective che second term

of majority of comparison

Adjectives 87
 ◆

subject verb defi nite più/meno adjective second term

article of comparison

subject verb absolute superlative

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◆

Adjectives 89
ESERCIZIO

9 ·6

ESERCIZIO

9 ·7

La tua amica è più simpatica della mia.

90 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

 La tua amica è la più simpatica di tutti.
La tua amica è simpaticissima.

ESERCIZIO

9 ·8

Adjectives 91
ESERCIZIO

9 ·9

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 Adverbs
·10 ·

subject verb adverb adjective

adverb noun adjective verb

subject verb adverb

subject verb adverb adverb

Position of the adverb

77
Modal adverbs

feminine adjective -mente modal adverb

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Adverbs 95
Adverbs of location

Adverbs of time

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Adverbs of quantity

Adverbs of affi rmation, denial, and doubt

Adverbs 97
Interrogative adverbs

Comparative and superlative of adverbs

verb più adverb second element of comparison

verb adverb suffi x

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 verb il più adverb reinforcing element

ESERCIZIO

10 ·1

Adverbs 99
ESERCIZIO

10 ·2

ESERCIZIO

10 ·3

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ESERCIZIO

10 ·5

ESERCIZIO

10 ·4

Adverbs 101
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Pronouns
·11 ·

85
Subject pronouns

104 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

Personal pronouns as direct objects

subject weak object pronoun verb

Pronouns 105
 subject verb strong object pronoun

ESERCIZIO

11 ·1

Luisa lo vede tutti i giorni.

Luisa vede lui tutti i giorni.

106 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

Pronouns 107
Indefi nite pronouns

ESERCIZIO

11 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

11 ·3

Pronouns 109
ESERCIZIO

11 ·4

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Refl exive pronouns

subject pronoun refl exive pronoun verb

Pronouns 111
 subject refl exive pronoun essere past participle

ESERCIZIO

11 ·5

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 Infi nitives
·12 ·

verb a infi nitive

93
 ◆

subject modal verb infi nitive complement

Tenses of the infi nitive

present infi nitive object main clause

adverb past infi nitive main clause

114 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

12 ·1

Prima di uscire, telefono.

Dopo aver telefonato, esco.
 Infi nitives 95
ESERCIZIO

12 ·2

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ESERCIZIO

12 ·3

ESERCIZIO

12 ·4
ESERCIZIO

12 ·5

Non può capire niente.

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 Infi nitives 97

Infi nitive constructions with aiutare, imparare, leggere,

sentire, and vedere

ESERCIZIO

12 ·6
 ·13 ·

Words with special

meaning

Words used for emphasis

120 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder 99

ESERCIZIO

13 ·1
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ESERCIZIO

13·2
 ESERCIZIO

Words with special meaning 101

13·3

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 ESERCIZIO

Pat phrases

13·4
 ESERCIZIO

ESERCIZIO

13 ·5

Vai in Italia questa estate?

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ESERCIZIO

Words with special meaning 103

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Idioms and special

phrases ·14 ·

Using idiomatic expressions

105
ESERCIZIO

14 ·1
ESERCIZIO

14 ·2

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 Viene ogni morte di Papa.

Idioms and special phrases 107

Refl exive verbs in special phrases

ESERCIZIO

14 ·3

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 Antonyms and
contrasts ·15 ·

Verb antonyms

ESERCIZIO

15 ·1

No, affatto! Io lo odio.

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Noun antonyms
ESERCIZIO

15 ·2

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Adjective and adverb antonyms

Antonyms and contrasts 111

ESERCIZIO

15 ·3

Lei non è una persona sorridente, ma è seria.

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 Passive voice
·16 ·

subject passive verb da agent

subject verb object

subject verb da agent

113
 ESERCIZIO

16 ·1

Present

Future

Imperfect

140 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

 Present perfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Past conditional

Venire with the passive voice

subject venire past participle da agent

ESERCIZIO

16 ·2
 Passive voice 115

ESERCIZIO

16 ·3

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Andare with the passive voice

subject andare past participle adverb

ESERCIZIO

16 ·4
Si with the passive voice

si verb direct object complement of location

Passive voice 117

144 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

16 ·5
 Subjunctive mood
·17 ·

main clause che subjunctive tense

Present subjunctive

present/future indicative che present subjunctive

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 ◆

ESERCIZIO

17 ·1
 present indicative di infi nitive

Past subjunctive

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 present indicative che past subjunctive

ESERCIZIO

17 ·2

Subjunctive mood 149

 ESERCIZIO

17 ·3

Imperfect subjunctive

subject imperfect indicative che imperfect subjunctive

verb in the conditional che imperfect subjunctive

150 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

Pluperfect subjunctive

imperfect che pluperfect subjunctive

ESERCIZIO

17 ·4

Subjunctive mood 151

Uses of the subjunctive in independent clauses

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 ESERCIZIO

17 ·5

Uses of the subjunctive in dependent clauses

Subjunctive mood 153

ESERCIZIO

17 ·6

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essere adverb che subjunctive object

Subjunctive mood 155

ESERCIZIO

17 ·7

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 ESERCIZIO

17 ·8

Subjunctive after the conjunction se

se imperfect subjunctive present conditional

se pluperfect subjunctive past conditional

Subjunctive mood 157

Subjunctive in relative clauses

ESERCIZIO

17 ·9

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Punctuation
·18 ·

Period

129
Comma

◆
 ◆

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 ◆

ESERCIZIO

18 ·1

Punctuation 163
Semicolon

Other punctuation marks

164 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

ESERCIZIO

18 ·2

Punctuation 165
Graphic marks

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 18·3

Elision

Punctuation 167
 ESERCIZIO

168 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder

 18·4

Dropping a vowel or fi nal syllable

Punctuation 169
 ESERCIZIO

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 Imperatives Other cases

18·5

Punctuation 171
ESERCIZIO

ESERCIZIO

18 ·6

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Punctuation 173
 Letter writing
·19 ·

Address

Body of a formal letter

174 Practice Makes Perfect Italian Sentence Builder 139

Body of an informal letter

Informal

Formal

ESERCIZIO

19 ·1

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 Letter writing 141

Abbreviations
E-mail

ESERCIZIO

19 ·2

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 ESERCIZIO

19 ·3

Letter writing 143

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ESERCIZIO

20 ·1
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ESERCIZIO

20 ·2
ESERCIZIO

20 ·3
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20 ·4

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Le mie amiche
Mio fratello e la sua fi danzata
I miei amici di scuola
Una signora con l’ombrello
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ESERCIZIO

20 ·5
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ESERCIZIO

20 ·7
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20 ·6

ESERCIZIO

20 ·8

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Answer key

1 Declarative sentences and word order

·1
·2
1·3

1·4

1·5
1·6

1·7

1·8

151
2 Interrogative sentences
2·1

2·2

2·3

2·4

2·5

2·6

2·7

2·8

3 Questions and answers

191 Answer key

3·1

3·2

3·3

3·4

3·5

3·6

4 Imperatives
4·1

192 Answer key

4·2

4·3

4·4

4·5

4·6

4·7

5 Coordinating conjunctions
5·1

5·2

5·3

Answer key 193

5·4

6 Subordinating conjunctions
6·1

6·2

6·3

6·4

7 Relative pronouns
7·1
7·2

7·3

194 Answer key

7·4

7·5
7·6

8 Present and past participles

8·1

8·2

8·3

8·4

8·5

8·6

8·7

9 Adjectives
9·1

Answer key 195

9·2

9·3

9·4

9·5

9·6

9·7

9·8

9·9

10 Adverbs
10·1

10·2

10·3

10·4

196 Answer key

10·5

11 Pronouns
11·1

11·2

11·3

11·4

11·5

12 Infi nitives
12·1

Answer key 197

12·2

12·3

12·4

12·5

12·6

13 Words with special meaning

13·1

13·2

13·3
13·4

198 Answer key

13·5

14 Idioms and special phrases

14·1

14·2

14·3

15 Antonyms and contrasts

15·1

15·2

15·3

16 Passive voice
16·1

Answer key 199

16·2

16·3

16·4

16·5

17 Subjunctive mood
17·1

17·2

17·3

17·4

17·5

17·6

17·7

17·8

200 Answer key

17·9

18 Punctuation
18·1

18·2

18·3

18·4

18·5

18·6

19 Letter writing

Answer key 201

19·1

19·2

19·3

202 Answer key

20 Let’s write!
20·1

20·2

20·3

Answer key 203

20·4

20·5

20·6

20·7

20·8

204 Answer key

Answer key 205