Italian Resources - Happy Languages

Grammar Tips

Welcome to Happy Languages’ Italian grammar tips page! Learn more about the Italian grammar reading these simple explanations and useful examples.

Each grammar tip is classified by level, so it is really easy to find what you are looking for.

If you have any questions, write a comment in the grammar tip’s page and we will be happy to help you!

Level	Topic	See More
A1	Numbers	Here
A1	Articles	Here
A1	Present Tense	Here
A1	Reflexive Verbs	Here
A1	Possessives	Here
A1	Adverbs of Frequency	Here
A1	Informal Imperative	Here
A1	Direct Pronouns with the Present Tense	Here
A1	Indirect Pronouns	Here
A1	Combined Prepositions	Here
A1	Passato Prossimo	Here
A1	Passato Prossimo With Direct Pronouns	Here
A2	Qualifying Adjectives	Here
A2	Imperfetto	Here
A2	Present Conditional	Here
A2	Future Tense	Here
A2	Relative Pronouns	Here
A2	Periodo Ipotetico – Zero Type	Here
A2	Combined Pronouns	Here
A2	Demonstrative Adjectives	Here
A2	Imperativo Informale with Pronouns	Here
A2	Superlative Adjectives	Here
B1	“Che” Conjunction and “Che” Relative Pronoun	Here
B1	Trapassato Prossimo	Here
B1	Formal Imperative	Here
B1	Congiuntivo Presente – Will and Desire	Here
B1	Congiuntivo Presente – Hope and Fear	Here
B1	Congiuntivo Presente – Impersonal Constructions	Here
B1	Congiuntivo Presente – Qualified Person Wanted	Here
B1	Congiuntivo Presente – Conjunctions	Here
B1	Forma Passiva	Here
B1/B2	Congiuntivo Imperfetto – Part One	Here
B1/B2	Congiuntivo Passato	Here
B1/B2	Congiuntivo Trapassato	Here
B2	Periodo Ipotetico – Possibilità	Here
B2	Periodo Ipotetico – Unreality in Italian	Here
B2	The Position of Qualifying Adjectives	Here
B2	Passato Remoto	Here
B2	Gerundio Presente	Here
B2	Gerundio Passato	Here
B2	Si Spersonalizzante	Here
B2	Condizionale Passato – Futuro nel Passato	Here

Italian Quiz

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Level	Topic	See More
A1	Beginner Level Test	Here
A1	Introducing Yourself in Italian	Here
A1	Singolare Plurale	Here
A1	Italian Numbers	Here
A1	Italian Numbers Beyond 100	Here
A1	Present Tense	Here
A1	Articoli Determinativi	Here
A1	Cloze Italian Articles 1	Here
A1	Cloze Italian Articles 2	Here
A1	Asking Directions in Italian	Here
A1	Reading Comprehension Rome Airport	Here
A1	How to ask for Time in Italian	Here
A1	Room Booking in Italian	Here
A1	Reading Comprehension	Here
A1	Cloze Present Tense 1	Here
A1	Cloze Present Tense 2	Here
A1	How to order at the Bar	Here
A1	Ordering at the Restaurant	Here
A1	Possessivi Riflessivi	Here
A1	Christmas Gift	Here
A1	Imperative	Here
A1	Preposizioni Articolate	Here
A1	Present Continuous	Here
A1	Passato Prossimo	Here
A1	Passato Prossimo with Direct Pronouns	Here

Level	Topic	See More
A2	Elementary Level Test	Here
A2	Italian Fashion 70’s	Here
A2	Italian Fashion 80’s	Here
A2	Pronomi Combinati	Here
A2	Passato Prossimo o Imperfetto	Here
A2	Cloze Past Tense	Here
A2	Demonstrative Adjectives	Here
A2	Imperativo Informale with Pronouns	Here
A2	At The Sport Centre	Here
A2	Ordering at the Supermarket in Italian	Here
A2	At the Travel Agency	Here
A2	Enrolling in a Language School	Here
A2	At The Mechanic	Here
A2	The Part of the House	Here
A2	At the Pharmacy	Here
A2	Breakdown Recovery	Here
A2	Apply for Visa	Here
A2	Reading Comprehension	Here
A2	Reading Comprehension	Here

Level	Topic	See More
B1	Intermediate Level Test	Here
B1	Congiuntivo	Here
B1	Pronomi Relativi	Here
B1	Job Interview	Here
B1	Commercial Comprehension – Pennello Cinghiale	Here
B1	Commercial Comprehension – Kimbo Coffè	Here
B1	Commercial Comprehension – Baci Perugina	Here
B1	Commercial Comprehension – Barilla	Here
B1	Movie Comprehension – Malena	Here
B1	Movie Comprehension – La Vita è Bella	Here
B1	Movie Comprehension – Santa Maradona	Here
B1/B2	Tempi del Congiuntivo	Here

Level	Topic	See More
B2	Guess About Cocktails	Here
B2	If Clauses	Here
B2	Passato Remoto	Here
B2	Gerundio, Participio o Infinito?	Here
B2	Gerundio Passato, Infinito Passato o Participio Passato?	Here
B2	Si Spersonalizzante	Here
B2	Condizionale Passato – Futuro Nel Passato	Here
B2	Italian Geography	Here
B2	Italian Language History	Here
B2	Italia Cinema	Here
B2	Italian Carnival	Here
B2	Movie Comprehension – Caro Diario	Here

Italian Idiomatic Expressions

Level	Expression	See More
B1	Apriti Cielo	Here
B1	Chi S’è Visto S’è Visto	Here
B1	Non Sia Mai!	Here
B1	Fare i Conti Senza l’Oste	Here
B1	Avere La Coda Di Paglia	Here
B1	Stare Con Le Mani In Mano	Here
B1	Tutto Fa Brodo	Here
B1	L’Abito Non Fa Il Monaco	Here
B1	Avere Un Diavolo Per Capello	Here
B1	Non Ci Piove	Here
B1	Essere Al Verde	Here
B1	Cogliere Con Le Mani Nel Sacco	Here
B1	Fare Il Chilo	Here
B1	Arrampicarsi Sugli Specchi	Here
B2	Tagliare La Testa Al Toro	Here
B2	Sbarcare Il Lunario	Here
B2	Non Avere Peli Sulla Lingua	Here
B2	Avere La Botte Piena e La Moglie Ubriaca	Here
B2	Avere Le Braccine Corte	Here
B2	Il Lupo Perde Il Pelo Ma Non Il Vizio	Here
B2	Piangere Sul Latte Versato	Here
B2	A Caval Donato Non Si Guarda In Bocca	Here
B2	Abbiamo Fatto 30, Facciamo Anche 31	Here
B2	Mettere Il Dito Nella Piaga	Here

Italian Lessons

Level	Topic	See More
A1/A2	Recipe/Imperative	Here
A1/A2	Family, Physical and Psychological description. Present Tense	Here
A2/B1	Reading a newspaper. Passato Prossimo, passive form.	Here
B1	Family, Physical and Psychological description, Chi Pronoun	Here
B1	Women at Work. Direct and indirect pronouns.	Here
B1	Bookcrossing Relative Pronoun “Che”	Here
B1	Family and Emigration. Future Tense	Here
B1/B2	Talking about childhood. Passato Prossimo and Imperfetto	Here
B1/B2	International Food Habits and Frasi Finali Implicite	Here
B2	School Experience. Past Tense: Imperfetto, Passato Prossimo, Passato Remoto.	Here
B2	Italian Food. Ne Pronoun	Here
B2/C1	The sea in literature. Superlativo Relativo	Here
C1	How to become an actor. Che pronoun and che conjunction	Here
C1/C2	The theme of travel in literature. Uses of ne.	Here

Italian Video Tutorials

Level	Topic	See More
A1	Introducing Yourself in Italian	Here
A1	Italian Articles	Here
A1	Italian Pronunciation	Here
A1	Numbers 1 to 20	Here
A1	Weekdays, months and seasons in Italian	Here
A1	Booking a Room in a Hotel	Here
A1	Some Italian Vocabulary	Here
A1	Ordering Coffee In Italian	Here
A1	Differences between Tu and Lei	Here
A1	Asking For Directions In Italian	Here
A2	Ordering in a Restaurant in Italian	Here
A2	Shopping In Italian	Here
A2	Difference Between Passato Prossimo And Imperfetto	Here
B2	Passato Prossimo and Passato Remoto	Here

italian resources

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