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SIMPLE PRESENT

 

Simple Present

Forma contratta Esempio audio
I am I'm

I'm a student.

I am a student. -> Sono studente

you are you're

You're nice .

You are nice. -> Sei simpatico

he is he's

He's my brother.

He is my brother. -> E' mio fratello

she is she's

She's my sister.

She is my sister. -> E' mia sorella

it is it's

It's his dog.

It is his dog. -> E' il suo cane

we are we're

We're English.

We are English. -> Siamo inglesi

you are you're

You're students.

You are students. -> Siete studenti

they are they're

They're your friends.

They are your friends. -> Sono tuoi/vostri amici

 

 

Simple Present

forma negativa

Forme contratte Esempio audio
I am not

I'm not

I am not a student.

I'm not a student. -> Non sono (uno) studente

you are not

you're not

you aren't

You are not nice.

You're not nice.

You aren't nice. -> Non sei simpatico

he is not

he's not

he isn't

He is not my brother.

He's not my brother.

He isn't my brother. -> Non è mio fratello

she is not

she's not

she isn't

She is not my sister.

She's not my sister.

She isn't my sister. -> Non è mia sorella

it is not

it's not

it isn't

It is not his dog.

It's not his dog.

It isn't his dog. -> Non è il suo cane

we are not

we're not

we aren't

We are not English.

We're not English.

We aren't English. -> Non siamo inglesi

you are not

you're not

you aren't

You are not students.

You're not students.

You aren't students. -> Non siete studenti

they are not

they're not

they aren't

They are not your friends.

They're not your friends.

They aren't your friends. -> Non sono tuoi/vostri amici

 

 

Simple Present

forma interrogativa

Esempio audio
am I

Am I wrong? -> Ho torto?

are you

Are you English? -> Sei inglese?

is he

Is he a teacher? -> E' un insegnante?

is she

Is she your girlfriend? -> E' la tua fidanzata?

is it

I found this wallet. Is it yours? -> Ho trovato questo portafogli. E' il tuo?

are we

Are we alone? -> Siamo soli?

are you

Are you students? -> Siete studenti?

are they

Are they your friends? -> Sono tuoi/vostri amici?

 

 

Simple Present

forma interrogativa-negativa contratta

Esempio audio
aren't I

Aren't I right? -> Non ho ragione?

aren't you

Aren't you English? -> Non sei inglese?

isn't he

Isn't he a teacher? -> Non sei un insegnante?

isn't she

Isn't she your girlfriend? -> Non è la tua fidanzata?

isn't it

I found this wallet. Isn't it yours? -> Ho trovato questo portafogli. Non è il tuo?

aren't we

Aren't we alone? -> Non siamo soli?

aren't you

Aren't you students? -> Non siete studenti?

aren't they

Aren't they your friends? -> Non sono tuoi/vostri amici?

 

Risposte brevi

 audio

 

Are you Italian?  Yes, I am./No, I'm not. -> Sei italiano? Sì/No

Is Jane nice?  Yes, she is./No, she isn't. -> E' carina Jane? Sì/No

Are you tired? Yes, we are./No, we aren't. -> Siete stanchi? Sì/No

 


SIMPLE PAST

 

Simple Past

Esempio audio
I was

I was in London last summer. -> Sono stato a Londra la scorsa estate

you were

You were at home yesterday. -> Sei stato a casa ieri

he was

He was a computer programmer. -> Era un programmatore di computer

she was

She was my girlfriend. -> E' stata la mia fidanzata

it was

It was my school. -> E' stata la mia scuola

we were

We were friends. -> Siamo stati (Fummo) amici

you were

You were at the pub last Saturday. -> Siete stati al pub lo scorso sabato

they were

They were very nice. -> Sono stati molto carini

 

 

Simple Past

forma negativa

Forme contratte Esempio audio
I was not I wasn't

I was not in London last summer.

I wasn't in London last summer. -> Non sono stato a Londra l'estate scorsa

you were not you weren't

You were not at home yesterday.

You weren't at home yesterday. -> Non sei stato a casa ieri

he was not he wasn't

He was not good at maths.

He wasn't so good at maths. -> Non era così bravo in matematica

she was not she wasn't

She was not my girlfriend.

She wasn't my girlfriend. -> Non era la mia fidanzata

it was not it wasn't

It was not my school.

It wasn't my school. -> Non era la mia scuola

we were not we weren't

We were not friends.

We weren't friends. -> Non eravamo amici

you were not you weren't

You were not at the pub last Saturday.

You weren't at the pub last Saturday. -> Non siete stati al bar sabato scorso

they were not they weren't

They were not very nice.

They weren't very nice. -> Non sono stati molto carini

 

 

Simple Past

forma interrogativa

Esempio audio
was I

Was I right? -> Avevo ragione?

were you

Where were you yesterday evening? -> Dove sei stato ieri sera?

was he

Was he at home last weekend? -> Era a casa lo scorso fine settimana?

was she

Why was she so sad? -> Perché era così triste?

was it

What was it? -> Cos'è stato?

were we

Were we lucky? -> Siamo stati fortunati?

were you

When were you in England? -> Quando siete stati in Inghilterra?

were they

Were they nice? -> Erano simpatici?

 

 

Simple Past

forma interrogativa-negativa contratta

Esempio audio
wasn't I

Wasn't I right? -> Non avevo ragione?

weren't you

Weren't you at the pub? -> Non sei stato al bar?

wasn't he

Wasn't he at home? -> Non era a casa?

wasn't she

Why wasn't she happy? -> Perché non era contenta?

wasn't it

Wasn't it hers? -> Non era il suo?

weren't we

Weren't we lucky? -> Non siamo stati fortunati?

weren't you

Weren't you in England? -> Non siete stati in Inghilterra?

weren't they

Weren't they nice? -> Non sono stati carini?

 

Risposte brevi

 audio

 

Were you in London last year?  Yes, I was./No, I wasn't. -> Sei stato a Londra l'anno scorso? Sì/No

Was Jane nice?  Yes, she was./No, she wasn't. -> E' stata carina Jane? Sì/No

Were you tired? Yes, we were./No, we weren't. -> Eravate stanchi? Sì/No

 


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