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LESSON 29 LESSON 28

LESSON PLAN

Objective:

Describing recent past events (2)

FORMING THE PAST PARTICIPLE:

The past participles of all are regular verbs end in ato :
parl are ho parl ato con tuo padre I spoke to your father

The past participles of all ere regular verbs end in uto :
dov ere abbiamo dov uto prendere il treno we had to take the train

The past participles of all ire regular verbs end in ito :
fin ire i ragazzi hanno fin ito gli esami una settimana fa the kids finished the exams a week ago
See Italianissimo p.194

Many verbs, particularly verbs ending in ere, have irregular past participles. There is no rule to help you learn all these forms. You just need to remember them! You can find the most common ones on page 251-252 of your coursebook.

FIND BELOW SOME USEFUL LINKS TO PRACTISE AND CONSOLIDATE WHAT YOU LEARNED THIS WEEK

http://www.verdru.be/rete1/r1asu11gr01.htm (form irregular past participles) http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/verbi/prossimo1.htm (form the past tense)


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