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Question 1Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the sentence: "Penso che Marco ___ ragione."

  1. abbia Correct answer.
  2. ha
  3. avrà
  4. avrebbe

Explanation

Verbs of opinion such as pensare, credere and ritenere followed by che require the congiuntivo. The congiuntivo presente of avere for the third person singular is abbia: "Penso che Marco abbia ragione."

Question 2Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which form correctly completes: "Stasera vado ___ cinema con i miei amici."?

  1. al Correct answer.
  2. a il
  3. del
  4. nel

Explanation

Italian obligatorily fuses simple prepositions with the definite article (preposizioni articolate). a + il = al, so the correct form is "vado al cinema".

Question 3Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the periodo ipotetico: "Se io ___ più tempo, viaggerei in Italia ogni estate."

  1. avessi Correct answer.
  2. avrei
  3. ho
  4. avrò

Explanation

The periodo ipotetico dell'irrealtà (secondo tipo) uses congiuntivo imperfetto in the se-clause and condizionale presente in the main clause: "Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei…"

Question 4Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the unreal past conditional: "Se avessi studiato di più, ___ l'esame."

  1. avrei superato Correct answer.
  2. avessi superato
  3. superavo
  4. supererei

Explanation

In the periodo ipotetico dell'irrealtà nel passato, the protasi takes congiuntivo trapassato ("se avessi studiato") and the apodosi takes condizionale passato: "avrei superato l'esame".

Question 5Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the correct participle: "Le ragazze sono ___ al mare."

  1. andate Correct answer.
  2. andati
  3. andato
  4. andare

Explanation

With the auxiliary essere the past participle agrees with the subject in gender and number. "Le ragazze" is feminine plural, so the participle is andate.

Question 6Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Read the text: "Il divario tra il Nord e il Sud dell'Italia resta uno dei problemi più discussi del Paese. Nelle regioni settentrionali il tasso di disoccupazione è nettamente più basso e le infrastrutture sono più moderne, mentre nel Mezzogiorno molti giovani laureati decidono di trasferirsi altrove per trovare un lavoro stabile." What is the main topic of the text?

  1. The economic and social gap between northern and southern Italy Correct answer.
  2. The quality of Italian universities
  3. The modernisation of the Italian railway network
  4. Immigration from other countries into Italy

Explanation

The first sentence names the topic explicitly (il divario tra il Nord e il Sud) and the second develops it with unemployment, infrastructure and youth migration.

Question 7Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Using the same text ("…nel Mezzogiorno molti giovani laureati decidono di trasferirsi altrove per trovare un lavoro stabile"), why do many young graduates leave the Mezzogiorno?

  1. In order to find secure employment Correct answer.
  2. Because universities in the south have closed
  3. Because the climate in the north is more pleasant
  4. In order to study a foreign language abroad

Explanation

The final clause states the reason explicitly with per + infinitive: "per trovare un lavoro stabile" - to find stable work.

Question 8Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Read: "Secondo un'indagine recente, gli adolescenti italiani trascorrono in media più di tre ore al giorno sui social network. Molti esperti sostengono che questo uso intensivo possa influire negativamente sulla concentrazione, ma altri sottolineano che le piattaforme digitali offrono anche nuove possibilità di partecipazione civica." Which statement best summarises the text?

  1. Experts disagree: intensive social-media use is seen both as a risk and as an opportunity Correct answer.
  2. Experts agree that social networks damage young people's concentration
  3. Italian teenagers spend less time online than teenagers elsewhere in Europe
  4. Social networks are the main channel of political participation in Italy

Explanation

The structure "Molti esperti sostengono… ma altri sottolineano…" presents two opposing expert positions, one about a risk to concentration, the other about civic participation opportunities.

Question 9Reading and written dialogue comprehension

In the same text, the clause "Molti esperti sostengono che questo uso intensivo possa influire negativamente sulla concentrazione" uses the congiuntivo possa. What does this mood choice signal?

  1. The negative effect is presented as a claim or possibility attributed to the experts, not as an established fact Correct answer.
  2. The negative effect happened in the past and is now over
  3. The writer personally guarantees that the effect is real
  4. The sentence is a command addressed to the experts

Explanation

Sostenere che is a verb of opinion; with the congiuntivo the subordinate content is marked as an asserted view rather than a fact the writer endorses. The modal potere adds the sense of possibility.

Question 10Reading and written dialogue comprehension

Read: "Il Comune di Bologna ha deciso di ampliare le zone pedonali del centro storico. L'obiettivo non è soltanto ridurre l'inquinamento, ma anche restituire ai cittadini spazi di incontro. Alcuni commercianti, tuttavia, temono un calo delle vendite." What are the two stated aims of the decision?

  1. Reducing pollution and giving citizens spaces to meet Correct answer.
  2. Increasing shop revenues and reducing pollution
  3. Restoring historic buildings and creating parking spaces
  4. Reducing traffic accidents and attracting tourists

Explanation

The correlative structure "non… soltanto… ma anche…" names exactly two aims: ridurre l'inquinamento and restituire ai cittadini spazi di incontro.

Question 11Writing, mediation and interaction

A German school website states: "Der Unterricht beginnt um 8 Uhr und endet meistens gegen 13 Uhr." You are writing to your Italian host family to explain your school day. Which sentence best mediates this information into Italian?

  1. Le lezioni iniziano alle otto e di solito finiscono verso l'una. Correct answer.
  2. Le lezioni iniziano all'una e finiscono alle otto.
  3. Le lezioni iniziano alle otto di sera.
  4. Non ci sono lezioni fino all'una.

Explanation

The correct mediation keeps both facts accurate: lessons start at 8 (alle otto) and usually end around 1 pm (verso l'una), matching "beginnt um 8 Uhr" and "endet meistens gegen 13 Uhr".

Question 12Writing, mediation and interaction

A German news alert reads: "Wegen eines Streiks fallen am Freitag zwischen 9 und 15 Uhr viele Regionalzüge aus." You need to warn your Italian exchange partner, who is planning to travel by regional train that day. Which mediation is most accurate and useful for her?

  1. Attenzione: venerdì, a causa di uno sciopero, molti treni regionali non circoleranno tra le nove e le quindici. Correct answer.
  2. Attenzione: venerdì tutti i treni, anche quelli internazionali, sono cancellati per l'intera giornata.
  3. Attenzione: uno sciopero dei treni è previsto per sabato dalle nove alle quindici.
  4. Attenzione: i treni regionali di venerdì avranno solo un piccolo ritardo.

Explanation

This option keeps the essential facts your friend needs: the cause (strike), the affected trains (regional), the day (Friday) and the time window (9–15), matching the German source exactly.

Question 13Writing, mediation and interaction

You are writing an informal email to your Italian pen pal, mediating this note from your German teacher: "Schick deinem Austauschpartner doch mal eine Nachricht und erzähl ihm von deinen Sommerferien." Which opening line has the appropriate register for this task?

  1. Ciao! Ti va di sapere come ho passato le vacanze estive? Correct answer.
  2. Egregio Signore, La informo in merito alle mie vacanze estive.
  3. Si comunica che le vacanze estive sono terminate.
  4. Distinti saluti, Le scrivo per aggiornarLa sulle mie ferie.

Explanation

The German note asks for an informal message to a fellow student (Austauschpartner), so the Italian mediation should use the informal tu register and a casual greeting, as in the correct option.

Question 14Writing, mediation and interaction

A German recycling flyer states: "Gelbe Säcke werden nur donnerstags abgeholt; sie müssen bis 7 Uhr morgens bereitstehen." You are explaining the local waste rules to your new Italian flatmate. Which mediation keeps all the key restrictions?

  1. I sacchi gialli vengono ritirati solo il giovedì e devono essere pronti fuori entro le sette del mattino. Correct answer.
  2. I sacchi gialli vengono ritirati ogni giorno, quindi non c'è un orario fisso.
  3. I sacchi gialli vengono ritirati il giovedì sera, dopo le sette.
  4. I sacchi gialli non vengono più ritirati in questa zona.

Explanation

This keeps both restrictions from the source: collection only on Thursdays (nur donnerstags) and the deadline of 7 a.m. (bis 7 Uhr morgens).

Question 15Writing, mediation and interaction

A German article states: "Zwar sind die Lebenshaltungskosten in den Großstädten hoch, aber viele junge Menschen ziehen trotzdem dorthin, weil sie sich dort bessere Berufschancen erhoffen." Which Italian sentence best preserves the concessive relationship for an Italian reader?

  1. Anche se il costo della vita nelle grandi città è alto, molti giovani vi si trasferiscono comunque, sperando in migliori opportunità di lavoro. Correct answer.
  2. Poiché il costo della vita nelle grandi città è alto, molti giovani evitano di trasferirsi.
  3. Il costo della vita nelle grandi città è basso, quindi molti giovani vi si trasferiscono.
  4. Molti giovani si trasferiscono nelle grandi città solo per il basso costo della vita.

Explanation

Zwar…, aber… is a concessive structure ("although X, still Y"), correctly rendered by anche se + comunque: the high cost is conceded, but young people move there anyway for better job prospects - preserving both the concession and the reason clause.

Question 16Italian cultural and historical contexts

Which statement correctly describes the Italian system of government?

  1. Italy is a parliamentary republic in which the President is head of state and the Presidente del Consiglio (Prime Minister) leads the government Correct answer.
  2. Italy is a constitutional monarchy with a King as head of state
  3. Italy has a presidential system in which the President directly runs the government, as in the USA
  4. Italy is governed directly by the European Commission

Explanation

Italy has been a parliamentary republic since the 1946 referendum. The Presidente della Repubblica is a largely representative head of state, while executive government is led by the Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri (Prime Minister), who answers to Parliament.

Question 17Italian cultural and historical contexts

What does the Festa della Repubblica, celebrated in Italy on 2 June, commemorate?

  1. The 1946 referendum in which Italians voted to replace the monarchy with a republic Correct answer.
  2. Italy's entry into the European Union
  3. The end of the Second World War in Italy
  4. The signing of the Italian constitution in 1948

Explanation

On 2 June 1946, Italians voted in an institutional referendum that replaced the monarchy with a republic (about 54% in favour of the republic); the date is now Italy's national day, la Festa della Repubblica.

Question 18Italian cultural and historical contexts

What role did Italy play in the founding of the European Economic Community, a forerunner of the EU?

  1. Italy was one of the six founding states that signed the Trattati di Roma in 1957 Correct answer.
  2. Italy joined the European project only in the 1990s
  3. Italy opposed European integration and joined the EU as a late candidate
  4. Italy hosted the founding treaty signing but did not become a member itself

Explanation

Italy, together with France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, signed the Trattati di Roma on 25 March 1957, founding the European Economic Community - Italy has been a member state from the very beginning.

Question 19Italian cultural and historical contexts

Who are commonly called "le Tre Corone" of early Italian literature?

  1. Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio Correct answer.
  2. Alessandro Manzoni, Giacomo Leopardi and Ugo Foscolo
  3. Luigi Pirandello, Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, Baldassarre Castiglione e Torquato Tasso

Explanation

Le Tre Corone ("the Three Crowns") is the traditional name for the three great 14th-century (Trecento) authors who shaped literary Italian: Dante Alighieri (Divina Commedia), Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio (Decameron).

Question 20Italian cultural and historical contexts

The Italian term "il mammismo", part of the Fachlehrplan Themenbereich La famiglia italiana, is most closely linked to which social trend?

  1. Adult children, especially sons, remaining in or returning to the parental home well into their twenties or thirties Correct answer.
  2. Italian mothers working full-time outside the home in record numbers
  3. A sharp rise in the Italian birth rate compared to the rest of Europe
  4. Italian families relocating abroad together for work

Explanation

Mammismo describes the close, prolonged bond between adult children - often sons in particular - and their mothers, associated with Italians leaving the parental home later than the European average.

Question 21Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the concessive clause: "Benché ___ stanco, Luca esce ogni sera."

  1. sia Correct answer.
  2. è
  3. sarà
  4. sarebbe

Explanation

Concessive conjunctions benché, sebbene, nonostante and quantunque always govern the congiuntivo. With a present main clause the congiuntivo presente sia is required.

Question 22Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct subjunctive tense: "Volevo che tu ___ con me alla festa."

  1. venissi Correct answer.
  2. vieni
  3. verrai
  4. venivi

Explanation

The consecutio temporum requires that a past main verb (volevo) be followed by the congiuntivo imperfetto for a simultaneous or subsequent action: "Volevo che tu venissi con me."

Question 23Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Credevo che loro ___ già partiti quando ho telefonato."

  1. fossero Correct answer.
  2. erano
  3. sarebbero
  4. siano

Explanation

An action completed before a past main verb requires the congiuntivo trapassato: fossero + participio passato. "Credevo che loro fossero già partiti."

Question 24Italian grammar and vocabulary

Report the sentence "Arriverò domani" after a past introducing verb: "Mi ha detto che ___ il giorno dopo."

  1. sarebbe arrivato Correct answer.
  2. arriverebbe
  3. arriverà
  4. era arrivato

Explanation

In Italian indirect speech with a past introducing verb, a future in the original becomes the condizionale passato (futuro nel passato): "Mi ha detto che sarebbe arrivato il giorno dopo."

Question 25Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the correct tense: "Mentre ___ , è suonato il telefono."

  1. studiavo Correct answer.
  2. ho studiato
  3. studierò
  4. studiassi

Explanation

The imperfetto describes an ongoing background action interrupted by a punctual event in the passato prossimo. Mentre almost always introduces an imperfetto.

Question 26Italian grammar and vocabulary

In "Manzoni ___ un grande scrittore dell'Ottocento", which form is the passato remoto of essere in the third person singular?

  1. fu Correct answer.
  2. era
  3. è stato
  4. sarebbe stato

Explanation

The passato remoto of essere is fui, fosti, fu, fummo, foste, furono. The third person singular is fu, the tense typically used in Italian narrative and historical prose.

Question 27Italian grammar and vocabulary

What is the correct third person singular passato remoto of the verb scrivere?

  1. scrisse Correct answer.
  2. scriveva
  3. scrivé
  4. scrivette

Explanation

Scrivere is one of the many -ere verbs with an irregular, stressed passato remoto stem: scrissi, scrivesti, scrisse, scrivemmo, scriveste, scrissero.

Question 28Italian grammar and vocabulary

Turn into the passive voice: "Maria scrive la lettera." → "La lettera ___ da Maria."

  1. è scritta Correct answer.
  2. ha scritto
  3. si scrive
  4. è scritto

Explanation

The forma passiva uses essere + participio passato, and the participle agrees with the new subject. "La lettera" is feminine singular, so: è scritta.

Question 29Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the passive formed with venire: "Il museo ___ ogni anno da migliaia di turisti."

  1. viene visitato Correct answer.
  2. viene visitando
  3. va visitato
  4. sta visitato

Explanation

Venire + participio passato forms a passive that stresses the process or a repeated action: "Il museo viene visitato ogni anno da migliaia di turisti." It is equivalent here to "è visitato".

Question 30Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the correct form: "___ in Italia per un anno, ho imparato molto sulla cultura del Paese."

  1. Vivendo Correct answer.
  2. Vivere
  3. Vivuto
  4. Per vivere

Explanation

The gerundio (vivendo) replaces a subordinate clause of time, cause or manner with the same subject as the main clause: "Vivendo in Italia…, ho imparato molto" = "Mentre vivevo in Italia…".

Question 31Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the progressive form: "Che cosa stai ___ in questo momento?"

  1. facendo Correct answer.
  2. fare
  3. fatto
  4. fai

Explanation

Stare + gerundio expresses an action in progress. The gerundio of fare is facendo: "Che cosa stai facendo?"

Question 32Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which form is the correct negative imperative addressed to a friend (tu): "Non ___ così tardi!"?

  1. arrivare Correct answer.
  2. arriva
  3. arrivi
  4. arrivate

Explanation

The negative imperative of the second person singular is formed with non + infinito: "Non arrivare così tardi!" This is a genuine irregularity of Italian, since only the tu-form behaves this way.

Question 33Italian grammar and vocabulary

How do you say "Give it to me!" (informal, referring to il libro)?

  1. Dammelo! Correct answer.
  2. Mi lo dai!
  3. Damelo!
  4. Dalmi!

Explanation

With the tu imperative the pronouns are attached to the verb. The indirect pronoun mi becomes me before a direct pronoun, giving da' + me + lo. The truncated imperative da' triggers raddoppiamento of the following consonant: Dammelo!

Question 34Italian grammar and vocabulary

Report in indirect speech: «Domani andrò a Roma», disse Luca.

  1. Luca disse che il giorno dopo sarebbe andato a Roma. Correct answer.
  2. Luca disse che domani andrà a Roma.
  3. Luca disse che il giorno dopo andrebbe a Roma.
  4. Luca disse che il giorno dopo era andato a Roma.

Explanation

Two shifts are required: the deictic domani becomes il giorno dopo, and the futuro semplice becomes the condizionale passato (futuro nel passato) because the introducing verb disse is in the past.

Question 35Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "È necessario che voi ___ subito, altrimenti perderete il treno."

  1. partiate Correct answer.
  2. partite
  3. partirete
  4. partireste

Explanation

Impersonal expressions such as è necessario che, è importante che and bisogna che govern the congiuntivo. The congiuntivo presente of partire in the voi-form is partiate.

Question 36Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Domani ___ a Firenze in treno." (noi, andare)

  1. andremo Correct answer.
  2. andiamo andare
  3. anderemo
  4. andrai

Explanation

The futuro semplice of andare has the contracted stem andr-: andrò, andrai, andrà, andremo, andrete, andranno. The noi-form is andremo.

Question 37Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Quando ___ i compiti, uscirò con gli amici." (io)

  1. avrò finito Correct answer.
  2. ho finito
  3. finirei
  4. avessi finito

Explanation

The futuro anteriore (avrò finito) expresses an action completed before another future action. Italian keeps the future in the temporal clause, unlike English or German.

Question 38Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Quando sono arrivato alla stazione, il treno era già ___."

  1. partito Correct answer.
  2. partire
  3. partendo
  4. partirà

Explanation

The trapassato prossimo (era + participio passato) expresses an action completed before another past action. Partire takes essere, and the participle agrees with the masculine singular subject il treno: era già partito.

Question 39Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Hai visto le ragazze? - Sì, le ho ___ ieri sera."

  1. viste Correct answer.
  2. visto
  3. visti
  4. vista

Explanation

When a direct object pronoun (lo, la, li, le) precedes a compound tense with avere, the participle must agree with that pronoun. Le is feminine plural, so the participle is viste.

Question 40Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct form of the pronominal verb andarsene: "È tardi, ___ subito." (io)

  1. me ne vado Correct answer.
  2. mi ne vado
  3. ne mi vado
  4. me ne ando

Explanation

Andarsene combines the reflexive pronoun with the particle ne. Before ne the reflexive mi becomes me, and andare keeps its irregular first person vado: me ne vado.

Question 41Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the correct form of farcela: "Non ___ a finire il progetto in tempo." (io)

  1. ce la faccio Correct answer.
  2. ci la faccio
  3. me la faccio
  4. ce lo faccio

Explanation

Farcela means "to manage / to make it". The particle ci changes to ce before the direct pronoun la, and the pronouns stay invariable through the whole paradigm: ce la faccio, ce la fai, ce la fa…

Question 42Italian grammar and vocabulary

Which definite article is correct: "___ studente italiano"?

  1. lo Correct answer.
  2. il
  3. l'
  4. gli

Explanation

Masculine singular nouns beginning with s + consonant (s impura) take lo: lo studente, lo sport, lo zaino, lo psicologo.

Question 43Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Domani pomeriggio vado ___ dentista."

  1. dal Correct answer.
  2. al
  3. nel
  4. del

Explanation

Before a person (a professional, a friend, a family member) Italian uses da to mean "to someone's place": vado dal dentista, vado da Marco, vado dai miei nonni.

Question 44Italian grammar and vocabulary

Choose the partitive article: "Per favore, vorrei ___ pane e ___ acqua minerale."

  1. del … dell' Correct answer.
  2. il … l'
  3. di … di
  4. un … una

Explanation

The articolo partitivo (di + definite article) expresses an unspecified quantity of an uncountable noun: del pane, dell'acqua.

Question 45Italian grammar and vocabulary

Replace both objects with pronouns: "Do il libro a Marco." →

  1. Glielo do. Correct answer.
  2. Gli lo do.
  3. Lo gli do.
  4. Se lo do.

Explanation

When gli (to him) combines with the direct pronoun lo, the two fuse into the single word glielo: "Glielo do."

Question 46Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete the answer: "Quanti fratelli hai? - ___ ho due."

  1. Ne Correct answer.
  2. Li
  3. Ci
  4. Gli

Explanation

The partitive pronoun ne replaces a noun preceded by a quantity expression: "Ne ho due" = "Ho due fratelli" (two of them).

Question 47Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Vai a Roma quest'estate? - Sì, ___ vado in luglio."

  1. ci Correct answer.
  2. ne
  3. lo
  4. vi ci

Explanation

Ci is the locative particle that replaces a place introduced by a or in: "Ci vado in luglio" = "Vado a Roma in luglio".

Question 48Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete with the si impersonale: "In Italia ___ molto caffè."

  1. si beve Correct answer.
  2. si bevono
  3. ci si beve
  4. beve si

Explanation

The si impersonale/passivante agrees with the grammatical subject that follows. "Molto caffè" is singular, so the verb is singular: "si beve molto caffè".

Question 49Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "In quella libreria ___ anche libri usati a prezzi bassi."

  1. si vendono Correct answer.
  2. si vende
  3. ci si vende
  4. si vendere

Explanation

With the si passivante the verb agrees with the plural logical subject: "libri usati" is plural, so the verb must be si vendono.

Question 50Italian grammar and vocabulary

Complete: "Ho telefonato a Marta e ___ ho raccontato tutto."

  1. le Correct answer.
  2. la
  3. gli
  4. lei

Explanation

Raccontare qualcosa a qualcuno takes an indirect object. The unstressed feminine indirect pronoun is le: "le ho raccontato tutto".