Avere And Essere In Different Tenses

Question 1

I used to have a dog.

Answer 1

Avevo un cane.

Question 2

Before i came to Melbourne, i used to have a dog.

Answer 2

Prima di venire a Melbourne, avevo avuto un cane.
(“Prima Di” works with an infinitive). Trapassato (pluperfect - event timeline in past)

Question 3

Before coming to Italy, i had already learned some Italian.

Answer 3

Prima di venire in Italia avevo gia imparato un po di italiano.
Prima Di + infinitive. Trapassato - event timeline in past.

Question 4

I ought to have done that before I left.

Answer 4

Avrei dovuto farlo prima di partire.
Conditional past. Prima fi + infinitive.

Question 5

I would have bought bread if i had known there was none.

Answer 5

Avrei comprato il pane se avessi sapevo che c’era niente
(Future perfect). (Subjective past perfect/trapassato)

Question 6

Lucia would have gone.

Answer 6

Lucia sarebbe andata.

Question 7

The children would have woken.

Answer 7

I bambini sarebbero svelgiati

Question 8

We would have gone to the concert yesterday.

Answer 8

Saremmo andati al concerto ieri.
(Conditional past)

Question 9

I would have gone to Rome yesterday, but there was a train strike.

Answer 9

Sarei andata a Roma ieri, ma c’era uno sciopero dei treni.

Question 10

We would have bought a new car but the prices were too high.

Answer 10

Avremmo comprato una macchina nuova ma i prezzi erano troppi alti.
Conditional past. Imperfect past.

Question 11

In my opinion it would have been better to go to Florence by train.

Answer 11

Secondo me, sarebbe stato meglio andare al Firenze in treno

Question 12

You could have taken a walk last night instead of staying home.

Answer 12

Ieri sera avresti potuto fare un passegiata invece di stare a casa.
Conditional past- has to be compound. Infinitive for “staying”

Question 13

I wanted to take a trip this summer but infortunately i couldn’t.

Answer 13

Volevo fare un viaggio quest’estate, ma purtroppo non ho potuto.
Imperfect past. Perfect past: i didn’t have the possibility.

Question 14

I had. I used to have. I had had. I will have. I will have had.

Answer 14

Ho avuto. Avevo. Avevo avuto. Avro. Avro avuto.
Perf past. Imperf. Pluperfect. Simple future. Perfect future.

Question 15

I would. I would have had.

Answer 15

Avrei. Avrei avuto.

Question 16

I would have. I could have. I could have had.

Answer 16

Avrei. Avrei potuto. Avrei potuto avere.

Question 17

I ought to have. I ought to have had.

Answer 17

Avrei dovuto. Avrei dovuto avere.

Question 18

I will have been able. I will have had to..

Answer 18

Avro potuto. Avro dovuto.

Question 19

I would have wanted…

Answer 19

Avrei voluto.
(Conditional past)

Question 20

I am. I was (i have been). I used to be. I had been.

Answer 20

Sono. Sono stato. Ero. Ero stato.

Question 21

I will be. I will have been.

Answer 21

Saro. Saro stato/a

Question 22

I would be. I would have been.

Answer 22

Sarei. Sarei stato/a

Question 23

I could have been.

Answer 23

Avrei potuto essere.
Conditional past. Note infinitive after potere.

Question 24

I ought to be. I ought to have been.

Answer 24

Dovrei essere. Avrei dovuto essere.
Conditional (and infinitive after Dovere). Conditional past.