Hello everyone!
Today is the time for a new Italian test, level B1.
If you missed the previous ones, levels A1 and A2, you can find them above.
As always, for each sentence to be completed there will be three possible answers.
I'll give you a few seconds to think,
but if you need more time just pause the video.
Let's start with the first sentence right away.
How much ..... to eat a pizza tonight!
Answer A, I like it; B, I liked it; C, I'd like to.
The correct answer is the letter C: I would like to.
How I would love to eat a pizza tonight!
Remember that to make a wish you must use the conditional way: I would like it.
Number two.
When I got to the restaurant my friends ..... to eat.
Answer A, they had already started; B, began; C, they began.
The correct answer is A: they had already started.
By the time I got to the restaurant my friends had already started eating.
Here the perfect past tense is used because it is
an action preceding another past action.
If we imagine a time line,
the action of eating precedes the action of arriving at the restaurant.
In fact, when I arrived at the restaurant I realized
that my friends had already started eating!
What friends!
Number three.
The ..... pasta of the world is eaten in Italy.
A, very good; B, better: C, more good.
Here there are two correct answers: B and C;
because I'm not just praising a pasta dish, saying it's yummy or perfect.
This pasta is very good!
But I'm making a comparison, a comparison,
so I have to use the adjective good at the relative superlative degree.
So why are there two correct answers?
Because the adjective good has two relative superlatives: the best and the best.
Obviously everything must be agreed with the word pasta, so the
adjectives go to the feminine: the best or the best.
Number four.
Would you like something ... drink?
A, of; B, from; C, a.
The correct answer is the letter B: from.
This preposition is used because it introduces a final subordinate,
which expresses the end, the purpose.
The preposition da, among its many functions, also has that of defining the purpose of something.
I bought some new running shoes.
It means "they are used to run".
This soccer ball is too light.
"From football" means "you need to play football".
Carlo took 30 cum laude, ... I'll congratulate you.
Letter A, the; letter B, lo; letter C, li.
The correct answer is the letter A: gli.
"Gli" is an indirect pronoun which means "to him".
I will congratulate him.
Number six.
If you want this book ..... gift.
Letter A, you it; B, me it; C, there it is.
The correct answer is the letter A: if you want this book, I'll give it to you.
There are two pronouns: "lo" is a direct pronoun and refers to the book.
It means that it is the object complement that answers the questions: who? What?
In this case it indicates what gift: the book.
"Te" is an indirect pronoun, which in this case indicates to whom it is given: to you.
It is therefore two combined pronouns.
The rule says that the indirect pronoun must be put first and then the direct one: you lo.
Number seven.
While ..... my neighbor ... the battery.
Answer A, I slept / rang; answer B, I was sleeping / playing; answer C, I slept / rang.
The correct answer is the letter B: I was sleeping / playing:
while I was sleeping my neighbor played the drums.
There are two actions that take place in the past,
two actions that also have a certain duration in time.
The imperfect is therefore used for both actions: I slept, he played.
For example, the sentence would have been different:
while I was sleeping my neighbor knocked on the door.
Here we use the perfect past tense knocked, because the action of
knocking is a punctual action, which occurs at a certain moment.
It is a very short action to knock.
Eight.
..... you are very smart, you have to go to university.
Letter A, although; B, despite; C, since.
The correct answer is the letter C: since.
Since you are very smart, you have to go to university.
"Because" introduces a causal subordinate with the indicative and
is usually used when the subordinate comes before the principal.
If, on the other hand, the two parts had been reversed, we would have preferred to use "why":
you have to go to university because you are very intelligent.
Nine.
From the top of this mountain ..... the stars.
A, you can see; B, they are seen; C, are seen.
The correct answer and the B: can be seen.
From the top of this mountain you can see the stars.
Here we have the impersonal yes, used when there is no specific person (I see,
you see, he sees), but we speak in general.
Notice how the verb goes in agreement with the object complement: the stars.
So I'll say "seen", not "seen".
Number ten.
The university ..... studio is located in Rome.
A, which; B, where; C, to which.
The correct answer is the letter B: where.
The university where I study is located in Rome.
I have to use this relative pronoun because this is where I study.
Here we have an indirect complement which is always introduced by a preposition,
"in" in this case.
It would be different with the verb to attend: the university I attend is in Rome.
In this case we have the complement object,
not of place, and it is not introduced by a preposition.
Yesterday not ..... Italian, why not ..... feel like it.
A, I have studied / have had; B, I was studying / had; C, I studied / had.
The correct answer is the letter C: I studied / had.
Yesterday I didn't study Italian because I didn't feel like it.
Here too it is very important to be clear about the difference between imperfect and present perfect.
I didn't study Italian yesterday.
Here I use the perfect past tense (I studied) because it expresses a specific, punctual
action that occurs at a given moment.
Because I didn't feel like it.
Here I use the imperfect because it is a condition: I did not feel like it.
Here we are at the end.
As usual, I hope the test went great!
Get ready for the next one! Soon!