Course book

I Primi Passi
Unit 2
Part 1
Contents – Part 1
Audio contents – Part 1 .....................................................2
Introduction – Part 1 ..........................................................3
My family .........................................................................5
Mio/mia ..................................................................................7
Tuo/tua ............................................................................... 10
Questo/questa .................................................................... 10
Si chiama............................................................................ 12
My brothers and sisters ...................................................17
Come si dice … ? ............................................................... 22
The definite article .............................................................. 23
Suggested answers – Part 1 ...........................................27
Vocabulary – Part 1.........................................................29
Exercises – Part 1 ...........................................................33
Reflection – Part 1...........................................................37
Exercises cover page – Part 1 ........................................39
Unit 2 Part 1
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Audio contents – Part 1
Track 1
La famiglia di Sophie
Track 2
La fotografia di Sophie
Track 3
Vocabolario – La fotografia di Sophie
Track 4
Si chiama
Track 5
Come si chiama?
Track 6
La fotografia di Gianna
Track 7
Vocabolario – La fotografia di Gianna
Track 8
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Track 9
Saying how many brothers and sisters you have
Track 10 Activity 3
Track 11 List of family members
Track 12 Activity 4
Track 13 Come si dice …? and extended family
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Introduction – Part 1
In this part you’ll find out about the people who make up
Gianna’s and Sophie’s families.
By the end of this part you should be able to:
Unit 2 Part 1
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say who is in your family
•
say ‘my’ in Italian
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use the correct Italian word for ‘the’.
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My family
Sophie has brought photos of her family to show Gianna.
She’s labelled the photos in Italian because Gianna doesn’t speak
English.
La famiglia di Sophie
Here are the photos of la famiglia di Sophie (Sophie’s family).
Ascolta!
Listen to Sophie read out the labels on Track 1. As you listen, look at
the photos and try to work out what the labels mean.
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Next to each English phrase below, write the matching Italian
phrase from the photo.
me
_______________________________________
my father
_______________________________________
my mother
_______________________________________
my brother
_______________________________________
my sister
_______________________________________
Check your answers with the pictures below.
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mio padre
my father
mia madre
my mother
mio fratello
my brother
mia sorella
my sister
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Sophie used two Italian words to mean ‘my’.
Mio/mia
Mio and mia both mean ‘my’. But they are used in slightly
different ways.
Look at how mio and mia are used in the following examples. Pay
attention to the nouns that follow them:
Column 1
Column 2
mio padre
mia madre
mio fratello
mia sorella
What’s the difference between the nouns in Column 1 and the nouns
in Column 2?
The nouns in Column 1 (padre, fratello) are masculine. The nouns in
Column 2 (madre, sorella) are feminine.
Can you work out when mio is used, and when mia is used?
Write your answer in English on the lines below.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
The answer is at the bottom of the page.
Mio is the masculine form of ‘my’ and mia is the feminine.
Answer: Mio goes before masculine nouns, and mia goes before
feminine nouns.
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La fotografia di Sophie
In the next dialogue Gianna and Sophie are talking about la
fotografia di Sophie (Sophie’s photo).
Ascolta!
Listen to the dialogue, La fotografia di Sophie, on Track 2. At the
same time, read the text below.
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Sophie:
Questo è mio padre. Si chiama David, o
Davide in italiano. È bello, no?
Gianna:
Sì. Chi è questa? Tua madre?
Sophie:
Sì, si chiama Elizabeth, o Elisabetta in italiano.
Gianna:
È tuo fratello questo? Come si chiama?
Sophie:
Si chiama Peter, o Pietro in italiano.
Gianna:
Che carino!
Sophie:
Carino! È cattivo!
Gianna:
Quanti anni ha?
Sophie:
Pietro ha due anni.
Gianna:
E questa è tua sorella. Come si chiama?
Sophie:
Mia sorella si chiama Catherine, o Caterina in
italiano. Ha sette anni.
Gianna:
Che bella famiglia!
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Let’s practise saying the new words.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to the new vocabulary on Track 3. Repeat in the pauses
provided.
la fotografia
the photo
questo/questa
this
o
or
bello/bella
handsome/beautiful
tuo/tua
your
Che carino!
How cute!
cattivo
naughty
Che bella famiglia!
What a great family!
Si and sì
You may have noticed these two words in the dialogue: si and sì.
In the expression si chiama, si literally (word-for-word) means
‘himself’ or ‘herself’.
Did you notice the second word—sì—has an accent? This is not a
typing error! These two words have completely different
meanings.
Sì—with the accent—means ‘yes’.
So, the accent is important, because it changes the meaning of the
word.
For tips on typing accents, refer back to Unit 1 Part 3 or the Unit 2
Overview.
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Tuo/tua
Tuo and tua both mean ‘your’. They follow the same rule as mio
and mia. Tuo is the masculine form of ‘your’ and tua is the
feminine.
How would you say ‘your father’ and ‘your mother’ in Italian?
Write your answers on the lines below.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
The answer is at the bottom of the page.
Questo/questa
When Sophie was showing Gianna the people in her family she
used the expression Questo è mio padre. Questo means ‘this’ in
English. Did you notice another way of saying ‘this’ in the
dialogue?
You may have also noticed Gianna saying Chi è questa? (Who is
this?). Questa also means 'this'. Think about why there are two
words for ‘this’ as you look at the two examples below.
Questo è mio padre.
Questa è mia madre.
Circle the correct Italian word for 'this' in these examples.
1
Questo / questa è mio fratello.
2
Questo / questa è mia sorella.
The answer is at the bottom of the page.
Answers: tuo padre = your father, tua madre = your mother
Questo è mio fratello. Questa è mia sorella.
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Summarise how questo and questa are used by filling in the box
below.
Check your answer with the summary at the bottom of the page.
Let’s practise using questo and questa.
Activity 1
Write questo or questa before the words listed below. Then write
the English meaning of the two Italian words next to them.
Remember, nouns that end in ‘o’ are often masculine. Nouns
that end in ‘a’ are often feminine.
English meaning
questo/questa
1
__________
ragazzo
__________________________
2
__________
ragazza
__________________________
3
__________
pasta
__________________________
4
__________
numero
__________________________
5
__________
gelato
__________________________
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
Answer: Questo is used before a masculine noun. Questa is used before
a feminine noun.
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Si chiama
You know that mi chiamo … means ‘my name is …’. In the dialogue
La fotografia di Sophie, you heard the expression Si chiama ….
Ascolta!
Listen to how si chiama is used in the dialogue La fotografia di Sophie
on Track 4. At the same time, read the text below.
Sophie:
Questo è mio padre. Si chiama David, o
Davide in italiano. È bello, no?
Gianna:
Sì. Chi è questa? Tua madre?
Sophie:
Sì, si chiama Elizabeth, o Elisabetta in italiano.
Si chiama … means ‘his name is …’ or ‘her name is …’. Or,
literally ‘he calls himself’ or ‘she calls herself’. You can use the
same expression for males and females this time!
You know that Come ti chiami? means ‘What is your name?’.
In the dialogue La fotografia di Sophie, Gianna asked the question
Come si chiama? when asking about Sophie’s brother .
What do you think Come si chiama? means? Write your answer in
English on the line below.
__________________________________________________________
The answer is at the bottom of the page.
Answer: If you wrote ‘What is his name?’ and ‘What is her name?’,
you’re right! Congratulazioni!
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Let’s practise saying Come si chiama?.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to Sophie tell Gianna her parents’ names on Track 5. This
time Sophie uses the Italian equivalents of their names. Repeat in
the pauses provided.
Practise talking about family members with the Ottimo! CD-ROM.
Module 2
Topic 1 La mia famiglia
Unit 2 Part 1
Lesson 1 Family members
Lesson 2 Introducing others
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La fotografia di Gianna
Gianna has just had a birthday. She’s brought a photo from her
birthday celebrations to show Sophie. Look at la fotografia di
Gianna (Gianna’s photo).
Ascolta!
Listen to the dialogue, La fotografia di Gianna, on Track 6. At the
same time, read the text below.
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Sophie:
Hai fratelli o sorelle, Gianna?
Gianna:
Sì, ho un fratello. Vuoi vedere la fotografia
del mio compleanno?
Sophie:
Sì, fammi vedere!
Gianna:
Ecco. Questa sono io e questa è mia madre. Si
chiama Pina. E questo è il gatto. Si chiama
Romolo.
Sophie:
Questa è la torta di compleanno? Buona?
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Gianna:
Sì, buonissima!
Sophie:
Chi è questo?
Gianna:
È mio fratello Carlo.
Sophie:
Quanti anni ha?
Gianna:
Ha sedici anni.
Sophie:
Che fusto!
Let’s practise saying the new words.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to the speakers read the new vocabulary on Track 7. Repeat
in the pauses provided.
Vuoi vedere?
do you want to see?
compleanno
birthday
fammi vedere
show me
ecco
here it is
il gatto
the cat
la torta
the cake
buona
good
buonissima
really good
Che fusto!
What a guy!
Let’s see how well you understood the dialogues La fotografia di
Sophie and La fotografia di Gianna. In the next activity you need to
identify statements as either vero (true) or falso (false).
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Activity 2
Write vero or falso in response to these statements from the
dialogues, La fotografia di Sophie and La fotografia di Gianna.
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Sophie’s dad is called David.
___________
2
Sophie has one brother and two sisters.
___________
3
Sophie’s brother is two years old.
___________
4
Sophie’s sister is six years old.
___________
5
Gianna has a cat.
___________
6
Gianna’s mum is called Romolo.
___________
7
Gianna’s brother is 17 years old
___________
8
Sophie likes the look of Gianna’s brother.
___________
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
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My brothers and sisters
Let’s look at the question Hai fratelli o sorelle? again. It was the first
question Sophie asked in the dialogue La fotografia di Gianna.
Although it’s a new expression work out what Hai fratelli o sorelle?
means. Use the Italian you already know and some other clues to
work it out:
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fratelli is very similar to fratello (brother)
•
o means ‘or’
•
sorelle is almost the same as sorella (sister)
•
the question mark (?) tells us that it’s a question.
Write what Hai fratelli o sorelle? means in English on the line
below.
___________________________________________________________
The answer is at the bottom of the page.
Let’s practise saying Hai fratelli o sorelle?.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to the speakers on Track 8. Repeat in the pauses provided.
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Practise asking this question a few times. Make sure you
pronounce the endings of fratelli and sorelle correctly. Saying
different endings changes their meanings.
Keep listening to Track 8 and listen to how Gianna answers
Sophie’s question.
Sophie:
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Gianna:
Sì, ho un fratello.
Gianna says Sì, ho un fratello (yes, I have one brother).
Answer: Well done if you worked out that Hai fratelli o sorelle? means
‘Do you have brothers or sisters?’ Congratulazioni!
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Now practise saying this answer. Repeat in the pauses provided.
Sì, ho un fratello.
What if your family is different? Listen to the following people
describe their family.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to the speakers on Track 9 and repeat in the pauses
provided.
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Sì, ho una sorella.
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Sì, ho due sorelle.
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Sì, ho due fratelli.
Hai fratelli o sorelle?
Sì, ho tre fratelli e
quattro sorelle.
What if you don’t have any brothers or sisters?
Keep listening to Track 9. Listen to how Francesca answers
Gianna. Repeat after Gianna and Francesca in the pauses
provided.
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Singular or plural
Singular
refers to one.
Plural refers
to more than
one
As you know, the ending of an Italian word can be
important. With nouns, the ending can tell you
whether it is masculine or feminine. Usually, the
ending can also tell you whether the word is singular or plural.
Can you work out whether fratello and fratelli are singular or plural?
Firstly, you’ve seen fratello and fratelli in these examples.
Sì, ho un fratello.
______________________________________
Sì, ho due fratelli.
______________________________________
Sì, ho tre fratelli.
______________________________________
Write what each example means in English on the lines above.
The numbers that come before fratello and fratelli should give you
a hint.
Now work out whether sorella and sorelle are singular or plural.
Write the English meanings of these examples on the lines below.
Sì, ho una sorella.
______________________________________
Sì, ho due sorelle.
______________________________________
Sì, ho quattro sorelle. ______________________________________
Have you worked it out? Check with the table below.
Singular
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Plural
fratello
brother
fratelli
brothers
sorella
sister
sorelle
sisters
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Let’s practise listening for the difference between singular and
plural words.
Activity 3
Listen to Track 10 as these people answer questions about their
families. In the table write the number of brothers and sisters each
person has.
Nome
Fratelli
Sorelle
Roberto
Alice
Susanna
Luigi
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
Here is a list of family members you have met so far.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to the words on Track 11. Repeat in the pauses provided.
la famiglia
the family
la madre
the mother
il padre
the father
il fratello
the brother
la sorella
the sister
Let’s practise using fratello/fratelli and sorella/sorelle.
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Activity 4
Advanced students can skip Part A and go straight to Part B.
Part A
Write the following sentences in Italian using the esempio as a
model for your sentences.
Esempio
1
You see:
Maria, one sister
You write:
Maria ha una sorella.
Giuseppe, one brother
_______________________________________________________
2
Franca, two brothers
_______________________________________________________
3
Anna, two sisters
_______________________________________________________
4
Enrico, two brothers and two sisters
_______________________________________________________
Before you do Part B, check your responses by going to the
suggested answers section.
Part B
Say sentences in Italian using the cues provided on Track 12.
Repeat the model sentences after the speakers.
Esempio
1
2
3
4
You see:
Maria, one sister
You say:
Maria ha una sorella.
You hear and repeat:
Maria ha una sorella.
Giuseppe, one brother
Franca, two brothers
Anna, two sisters
Enrico, two brothers and two sisters
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
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Sophie and Gianna have told you how many brothers and sisters
they have. In the next activity you are going to write about their
families.
Activity 5
Write the following information in Italian.
1
Gianna has one mother, one father and one brother.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2
Sophie has one brother and one sister.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
What if your family is made up of people not in the previous list?
You’ll need to find out how to say different words.
Come si dice … ?
If you want to ask someone how to say something in Italian, you
use the expression Come si dice … in italiano?.
Let’s practise this.
Ascolta e ripeti!
Listen to Track 13 and repeat in the pauses provided.
Come si dice ‘grandfather’ in italiano?
Si dice ‘nonno’.
Come si dice ‘grandmother’ in italiano?
Si dice ‘nonna’.
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Use Come si dice … in italiano? with your teacher each time you want
to know a new Italian word or phrase.
Keep listening to Track 13. Repeat the following words in the
pauses provided.
il nonno
the grandfather
la nonna
the grandmother
il patrigno
the stepfather
la matrigna
the stepmother
il fratellastro
the stepbrother
la sorellastra
the stepsister
It’s your turn to talk about your family.
Go to the exercises section and complete Exercise 1.1.
Unit 1 Part 4, you learnt about indefinite articles (un, uno, una).
Now let’s look at definite articles.
The definite article
In the dialogue La fotografia di Gianna you heard the
expressions:
A definite
article is a
word that
means ‘the’.
It refers to a
specific noun
E questo è il gatto Romolo.
Questa è la torta di compleanno?
Il and la are called definite articles and they are used
a lot in the Italian language.
Think about why there are two ways of saying ‘the’ in Italian.
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Look back at the two expressions from La fotografia di Gianna.
questo è il gatto
questa è la torta
You know that questo is masculine. Questa is feminine.
There is a definite article for masculine nouns and a definite article
for feminine nouns.
Which definite article (il or la) is used for masculine nouns and
which one is used for feminine nouns? Write your response in
English on the line below.
__________________________________________________________
Check your answer with the examples in the table below.
Feminine
Masculine
la famiglia
il compleanno
la torta
il gatto
la sorella
il fratello
There is one more definite article you need to know at this stage.
For nouns that begin with a vowel you use the
definite article l’. Look at the following examples.
l’italiano
the Italian (male)
l’italiana
the Italian (female)
Vowels are
the letters
a, e, i, o, u.
The definite articles you have learnt so far are all singular.
Here is a summary of singular definite articles.
Singular definite article
Use
il
Before masculine nouns
la
Before feminine nouns
l’
Before any singular noun beginning
with a vowel
Now that you have learnt the rule for definite articles you can
work out which one to use with nouns you don’t know.
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Activity 6
Write il, la or l’ before the nouns listed below.
1
______
ragazzo
6
________
sorella
2
______
ragazza
7
________
australiana
3
______
famiglia
8
________
padre
4
______
fratello
9
________
madre
5
______
torta
10
________
Italia
Check your responses by going to the suggested answers section.
Go to the exercises section and complete Exercise 1.2.
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Suggested answers – Part 1
Check your responses against these suggested answers.
Activity 1
1
questo ragazzo
this boy
2
questa ragazza
this girl
3
questa pasta
this pasta
4
questo numero
this number
5
questo gelato
this ice cream
Activity 2
1
vero
5
vero
2
falso
6
falso
3
vero
7
falso
4
falso
8
vero
Activity 3
This is what you heard
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Sophie:
Ciao, Roberto. Come stai?
Roberto: Sto bene, Sophie. E tu?
Sophie:
Benissimo. Senti, Roberto, hai fratelli o sorelle?
Roberto: Sì, ho un fratello e una sorella.
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3
Sophie:
E tu, Alice? Hai fratelli?
Alice:
Sì, ho due fratelli.
Sophie:
Due fratelli. Hai sorelle?
Alice:
Sì, ho tre sorelle.
Sophie:
Due fratelli e tre sorelle? Che famiglia!
Sophie:
Ciao, Susanna. Senti, hai fratelli o sorelle?
Susanna: Ho quattro sorelle. Non ho fratelli.
Sophie:
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Quattro sorelle!
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Sophie:
Luigi, come va?
Luigi:
Non c’è male, Sophie. E tu?
Sophie:
Sto molto bene, grazie. Senti, Luigi, hai fratelli?
Luigi:
Sì, ne ho cinque.
Sophie:
Cinque fratelli!
Luigi:
Sì, sì.
Sophie:
Hai sorelle?
Luigi:
Sì, ho anche due sorelle.
Sophie:
Cinque fratelli e due sorelle. Che famiglia!
Answers
Nome
Fratelli
Sorelle
Roberto
1
1
Alice
2
3
Susanna
0
4
Luigi
5
2
Activity 4
1
Giuseppe ha un fratello.
2
Franca ha due fratelli.
3
Anna ha due sorelle.
4
Enrico ha due fratelli e due sorelle.
Activity 5
1
Gianna ha una madre, un padre e un fratello.
2
Sophie ha un fratello e una sorella.
Activity 6
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1
il ragazzo
6
la sorella
2
la ragazza
7
l’australiana
3
la famiglia
8
il padre
4
il fratello
9
la madre
5
la torta
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Vocabulary – Part 1
B
bella
beautiful (f)
bello
beautiful (m)
buona
good (f)
buono
good (m)
buonissima
very good (f)
buonissimo
very good (m)
C
carina
cute (f)
carino
cute (m)
cattiva
naughty (f)
cattivo
naughty (m)
che bella famiglia!
what a beautiful family!
Che carino!
How cute!
congratulazioni
congratulations
Come si chiama?
What is his/her name?
il compleanno
Che fusto!
the birthday
What a guy!
D
di
of
E
ecco
here is
F
la famiglia
the family
la fotografia
the photo
il fratello
the brother
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i
fammi vedere
show me
fratelli
the brothers
il fratellastro
the stepbrother
G
il gatto
the cat
M
la madre
the mother
mia
my (f)
mio
my (m)
la matrigna
the stepmother
N
il nonno
the grandfather
la nonna
the grandmother
O
o
or
P
il padre
the father
il patrigno
the stepfather
Q
questa
this (f)
questo
this (m)
S
la sorella
si chiama …
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the sister
his/her name is …
le sorelle
the sisters
la sorellastra
the stepsister
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T
tua
your (f)
tuo
your (m)
la torta
the cake
V
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vuoi
you want
vedere
to see
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Exercises – Part 1
Exercises 1.1 to 1.2
Name
___________________________
Teacher ___________________________
Exercise 1.1
In this exercise, you need to show how well you can:
•
say who someone is using Questo è mio …/Questa è mia …
•
give someone’s name using Si chiama …
•
give a person’s age (if he or she is under 21)
•
describe a person using bello/bella, carino/carina, cattivo/cattiva
•
use correct masculine and feminine word endings
•
use correct singular and plural word endings
•
pronounce the Italian words.
Part A
Find a photo of your family or pictures of people you’d like to
have in your family.
Do the following in Italian:
•
Give the photo a title.
•
Label each member of your family.
•
Give as much information as possible for each person.
You may present your work on paper, cardboard or using the
computer (such as Word, PowerPoint or movie clip). Discuss with
your teacher how you should present your written work.
Gianna has done an example that you can model.
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Part B
Record this exercise or complete it in a face-to-face, phone or
computer lesson.
If you are presenting this exercise in a phone or computer lesson,
you need to send in your labelled photo/pictures to your teacher
before you do this speaking task.
Say your responses in Italian.
1
Start the speaking exercise by greeting your teacher and then
give your name. Spell your first name then your family name.
2
Ask how your teacher is.
3
Say how you are.
4
Using the information you have written in Part A, talk about
the people in your family photo. Your teacher needs to have a
copy of your labelled photo to look at while you are talking.
5
Finish the speaking exercise by saying goodbye to your
teacher.
If you have made a recording of your answers, send it in with the
written answers.
When you have finished this exercise, return to the main section.
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Exercise 1.2
Complete the following description with the correct Italian definite
article.
Ecco ___________ famiglia di Gianna. ___________ madre si
chiama Pina, ___________ padre si chiama Roberto e
___________ fratello si chiama Carlo. Gianna ha un gatto.
___________ gatto si chiama Romolo. È ___________
compleanno di Gianna. ___________ torta è buonissima! Tanti
auguri, Gianna!
Congratulazioni! Congratulations on finishing Part 1. In the next
part, you will learn how to give your address in Italian.
Arrivederci e a presto!
Unit 2 Part 1
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Reflection – Part 1
Think about what you have learnt in Part 1. You may jot down
your thoughts on the lines provided.
I learnt that ________________________________________________
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I learnt how to _____________________________________________
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I’d like to know more about _________________________________
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I was surprised to learn that _________________________________
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If possible, share your thoughts with your teacher and classmates.
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Exercises cover page – Part 1
Exercises 1.1 to 1.2
Name
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Teacher ___________________________
Tick the boxes to show that you have completed the exercises.
Return your answers to your teacher.
Attach this cover page to the front of your exercise pages.
Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Unit 2 Part 1
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Family photo
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Talk about your family photo
Definite article
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