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Colloquial Italian
The complete course for beginners

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What are you doing?
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What are you doing?

Study the pictures below and say what the people shown are doing, using stare + gerund.

lady reading a book

 

1. Anna ________

a man on a telephone

2. Roberto ________

a man and a woman dancing

3. Fulvia e Antonio ______ in discoteca.

a man drinking a cup of coffee

4. Pietro ______ un caffè al bar.

a woman boarding a train.

5. Veronica ______ sul treno.

Now imagine some event has occurred - say a minor earthquake! Or a sudden rainstorm. Say what these people were doing when it happened. You will need the imperfect of stare + the gerund.

a woman at a fruit market in the rain

6. Anna ______ la spesa al mercato.

a man and woman visiting a museum in the rain

7. Roberto e Maria ______ un museo.

a man plays golf in the rain

8. Piero ______ a golf.

a man and a woman eat ice cream in the rain

9. Fulvia e Antonio ______ il gelato per strada.

a man sits in his office, whilst it rains outside

10. Gianni ______ in ufficio.

 

 

 

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