Past events and time markers
Develop yesterday through a focused vocabulary itinerary.
Core vocabulary
This word bank covers past events, weekend activities, time markers. Learn nouns with their articles and learn verbs inside complete phrases.
- Ieri ho visitato Firenze.· Yesterday I visited Florence.
- Abbiamo visto un film.· We watched a film.
- parlare → parlato; credere → creduto; dormire → dormito· to speak → spoken; to believe → believed; to sleep → slept
- fare → fatto; leggere → letto; prendere → preso· to do → done; to read → read; to take → taken
Collocations and useful chunks
Group the language by meaning and use. Retrieve the Italian before you reveal the English, then use each item in one new sentence.
- Ho comprato il biglietto.· I bought the ticket.
- Siamo arrivati alle otto.· We arrived at eight.
- Sabato scorso sono andata al mercato, poi ho cucinato.· Last Saturday I went to the market, then I cooked.
- Che cosa hai fatto nel weekend?· What did you do at the weekend?
In context
The words of this lesson in sentences from other A2 lessons.
- È successo ieri.· It happened yesterday.Tappa 1 · What did you do?
- Giocavo con i miei amici. Un giorno abbiamo costruito una casa sull’albero.· I played with my friends. One day we built a tree house.Tappa 2 · When I was a child
- Alla fine siamo arrivati a destinazione.· In the end we reached our destination.Tappa 3 · Build a clear sequence
- Alla fine sono arrivata a Firenze.· In the end I arrived in Florence.Tappa 3 · A journey that went wrong
- Buonasera, signora. Lei ha visto l’incidente?· Good evening, madam. Did you see the accident?Tappa 3 · A witness account
- Lei ha visto l’incidente?· Did you see the accident?Tappa 3 · A witness account
- Hai comprato le mele? Sì, le ho comprate.· Did you buy the apples? Yes, I bought them.Tappa 4 · Direct object pronouns
- Il biglietto indica il binario quattro.· The ticket shows platform four.Tappa 5 · Tickets, hotels and travel services
- Vorrei comprare un biglietto per Bologna.· I would like to buy a ticket to Bologna.Tappa 5 · Tickets, hotels and travel services
- Stasera ceniamo alle otto.· Tonight we are having dinner at eight.Tappa 6 · Plans for the weekend