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Junior Cycle Italian: Passato prossimo (avere/essere)

How often Passato prossimo (avere/essere) comes up on the Italian papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Passato prossimo (avere/essere), Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Passato prossimo (avere/essere).

(a)How do you say 'I ate a pizza'?
  1. Sono mangiato una pizza
  2. Ho mangiato una pizza
  3. Ho mangiare una pizza
(b)A girl writes 'I went to Rome'. Which is correct?
  1. Ho andata a Roma
  2. Sono andato a Roma
  3. Sono andata a Roma
(c)What is the past participle of «fare»?
  1. fatto
  2. farato
  3. faciuto
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(a) Ho mangiato una pizza

(b) Sono andata a Roma

(c) fatto

Your turn: Common Level questions on Passato prossimo (avere/essere).

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q16, Q18
2025Not asked
2024Q17
2023Q18
2022Q16

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Passato prossimo (avere/essere) questions

Passato prossimo (avere/essere), 3 marks

How do you say 'My cousins (boys) arrived yesterday'?

  1. I miei cugini hanno arrivato ieri
  2. I miei cugini sono arrivato ieri
  3. I miei cugini sono arrivati ieri
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I miei cugini sono arrivati ieri

With essere the participle agrees like an adjective: arrivato, arrivata, arrivati, arrivate. Cugini is masculine plural, so arrivati.

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