ItalianA2Lesson 1.1
🇮🇹 Italian A2 · Lesson 1.1

Che cosa hai fatto? — The past with avere

Say what you did using the passato prossimo with the auxiliary avere.

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Two colleagues chat on Monday morning about the weekend.

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ho mangiatoI ate / I have eaten 🔊
ho vistoI saw 🔊
ieriyesterday 🔊
che cosa hai fatto?what did you do? 🔊
il fine settimanathe weekend 🔊
un filma film 🔊

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« Ieri ho visto un bel film con i miei amici. » 🔊
Yesterday I saw a nice film with my friends.
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Ciao Marco, che cosa hai fatto nel fine settimana? 🔊Hi Marco, what did you do at the weekend?
Ho visto un bel film e poi ho mangiato una pizza con gli amici. 🔊I saw a nice film and then I ate a pizza with friends.
Che bello! Io invece ho lavorato tutto il giorno. 🔊How nice! I, on the other hand, worked all day.
Mi dispiace. E ieri sera hai riposato un po'? 🔊I'm sorry. And yesterday evening did you rest a bit?
Sì, finalmente ho letto un libro sul divano. 🔊Yes, I finally read a book on the sofa.
Grammar in focus · passato prossimo with avere

Most verbs form the past with the present of avere + the past participle: ho mangiato, hai visto, ha lavorato. Regular participles end in -ato (parlare → parlato), -uto (credere → creduto), -ito (finire → finito). With avere the participle does NOT change for the subject: Maria ha mangiato, i ragazzi hanno mangiato. Watch for irregulars: fare → fatto, vedere → visto, leggere → letto, scrivere → scritto.

Write it yourself

Write 3–4 sentences about what you did last weekend, using avere verbs in the past.

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Tip for this task
Bene! Keep the participle fixed after avere and add a time marker, e.g. « Sabato ho mangiato al ristorante. »

Quick check

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1. Which is the correct past of “fare” (I did)?
2. “Hai visto il film?” means…
3. Pick the regular past participle of “finire”.
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