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2 Feminine, masculine,
plural, greetings
1) PUT A CHECK MARK IN THE RIGHT GENDER
NAME
FEMININE
MASCULINE
TRANSLATION
casa
home
albergo
hotel
museo
museum
bar
bar
cena
dinner
2) USE THE RIGHT SINGULAR ARTICLES
ARTICLE
NAME
TRANSLATION
pranzo
lunch
zio
uncle
mostra
exhibition
automobile
car
tortino
little cake
3) TRANSFORM FROM SINGULAR TO PLURAL
SINGULAR
PLURAL
TRANSLATION
cena
dinner
pera
pear
fragola
strawberry
albergo
hotel
negozio
shop
4) PUT THE RIGHT PLURAL ARTICLES
ARTICLE
NAME
TRANSLATION
viaggi
travels
camere
rooms
hotel
hotels

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colline
hills
automobili
cars
5) TRANSFORM FROM MASCULINE TO FEMININE AND VICE VERSA
MASCULINE
FEMININE
TRANSLATION
alto
tall
ragazza
girl
buona
tasty
carino
cute
bella
beautiful
6) COMPLETE THE TABLE
ARTICLE
NAME
TRANSLATION
il
chocolate
spiaggia
beach
dolci
sweets
le
strawberries
agnolotti
agnolotti / ravioli
7) FILL THE GAPS WITH THE RIGHT GREETINGS
a) SITUATION: you are in a beautiful restaurant at dinner time
WAITER: ______________ (greeting linked to the time)
YOU: _______________ (or) _________ (greeting)
b) SITUATION: you meet your old friend Maria
YOU: ________ Maria! (greeting)
MARIA: _________ (greeting)
YOU: ______________________? (how are you)
MARIA: ___________ (good) __________ (thanks)
YOU: now I really have to go! __________ (greeting)
MARIA: ok, _____________ (greeting)

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c) SITUATION: you are in a restaurant at lunch time
WAITER: ____________ (greeting linked to the time)
YOU: __________ / _________ (greeting)
d) SITUATION: it's morning, you are in a normal cafe to have a quick latte and your
waiter is 17 years old.
WAITER: ____________ (or) __________ (greeting)
YOU: ___________ (greeting)
e) SITUATION: at the hotel reception at 3 P.M.
RECEPTIONIST: ______________ (greeting linked to the time)
RECEPTIONIST: ___________________? (how are you?)
YOU:_________ (good) ________ (thanks)
YOU: I'm ready to go out in the city centre, ______________ (goodbye)
RECEPTIONIST: _____________ (goodbye)
8) COMPLETE THE TABLE
SING. ART.
NAME
GENDER
PLUR. ART.
PLURAL NAME
TRANSLATION
1
case
homes
2
cielo
sky
3
pranzo
lunch
4
arancia
orange
5
check-in
check-in
6
cene
dinners
7
merenda
afternoon snack
8
avocado
avocado
9
piatti
dishes
10
computer
computer
11
scoglio
rock
12
marmellata
jam
13
tiramis¹
tiramisù
14
mele
apples
15
zaini
backpacks

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ANSWER KEY
1)
casa

feminine.
albergo
masculine.
museo
masculine.
bar
masculine.
cena
feminine.
2)
il pranzo
lo zio
because the word starts with z-.
la mostra
l'automobile
il tortino
3)
cene
pere
fragole
alberghi
we add an “h” after the g, to mantain its strong sound.
negozi
because if we swap the “o” of negozio with “i” we will “negozii”. We just need one “i”.
4)
i viaggio
le camere
gli hotel
because in Italian when a word starts with “h”, the “h” is silent, so the first phonetic letter
le colline
of this word is “o”.
le automobili
5)
alta
ragazzo
buono
carina
bello
6)
il cioccolato
la spiaggia
i dolci
le fragole
gli agnolotti
7)
a) buona sera, buonasera or salve.
b) ciao, ciao, come stai?, bene, grazie, ciao, ciao ciao.
c) buongiorno, buongiorno or salve.
d) buongiorno or salve, ciao.
e) buongiorno, come sta?, bene, grazie, arrivederci, arrivederci.
8)
1 – la casa,
feminine,
le case.
2 – il cielo,
masculine,
i cieli.
3 – il pranzo,
masculine,
i pranzi.
4 – l'arancia,
feminine,
le arance.
5 – il check-in,
masculine,
i check-in.
It's a foreign word.
6 – la cena,
feminine,
le cene.
7 – la merenda,
feminine,
le merende.
8 – l'avocado,
masculine,
gli avocadi.
It's a foreign word.
9 – il piatto,
masculine,
i piatti.
10 – il computer,
masculine,
i computer.
It's a foreign word.
11 – lo scoglio,
masculine,
gli scogli.
12 – la marmellata,
feminine,
le marmellate.
13 – il tiramisù,
masculine,
i tiramisù
14 – la mela,
feminine,
le mele.
15 – lo zaino,

masculine,
gli zaini.
It starts with “z-”.

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