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B2 Conjugation Grammar

The passato remoto: regular verbs

by Alessio · teacher of Italian as a foreign language, ITALS master’s

Conjugate the regular verbs in the passato remoto, one at a time: write every person, then check.

What's in this exercise

“The passato remoto: regular verbs” is an Italian exercise at B2 level with 10 verbs to conjugate. All the forms are listed below in Italian, with the English translation of each verb.

Verbs, forms and the English translation (10)
finireto finish
finii · finisti · finì · finimmo · finiste · finirono
vendereto sell
vendetti · vendesti · vendette · vendemmo · vendeste · vendettero
emigrareto emigrate
emigrai · emigrasti · emigrò · emigrammo · emigraste · emigrarono
partireto leave
partii · partisti · partì · partimmo · partiste · partirono
credereto believe
credetti · credesti · credette · credemmo · credeste · credettero
parlareto speak
parlai · parlasti · parlò · parlammo · parlaste · parlarono
arrivareto arrive
arrivai · arrivasti · arrivò · arrivammo · arrivaste · arrivarono
lavorareto work
lavorai · lavorasti · lavorò · lavorammo · lavoraste · lavorarono
tornareto come back
tornai · tornasti · tornò · tornammo · tornaste · tornarono
sentireto hear, to feel
sentii · sentisti · sentì · sentimmo · sentiste · sentirono

The rule: the passato remoto

The passato remoto is the tense of the completed tale: mio bisnonno partì nel 1902 e non tornò mai più. It lives in novels, in history and in Southern speech: in the North you read it, in Sicily you hear it at the market.

The regular forms

parl-AREcred-EREpart-IRE
ioparlaicredettipartii
tuparlasticredestipartisti
lui / leiparlòcredettepartì
noiparlammocredemmopartimmo
voiparlastecredestepartiste
loroparlaronocredetteropartirono
Irregulars follow the 1-3-3 pattern (irregular io, lui, loro; regular tu, noi, voi): fui/fosti/fu, dissi/dicesti/disse, feci/facesti/fece, ebbi, vidi, venni, seppi, nacqui, scrissi. These are enough to recognise them in novels.

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What do you practise in “The passato remoto: regular verbs”?
You practise the passato remoto: regular verbs, at B2 level, with answers for every item.
Are there answers?
Yes: type the forms and press Check. Correct answers turn green and the right form appears next to any mistake, so you see straight away what went wrong.
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