Nuovo Espresso 3: B1.2 Overview
Chapter 3: Made in Italy
- Describe a product and its features, material, and use.
- Ask for or confirm an intention.
- Explain causes.
- Make assumptions.
- Express emotions, moods, fears, and conditions.
- File a complaint.
- Express doubt, excuse, or justify oneself.
- Assign blame.
- Grammar:
- Il congiuntivo passato (Past subjunctive).
- Review of the subjunctive mood.
- Agreement of tenses and moods (Part I).
- The suffix -accio.
- A patto che, purché, a condizione che + congiuntivo (Conditional expressions with subjunctive).
- Adverbs ending in -mente.
Chapter 4: Parole parole parole… (Words, Words, Words…)
- Adapt communication to the medium (spoken or written).
- Make comparisons.
- Provide explanations.
- Start a phone conversation.
- Offer help or availability.
- Ask about someone.
- Point out mistakes.
- Report what a third person said.
- Transcribe a message left by someone.
- Grammar:
- Il congiuntivo imperfetto (Imperfect subjunctive).
- Come se + congiuntivo (As if + subjunctive).
- Indirect speech.
- Using andare and venire in indirect speech.
Chapter 5: Invito alla lettura (Invitation to Read)
- Summarize a book’s plot.
- Express interest, disinterest, or preferences.
- Make suggestions.
- Ask for and explain reasons.
- Share judgments.
- Grammar:
- Construction che io sappia (To my knowledge).
- Agreement of tenses and moods (Part II).
- Passive voice with essere and venire.
- Il passato remoto (Remote past tense).
- Il presente storico (Historical present tense).