Friday night out
Serata fuori il venerdì
- Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
- Invite somebody for an event.
- The passive form with essere + past participle
Explore Italian passive forms with essere + participio while planning a Friday night out. Learn key words like la discoteca (nightclub), il cinema (cinema), and verbs like ballare (to dance) and uscire (to go out).
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Match a word
Instruction: Match the translations
Exercise 3: Cluster the words
Instruction: Divide the words into two groups: places where you can go out and actions you can do during the evening.
Luoghi per uscire
Attività della serata
Exercise 4: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Il teatro
The theatre
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Lo spettacolo
The show
3
Uscire
To go out
4
Il cinema
The cinema
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Insieme
Together
Esercizio 5: Conversation exercise
Istruzione:
- Describe your evening activity. (Describe your evening activity.)
- Ask each other what cultural activity they prefer. (Ask each other what cultural activity they prefer.)
- Invite somebody to join your event. (Invite somebody to join your event.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Vado a un concerto venerdì prossimo. I go to a concert next Friday. |
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Adoro andare al cinema. I love going to the cinema. |
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Vuoi venire con me al concerto? Do you want to go with me to the concert? |
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Voglio andare a ballare stasera. I want to go dancing this evening. |
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Hai voglia di fare karaoke stasera? Are you up for karaoke tonight? |
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Vuoi vedere lo spettacolo in città con me? Do you want to see the show in the city with me? |
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Exercise 6: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 7: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Venerdì sera io ___ con gli amici per andare in discoteca.
(Friday evening I ___ with friends to go to the disco.)2. I biglietti ___ comprati dall'amico per il concerto.
(The tickets ___ bought by the friend for the concert.)3. Noi ___ sempre dopo cena, è una tradizione.
(We ___ always after dinner, it is a tradition.)4. Lo spettacolo ___ organizzato dal teatro per essere interessante.
(The show ___ organized by the theater to be interesting.)Exercise 8: Friday evening out
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Uscire - Go out
Passato prossimo
- io sono uscito/a
- tu sei uscito/a
- lui/lei è uscito/a
- noi siamo usciti/e
- voi siete usciti/e
- loro sono usciti/e
Comprare - Buy
Passato prossimo
- io ho comprato
- tu hai comprato
- lui/lei ha comprato
- noi abbiamo comprato
- voi avete comprato
- loro hanno comprato
Suonare - Play
Passato prossimo
- io ho suonato
- tu hai suonato
- lui/lei ha suonato
- noi abbiamo suonato
- voi avete suonato
- loro hanno suonato
Ballare - Dance
Presente
- io ballo
- tu balli
- lui/lei balla
- noi balliamo
- voi ballate
- loro ballano
Exercise 9: La forma passiva con essere + participio
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: The passive form with essere + past participle
Show translation Show answersè organizzato, è invitata, è scelto, è visto, è ballata, sono servite, è accompagnata, sono comprati
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A1.44.1 Grammatica
La forma passiva con essere + participio
The passive form with essere + past participle
Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Uscire to go out Share Copied!
Passato prossimo
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| (io) sono uscito/uscita | I went out |
| (tu) sei uscito/uscita | You went out |
| (lui/lei) è uscito/uscita | he/she went out |
| (noi) siamo usciti/uscite | we went out |
| (voi) siete usciti/uscite | You went out |
| (loro) sono usciti/uscite | they went out |
Ballare to dance Share Copied!
Presente
| Italian | English |
|---|---|
| (io) ballo | I dance |
| (tu) balli | You dance |
| (lui/lei) balla | he/she dances |
| (noi) balliamo | we dance |
| (voi) ballate | You dance |
| (loro) ballano | they dance |
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Lesson Overview: Friday Night Out
This lesson focuses on the Italian passive voice construction using essere + past participle, perfect for A1-level learners aiming to describe events and actions that happen to people or things in the evening social context.
Key Grammar Point: The Passive Voice with essere
In Italian, the passive voice is often formed by combining the verb essere (to be) with the past participle of the main verb. This allows you to highlight the action or the object receiving the action without emphasizing the doer.
Examples from the lesson:
- Lo spettacolo è organizzato dal teatro vicino a casa. (The show is organized by the nearby theater.)
- I biglietti sono comprati dall'amico per il concerto. (The tickets are bought by the friend for the concert.)
- La birra e il drink sono serviti al bar vicino al locale. (The beer and drinks are served at the bar near the venue.)
Useful Vocabulary: Places and Activities for Going Out
The lesson groups vocabulary into two useful categories:
- Places to go: la discoteca (the disco), il cinema (the cinema), il concerto (the concert), il teatro (the theater)
- Evening activities: ballare (to dance), uscire (to go out), invitare (to invite), bere (to drink)
Learning with Context: Dialogues and Mini-Story
The lesson includes dialogues simulating typical conversations for planning a Friday night out, such as inviting friends to the cinema, dinner, or disco. Each dialogue practices the passive voice and vocabulary naturally.
A short story recounts a Friday evening outing using the verbs uscire, comprare, suonare, and ballare in various tenses to aid comprehension and verb conjugation practice.
Verb Conjugations Highlighted
Important verbs and their forms included:
- Uscire (to go out) in passato prossimo: io sono uscito/a, noi siamo usciti/e
- Comprare (to buy) in passato prossimo: ho comprato, abbiamo comprato
- Suonare (to play music) in passato prossimo: ha suonato, abbiamo suonato
- Ballare (to dance) in present tense: noi balliamo, loro ballano
Instruction Language vs. Italian
Since the instruction language is English and the learning language is Italian, there are natural differences in grammar and vocabulary structure. For example, English usually forms the passive with a form of "to be" + past participle too, but prepositions like "by" correspond to Italian "da" indicating the agent performing the action.
Useful phrases that illustrate this include:
- The concert is organized by the theater → Il concerto è organizzato dal teatro
- Tickets are bought by the friend → I biglietti sono comprati dall'amico
Note the conjugation of essere matches the subject in number and gender, e.g. è (singular) vs. sono (plural), which is crucial for correct passive voice construction.
By studying these key phrases and their structure, English speakers can grasp the basic passive construction in Italian and apply it confidently in everyday situations.
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