Directed Writing
 There are a number of errors which students make time and again in the
Directed Writing section of the exam.
 WATCH OUT for the following areas …

viaggiare
Two areas of difficulty occur with this verb:
 spelling (often with only one -g- like in the French voyager )
 use of perfect vs imperfect

alloggiare
Two areas of difficulty occur with this verb:
 spelling (often with only one -l- or -g-)
 the correct meaning (often confused with restare )

fare amicizia con
 This is the only correct way of saying to make friends in Italian.
 fare amici is NOT correct.

Verbi difficili
There are several verbs which students struggle to conjugate correctly.
The most common of these are:
 piacere = to like (literally to please)
 divertirsi
 mancare
 bastare
= to have fun/enjoy yourself
= to miss (be missing)
= to be enough

dubbi grammaticali
Other areas to watch out for:
 The difference between più and molto:
Parlo molto .
Mia sorella parla più di me.
molta gente più gente

dubbi grammaticali
Other areas to watch out for:
 The use of è and c’è :
Firenze è una bellissima città.
A Firenze c’è un bellissimo duomo.
 The same rules apply with era and c’era , as well as the plurals sono / ci sono and erano / c’erano .

dubbi grammaticali
Other areas to watch out for:
 Plurals of nouns, especially those that end in an -e: un ristorant e
 due ristorant i un camerier e
 due camerier i un professor e
 due professor i

dubbi grammaticali
Other areas to watch out for:
 qualche ( some ) is ALWAYS followed by a singular noun (even though the noun is plural in English): qualche studente
 some students qualche problema
 some problems qualche volta
 sometimes qualche negozio
 some shops

dubbi grammaticali
Other areas to watch out for:
 gente is a SINGULAR, FEMININE noun, so verbs and adjectives should agree accordingly:
La gente era molto simpatica e gentile.
verb is in the third person singular adjectives are in the singular/feminine forms