Elementary

Main competencies:

• describe clothes and accessories and talk to shop assistants
• talk about childhood and past events
• describe people and make comparisons
• make an invitation, accept and refuse
• talk about free time and hobbies
• describe and talk about Italy
• describe a house and locate objects
• make a wish, tell what you would do in a certain situation, give advice, ask something kindly
• engage in a conversation and express interest, surprise and regret
• talk about food and eating habits
• give orders, advice, and instructions
• talk about your job
• talk about future plans, resolutions and make predictions
• talk about health problems and keeping healthy
• express opinions and point of view
• learn and use the vocabulary related to: clothes, accessories, colours, people’s appearance and personality, public places, geography and traditions, holidays and means of transport, food and eating habits, jobs and the world of work, body parts, health problems, sport, meeting people, house and furniture.

Main grammar topics:

• agreement article- noun- adjective
• the past tense: imperfetto (e.g. andavo, mangiavi, eravamo)
• how to use the past tenses: passato prossimo and imperfetto
• how to make comparisons
• how to use sapere and potere
• the present progressive (e.g. sto mangiando, stiamo leggendo)
• direct object pronouns (mi, ti, lo, la, ci, vi, li, le)
• direct object pronouns used with the past tense
• indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, gli, le, ci, vi, gli)
• adverbs of place and compound prepositions (e.g. sotto, dietro, di fronte alla, nel)
• condizionale semplice (e.g. vorrei, mangerebbe, direste)
• the verb volerci
• imperative tense to give orders, advice and instructions
• the future tense: futuro semplice (e.g. lavorerò, mangerà, leggeranno)
• irregular plural of nouns
• passato prossimo of dovere, potere, volere
• stare per + infinitive vs stare + gerund (e.g. stavo per uscire vs stavo uscendo)
• introduction to the subjunctive: congiuntivo presente (e.g. penso che sia, credo che abbiano, etc.)