Common mistakes
Common mistakes in the Italian B1 citizenship exam
On testb1cittadinanza.com we collect the mistakes that cost the most points in the CILS B1 Cittadinanza: in writing, speaking and the true/false tasks. For each one: the rule, wrong → right examples and 6 exercises.
- Tu or Lei? Register in your emailformal or informal
- How to open and close your emailgreetings and closings
- Answer every point of the taskcommunicative effectiveness
- Too short or too long: 80–120 wordsword count
- True or false: the "not said" traplistening and reading
- Speaking: answer with examples, not one wordspeaking test
B1 grammar
- Passato prossimo: essere or avereauxiliary and participle
- Passato prossimo or imperfetto?telling a story in the past
- Articulated prepositions: al, del, nel, dal, sula + il = al
- Direct and indirect pronouns: lo, la, gli, lelo chiamo, gli scrivo
- Relative pronouns: che and cuila casa in cui abito
- Present conditional: vorrei, potrebbepolite requests
Topics from the official CILS B1 Cittadinanza syllabus, scoring criteria.