Hi everybody, how are you?
Today we will take a B2 level Italian test.
As always, for each question there are three possible answers.
I'll give you a few seconds to think,
but if you need more time just pause the video.
Let's begin!
Yesterday at the party I got so bored that .....!
Answer A, I went; answer B, I'm gone; answer C, I left.
The correct answer is the letter B: I am gone, I am gone.
Here we must use the verb andarsene: it is a verb that is widely used
in the Italian language, which has the meaning of going away.
It is a pronominal verb, which is therefore conjugated like reflexive verbs,
which also has the pronoun nor within it.
Its conjugation therefore is: I am gone, you are gone,
he / she is gone or gone, etc ...
Question two.
You need to ..... Italian.
Answer A, you learn; answer B, learn; answer C, you were learning.
The correct answer is the letter A: you learn.
You need to learn Italian.
With impersonal verbs as it is necessary, it is necessary, it is worthwhile, the subjunctive is used.
You need to learn Italian.
Being here everything in the present, the use of the present subjunctive is taken for granted: you learn.
Pay attention to this sentence.
I hope ..... my goals.
A, that I reach. B, to reach. C, that I reached.
The correct answer is the letter B: to reach.
I hope to achieve my goals.
In this sentence we have the verb to hope, "I hope",
so the use of the subjunctive would be taken for granted, but be careful!
If we have the same subject in the main phase, "I hope", and in the dependent phrase,
"that I reach", then we do not use the subjunctive, but we use "di" plus infinitive.
Remember this rule: if the subject of the principal and that of the subordinate coincide
then we use "di" followed by the infinitive, instead of using the subjunctive.
Number four.
Today I have to go to Sara, ... I have to give her book back.
Answer A, le; answer B, it; answer C, the.
The correct answer is the letter A: le.
Today I have to go to Sara, I have to give her back her book.
Here the indirect pronoun of the third person feminine is used: le.
The meaning is in fact up to her, I have to give the book back to her.
Number five.
I've been looking for Riccardo for an hour, nobody knows where .....!
Answer A, it will be; answer B, either; answer C, is.
In this case we have two correct answers, B and C, "both" and "is".
It is in fact an indirect question
and it is therefore possible to use both the subjunctive and the indicative.
With the indicative it becomes "nobody knows where he is".
It would be better to say "where it is", with the elision of the letter E.
With the subjunctive it becomes "nobody knows where it is".
Remember that with indirect questions
you can use both the subjunctive and the indicative.
Number six.
Dear grandmother, I miss you very much, I hope that ..... soon home.
Answer A, you will return; answer B, returns; answer C, come back.
The correct answer is the letter B: return.
I hope you get home soon.
Here we have "I hope that", an expression that indicates hope, so we must use
the subjunctive: "I hope you will be back home soon".
Number seven.
They had promised him that ..... but no one showed up.
The expression show up, if you don't know it, means to appear, to give news of oneself.
In this case it means that no one has come to help him.
So we have the answer A, they helped;
answer B, help; answer C, they would help.
The correct answer is the letter C: they would have helped.
They promised him they would help him, but no one showed up.
It is about the future in the past.
The action of helping is subsequent to that of promising.
They had promised him in the past that they would help him in the future.
We therefore use the past conditional, they would have
helped, to talk about an action in the past following another.
Number eight.
I ate too much, I feel like ..... an elephant.
Answer A, I had swallowed; answer B, I swallowed; answer C, swallowed.
The correct answer is the letter A: I had swallowed.
I feel like I've swallowed an elephant.
The verb to swallow means to eat in a hurry, to swallow greedily.
The expression as if, requires the imperfect or past perfect subjunctive.
Imperfect if the action takes place in the present, past if it concerns the past.
Here we must therefore use the past subjunctive:
I ate too much, I feel as if I have swallowed an elephant.
All in the past.
This construction, "as if" plus imperfect subjunctive or past perfect subjunctive
, is used to emphasize the preceding sentence.
This is therefore an exaggeration.
It is part of the hyperbolic language, the one that exaggerates in the description of reality:
I feel as if I have swallowed an elephant.
And you know that Italians really like exaggeration!
Sentence number nine.
Gianni, I know that tomorrow you will have a very important interview, .....!
Answer A, congratulations; answer B, good luck; answer C, condolences.
The correct answer is the letter B: good luck.
Gianni, I know that tomorrow you will have a very important interview, good luck!
"Congratulations" is usually used to express our joy,
our satisfaction to someone who has achieved an important goal.
In this case, the interview has not yet been passed.
Maybe you can congratulate us later, at the end of the interview, if it went well.
"Condolences" is usually used to express one's participation in a person's grief,
especially following a bereavement.
"Good luck" is instead a wish of good luck that is made
to those who are about to undergo a difficult test.
I know you have a job interview tomorrow, good luck! Good luck!
Number ten.
It was important that the pizza ..... well done.
Letter A, either; letter B, was; letter C, was.
The correct answer is the letter B: was.
It was important that the pizza was well cooked.
With impersonal expressions formed by the verb to be plus an adjective,
it is important, it is right, it is strange ... you have to use the subjunctive.
The choice of the subjunctive depends on the tense of the main one.
Here we have the imperfect in the main one, it was important,
so we will choose the imperfect subjunctive: that the pizza was well cooked.
Last question.
Correct you ..... don't make the same mistakes again.
Letter A, as; letter B, when; letter C, why.
The correct answer is the letter C: why.
This sentence falls under one of the cases where "why" is used.
More precisely, "why" takes on a final value
and is used as a synonym for "why".
I correct you because, or so, you never make the same mistakes again.
Pay attention that when "why" has this value it is always followed by the subjunctive.
Fantastic! Even today we have completed our quiz.
Congratulations on making it this far and on not giving up!
See you in the next video! Soon!