First exercise on Italian auxiliary verbs

Insert the right form of the present tense of the correct Italian auxiliary verbs, essere or avere (to be or to have). If you have any doubt, or you want to refresh your memory on how to choose the right auxiliary in compounded tenses, head for the grammar section!

Second exercise

Read the letter that Chiara wrote to Cristina. Insert the correct form of the verbs (either essere or avere) in the present tense.

Third exercise

Choose the correct form of the auxiliary verb among the alternative offered.

 

We hope that thanks to these exercises you will have better understood how to use the auxiliary verbs in Italian…it’s not too hard, is it? If you have any doubt about which verb you need to use in conjunction with another verb (that is, as an auxiliary), you can consult a dictionary.

In the second exercise you have read a letter. Every Italian, when talking about written letters, cannot help but to think of a very funny scene in an old movie with the famous actor Totò. If you wanto to watch this scene, click here…it has become an integral part of Italian culture.

You can find more exercises on Italian auxiliary verbs in these two pages: one, two.