Hello everyone! How are you?
Today we will take an A2 level Italian test, the second level.
If you have not yet seen, or would like to review, the A1 test, you can find it above.
Like last time, for each sentence 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 start with the first sentence right away.
I don't feel good, ... stronger!
The answers are: A, you speak; B, speak; C, you will speak.
The correct answer is the letter B, speak.
I don't hear you well, speak louder!
In this case we use the verb in the imperative mood because it is
an exhortation: I urge you to speak louder.
The verb to speak is conjugated to the second person singular of the imperative mood, speak.
Sentence number two.
The presents are ... the kitchen, ... the Christmas tree.
Answer A, in; under. B, inside; under. C, inside; in.
The correct answer is the letter A: in; under.
The presents are in the kitchen under the Christmas tree.
Sentence three.
Yesterday, while ... at the park, I met Michele.
A, I walked. B, I was walking. C, I strolled.
The correct answer is B: I was walking.
Yesterday, while I was walking in the park, I met Michele.
Here we use imperfect time because it
is an action that lasts in the past: while walking.
While, the action of meeting Michele is a
punctual action that takes place at a precise moment in the past.
Four.
- Did you find the pen? - No, just not ... I find!
Answer A, le. Answer B, the. Answer C, lo.
The correct answer is B, la.
- Did you find the pen? - No, I really can't find it.
The pronoun is in the place of the word pen and therefore agrees with it, it
must be put in the feminine singular.
Next sentence.
Sorry, ... lend me your umbrella?
A, you could. B, you can. C, you could.
The correct answer is C, you could.
Sorry, could you lend me your umbrella?
Here we need the conditional way to make a polite request in the present.
So the verb power in the conditional mood, present tense,
second person singular, becomes "you could".
Number six.
This is bread ... I bought this morning.
A, that. B, who. C, like.
The correct answer is the letter A, which.
This is the bread I bought this morning.
"Che" is a relative pronoun that replaces the word bread.
Number seven.
At school ... reading and writing.
A, you learn. B, learns us. C, learns it.
The right answer is the first, A.
At school you learn to read and write.
In this case there is no specific subject,
so the impersonal si is used plus the verb in the third person singular.
Number eight.
I like to eat pizza ... cake.
A, less than. B, unless. C, more than the.
The correct answer is the letter C.
I like to eat pizza more than cake.
"Più della" is the only possibility in this case, because the
articulated preposition of, is feminine and singular and therefore agrees with the word cake.
Nine.
Luca is married to Valeria ... 50 years.
A, from. B, for. C, during.
The correct answer is the letter A, from.
Luca has been married to Valeria for 50 years.
Keep in mind that the preposition from can be used to indicate a period of time that
began in the past and still continues in the present, so it has not yet ended.
Sentence number ten.
- ... my home? - I'm waiting for you!
A, you are. B, go. C, come on.
The correct answer is "come".
- Come to my place? - I'm waiting for you!
The verb come is used to express an approach to the person who is speaking.
In the other cases the verb to go is used, for example: "Are you going to the sea tomorrow?".
In this case, the speaker is not at the sea.
Eleven.
... grandfather lived to be 94 years old.
A, my. B, mine. C, mine.
The correct answer is the letter C: mine.
My grandfather lived to be 94 years old.
Remember that the article should never be used with family members in the singular.
So I will say: my mom, your cousin, her brother, etc.
Here we are at the end.
I hope the test went very well and you got a lot of right answers!
Have a great week and see you soon!