ITALIAN: Workbooks The Basics Workbook, Part One

Definite articles (Singular) Review the full lesson at: www.viaoptimae.com/2014/03/italian-‐basics-‐definite-‐articles.html Fill-‐in the spaces below as notes from the lesson: Underline the definite articles: È un giorno normale in campagna: L’agricoltore guida il trattore, la mucca mangia l’erba, il cane dorme, il gatto beve il latte e l’anatra fa qua qua. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate definite article (Gender follows regular rules unless (m.) masculine or (f.) feminine note is given next to the noun.) All of the above correspond to _____ in English. Note on gender Most masculine nouns end in the letter ________. Most feminine nouns end in the letter ________. (Exceptions & other endings must be memorized.) Write one noun that takes each article: lo _______________ la _______________ il _______________ l’ _______________ la the thing ___________ cosa ___________ sguardo ___________ uomo ___________ volta ___________ albicocca ___________ parte (f.) ___________ vita ___________ zio ___________ donna ___________ intenzione (f.) ___________ occhio ___________ paese (m.) ___________ momento ___________ spazio ___________ strada ___________ parola ___________ padre (m.) ___________ lavoro ___________ stato ___________ anno ___________ casa Rewrite the following sentences replacing the underlined indefinite articles with the appropriate definite articles. 1. Un bambino gioca con i suoi amici. ____________________________________ © 2014 Via Optimae (www.viaoptimae.com)

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