B1 grammar

Italian B1 citizenship grammar: what the exam needs

On testb1cittadinanza.com we explain the B1 grammar that the official CILS B1 Cittadinanza syllabus lists, with examples from life in Italy and 6 instantly checked exercises for each topic.

• 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

Common mistakes

• 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

Topics from the official CILS B1 Cittadinanza syllabus, scoring criteria.