A0 Final Review: Everything You Learned in A0 Italian + Self-Test
A0 · Unit 5 · Review & final A0 self-test
Twenty-six lessons. From “ciao” to checking into a hotel in Florence. Let’s see what stuck.
Quick answer
This A0 final review sums up Unit 5 (mi piace, the hotel check-in, famous Italians) and ends with an optional self-test across all of A0: greetings, goodbyes, numbers, essere and avere, nationalities, jobs, questions, introductions, likes and the hotel. No new grammar, just revision.
A0 final review: Unit 5 at a glance
Read each box. If something feels foggy, click through to the full lesson.
Lesson 24
Mi piace
- Mi piace la pizza. · I like pizza (pizza pleases me). Never io piace.
- Non mi piace. · non at the very start.
- Ti piace? (friend) · Le piace? (polite)
- One thing → piace · two or more → piacciono
- Anche a me! · A me no! · E a te?
Lesson 25
At the hotel
- Ho una prenotazione. · I have a reservation.
- A che nome? · Ha un documento?
- Per quante notti? – Per tre notti.
- Form: nome, cognome, età, nazionalità, professione, indirizzo, firma
- Firmi qui! · Buona permanenza!
Lesson 26
Famous Italians
- Chi è? · Who is it?
- È chef. È di Modena. È del 1962.
- è = who the person is · ha = what the person has
- famoso / famosa · attore / attrice
- Che bravo! · Che brava!
Everything you learned in A0
This is your whole A0 path. Every link opens the full lesson.
Unit 1 · First words
Ciao! Grazie! Arrivederci! (Hi! Thanks! Goodbye!)
Unit 2 · People and numbers
Uno, due, tre… noci! (One, two, three… nuts!)
Unit 3 · Essere and avere
Sono piccolo. Ho due anni! (I’m small. I’m two years old!)
Unit 4 · About you
Chi sei? Di dove sei? (Who are you? Where are you from?)
Unit 5 · Real life
Mi piace! Ho una prenotazione. (I like it! I have a reservation.)
- Mi piace
- At the hotel
- Famous Italians
- A0 final review (you are here)
Pronunciation
Gnocchi, famiglia, Lamborghini. (NYOHK-kee, fah-MEE-lyah, lahm-bohr-GHEE-nee)
Step 3 · Optional self-test
🍕 Do you really know it, or did you just understand it?
No timer, no grade, no pressure. All sentences are new: you won’t find them in the lessons. Start with the warm-up, then open the rest: one exercise for each Unit 5 topic, then a big mixed test across all of A0.
Warm-up · 5 questions
Choose the right word.
1. Mi ___ le scarpe italiane.
2. Buonasera, ho una ___.
3. Paolo ___ cantante.
4. Per quante notti?
5. You walk into a bakery at 9 am.
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1 · Mi piace
Choose the right answer.
1. Mi ___ il gelato al limone.
2. Non mi ___ i film horror.
3. Ti ___ Venezia?
4. To an older gentleman on the train: ___ il vino rosso?
5. I don’t like it.
6. Your friend: “Mi piace il jazz!” You love jazz too.
7. You answered a shopkeeper. Now ask back.
8. Ti piace il caffè freddo? You hate it.
2 · At the hotel
You are checking in at a hotel in Rome. Choose the right line.
1. A che nome?
2. Ha un documento?
3. On the form, “Rossi” goes in…
4. On the form, “canadese” goes in…
5. Età:
6. The receptionist asks your job, politely.
7. Firmi qui, per favore.
8. Ecco la chiave. Buona permanenza!
3 · Chi è?
New people, same rules. Choose the right word.
1. Marco ___ di Napoli.
2. Giulia ___ una Ferrari rossa.
3. Il signor Bianchi ___.
4. 1950 in words
5. Anna è molto ___.
6. Luca è ___.
7. Your friend Sara sings beautifully.
8. You see a photo and don’t know the person.
4 · All of A0: greetings to hotel
One question from (almost) every lesson. Choose the right answer.
1. Walking into a shop at 7 pm.
2. Your roommate goes to bed.
3. You didn’t understand.
4. io e Marco = ?
5. To your doctor: How are you?
6. 17
7. I’m 30.
8. I’m hungry.
9. Kate è ___.
10. Che lavoro fai?
11. I live in Rome.
12. Introducing your friend Sara.
5 · Write it: your A0 in ten sentences
Type the Italian. Capital letters and punctuation don’t matter. No accent key? Type an apostrophe (e’ = è).
1. Good evening!
2. I don’t understand.
3. My name is Kate.
4. I’m from Boston.
5. I’m 40 years old.
6. I’m hungry.
7. Do you speak English? (polite)
8. I don’t like soccer.
9. I have a reservation.
10. See you soon!
Under 80%? Review these first: Essere vs avere · Tu vs Lei · Mi piace · Numbers
80% or more? Ready for A1: read on.
Sono un lama. Sono di Firenze. Mi piace molto l’italiano. Ho una prenotazione per l’A1.
I’m a llama. I’m from Florence. I like Italian a lot. I have a reservation for A1.
Ci vediamo la prossima settimana! – Sì, alla prossima lezione! Ciao!
See you next week! – Yes, see you at the next lesson! Bye!
Previous lesson: Famous Italians · Start of A0: Italian greetings
A0 · Complete
🎉 You finished A0!
Che bravo! Che brava!
You can greet, introduce yourself, say what you like and check into a hotel, all in Italian. Next stop: A1.
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Written by Luciana
Native Italian teacher, CEDILS certified, 10,000+ lessons since 2020.
