Italian I – Listening Section Outline/Guide

 

Travel vocabulary:                           Shopping:

Passeggeri – passengers              fare la spesa- to go shopping

Il volo – flight                           il pane - bread

Uscita- gate, exit                      il formaggio - cheese

Il treno – train                          le uova- eggs

Binario – gate, track                  medicina- medicine

Un biglietto – ticket                  essere malato- to be sick

      ---- di solo andata – one way (ticket)       devo andare – I need to go

la macchina- car                                  il latte- milk

mezzo di trasporto – mode of transport         il burro - butter

l’albergo – hotel                         figli- sons, children

la camera – room                        sorella- sister

pulito – dirty                                      fratello- brother   

piccolo- small                            la piscina- swimming pool

prima classe – first class            nuotare – to swim

gli assistenti – attendants        castano- dark, brown

offrire – to offer                      biondo- blonde

economica – cheap                      il cognome- last name

approfittare – to benefit           abitare- to live

le tariffe- prices, charges, rates   la cena- dinner

in/di ritardo – late                    festeggiare – to celebrate

difficoltà – difficulty                il compleano- birthday

 

Hobbies/Sports:

Il giornale- newspaper                         ricordare- to remember

Film d’orrore – horror movie                mi piacerebbe- I would like

Sportivo- athletic

Giocare a basket- to play basketball

  ----   pallacanestro – basketball

fare una passeggiata- to take a walk

dopo- after

una partite- game, match

il calico- soccer

una squadra- team

vincere- to win

la palla – ball

 

School vocab:

Orario scolastico- school schedule

Scienze- science

Storia- history

Colazione- breakfast

Educazione fisica- gym, phys. Ed.

Disegnare- to draw, design

Dipingere- to paint

Arte- art

La lezione- lesson, class

La material- subject, material

 

Vacation vocab:

Il mare- sea, water, ocean

La spiaggia- beach

Prendere il sole- to sunbathe, take in the sun

In montagna- in the mountains

Sciare- to ski

Pattinare su ghiaccio – to ice skate

L’inverno – winter

Andare in vacanza- to go on vacation

 

FORMAT:

Multiple choice:  choosing the best answer/summary/description for each situation/question being read.

 

Short answer questions: personal information (name, age, address, interests, etc.), also past weekend activities [passato prossimo] (i.e.: Che cosa hai fatto questo fine di settimana?)

 

Short Answer/small paragraph writing: personal description in the past (imperfetto)(i.e.: Com’eri tu quando eri giovane?)