Deborah is telling her Italian friend Marco about her past. Complete each sentence with the appropriate form of the past tense of the verb in parentheses, using either the imperfetto or the passato prossimo as required.
(Marco) Quando io ero piccolo la sera ____________________ (fare) i compiti, cenavo e poi ____________________ (potere) vedere un po’ la televisione. E per te, Deborah, com’era la vita?
(Deborah) La sera, mentre mia madre ____________________ (preparare) da mangiare, mio padre ____________________ (leggere) il giornale, e io ____________________ (giocare) con mio fratello.
(Marco) E dopo cena, che cosa ____________________ (fare)?
(Deborah) Spesso dopo cena, io e la mia famiglia ____________________ (andare) a trovare i miei nonni o ____________________ (vedere) la televisione. Io e mio fratello ____________________ (volere) vedere soprattutto i film americani.
(Marco) E tutte le sere erano così?
(Deborah) No, mi ricordo che una sera, mentre la mamma ____________________ (pulire) la cucina, mio padre ____________________ (entrare) con un bel regalo e ____________________ (mettere) un pacchetto sul tavolo della cucina. Mia madre ____________________ (aprire) subito il pacchetto. Dentro c’era una bellissima camicetta blu, il suo colore preferito. Che bella sorpresa!
(Marco) E che cosa ____________________ (fare) tua madre per ringraziare tuo padre?
(Deborah) Lei ____________________ (dare) a lui un forte bacio!
facevo, potevo, preparava, leggeva, giocavo, facevi, andavamo, vedevamo, volevamo, puliva, è entrato, ha messo, ha aperto, ha fatto, ha dato
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