Common mistakes and guidance
- Limited knowledge of basic Italian vocabulary, especially nouns, adjectives and verbs
- Forming grammatically incorrect and incomplete sentences (simple and compound)
- Poor listening skills
- High frequency adverbs such as ‘sempre’ and ‘anche’ used before the verb
- Responses too short and not developed further
- Wrong prepositions with high frequency nouns (nella scuola; in + small town)
For further details about how candidates performed in this particular examination series please refer to the
Principal Examiner Report for Teachers.