Adult Classes Descriptions

Levels

Comunication and Vocab

Grammar

A1

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Greetings (ciao, buon giorno,
buona sera, buona notte...)
Introductions (mi chiamo..., ho ...
anni, sono di..., piacere)
Polite expressions and
useful phrases (Come stai? vs
come sta? Come si dice? Che
significa? Grazie, prego...)
Countries & nationalities
To come from & to live (sono
di... vs abito a...)
Months
Days of the week
Numbers (ordinali e cardinali)
Time and date (Che ore sono?
Che giorno è oggi?)
Family members

To be – present tense
To have – present tense
Nouns
Adjectives
Articles
There is & there are
Regular verbs – present tense
Affirmative sentence
Negative sentence
Basic question words
Simple and articulated prepositions
Possessive adjectives

A1+

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Food
To like (mi piace.../mi piacciono...)
Daily routine
Work (sono.../faccio...; lavoro a.../lavoro in...)
Free time (fare sport, suonare strumenti, leggere...)
Shopping (negozi, centro commerciale, mercato, vestiti, spesa...)
Price (Quanto costa? Quanto costano?)
Means of transportation
Around town (edifici, vie, negozi, chiesa, banca, edicola...)
Directions (dritto, destra, sinistra...)
Quantities (grammi, chili, litri...)

Irregular verbs – present tense
Reflexive verbs – present tense
Adverbs of frequency
Partitive articles
This and that
Direct object pronouns
Impersonal “si”
Verbs: sapere vs conoscere
Modal verbs: dovere, potere, volere
Verbs: potere vs sapere
Past tense – passato prossimo

A2

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Talk about memories: once upon a time... when I was younger...
Physical descriptions (alto, basso, bello, brutto, lungo, corto...)
Words describing personality (simpatico, gentile,
allegro...)
Talk about near future plans (come rimaniamo? A che ora...? Volentieri! D’accordo!)
Ask information politely (volevo sapere....)
Talk about feelings (mi sento...)
Use some interjections and exclamations (ma davvero? Ma dai! Ma non mi dire! Roba da matti!
Sul serio?)
Talk about health problems (avere mal di.../problemi a...; farsi male a/fare male...)

Past tense – imperfect
Imperfect vs passato prossimo
Comparative and superlative forms
Phrasal verbs: cominciare a, finire di, andarsene, volerci...
Imperative
Future – future semplice
Very & too: troppo & molto
Stare + gerund
Double negatives
Indirect object pronouns
Present & past progressive
The verb “servire”

B1

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Express opinions, wishes, hope (secondo me ... non/sono d’accordo ... che io sappia ... magari!
Vorrei ... sarebbe bello ...)
Ask for help (mi darebbe una mano? Potrebbe aiutarmi?...)
Prima di + infinite
Hypothesis (dovrebbe ...)
Avere voglia di ...
Complain (avrei un problema ... l’errore è vostro ... voglio parlare con un responsabile ... )
Apologize and justify (mi dispiace ... è la prima volta che ... non so cosa sia successo...)
Texting and calling
Come se + subjunctive
Fare + infinitive (lasciare, fare in modo che, permettere)
Ti va di + infinitive, sentirsela + infinitive

Nouns’ modifying suffixes: nomi alterati
Past tense – trapassato
Conditional mode
Combined pronouns
Subjunctive mode
Adverbs in -mente
Introduction to indirect speech
Pronominal particles “ci/ne”
Sequence of tenses – agreement between verbs in related clauses
Past tense – passato remote
Historic/narrative present
Comparative and superlative – peculiar forms
“If” clauses – periodo ipotetico

B2

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Talk about events in the past and in the present
Talk about regrets
Express opinions, wishes and criticisms
Make suggestions, judgments and proposals
Describe in detail (people, thing, pictures, procedures ...)
Talk about percentages and statistics
Talk about emotions and feelings
Interview someone
Use sarcasm and irony
Talk about a book or a movie plot
Review a book or a movie
Congratulate and compliment
Give and ask for advice

Auxiliaries and verbs with double auxiliary
Pronominal verbs (andarsene, cavarsela, sentirsela, uscirsene, entrarci ... )
Review past tenses – passato prossimo, imperfect, passato remote, trapassato
Future perfect tense
Indefinite adjectives and pronouns
Passive constructions with “si”
Verbs and prepositions
Indirect speech – part 2
Possessive “proprio”
“If” clauses – part 2
Sentence structure
Irregular profession nouns masculine/feminine
Homonymous
Words with double plural