Italian Adjective Agreement Exercises: 8 Sentences
Italian Adjective Agreement Exercises: 8 Sentences
You know the rule from how Italian adjective agreement works: an adjective takes its gender and number from the noun it describes. Knowing it and doing it at speed are two different things, which is what these eight sentences are for.
The rule in one line per point
- Adjectives in -o take four endings: -o, -a, -i, -e.
- Adjectives in -e take two: -e for the singular and -i for the plural, for both genders.
- Adjectives in -ista share one singular form, then split into -isti and -iste.
- A few adjectives never change at all: blu, rosa, viola, beige.
- A mixed group takes the masculine plural: Marco e Giulia sono stanchi.
Try it yourself
Pick the ending that fits. You get the reason whether you are right or wrong, so a wrong click still teaches you something.
Eight sentences, eight endings. 0 of 8 answered.
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1. La macchina è ______
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2. I vini sono ______
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3. Il ristorante è ______
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4. Sara e Anna sono ______
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5. Le scarpe sono ______ (pink)
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6. Marco e Giulia sono ______
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7. Le finestre sono ______
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8. I ragazzi sono ______
Show the answers
- rossa: feminine singular takes -a
- bianchi: -co keeps its hard sound with an h
- grande: -e adjectives have a single singular form
- ottimiste: feminine plural of an -ista adjective
- rosa: borrowed colours never change
- stanchi: a mixed group goes masculine plural
- aperte: feminine plural takes -e
- felici: -e adjectives take -i in the plural
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Agreement is a small rule and a large amount of practice, and the practice is slow on your own. A teacher hears the wrong ending the moment you say it and fixes it while the sentence is still in the air.
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