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In Italian, noun gender and articles, verb conjugation by person, the near past and imperfect, the subjunctive, and other topics are important. While the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation is relatively regular, attention must be paid to double consonants and accent position.
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Practice listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary, plus shadowing and word games.
📖 Reading
Read emails, notices, and practical texts to understand information.
📝 Grammar & Vocabulary
Covers noun gender and articles, verb conjugation, past tenses, prepositions, the subjunctive, and more.
🗣️ Shadowing
Speak while listening to audio to get used to Italian sounds, rhythm, and natural expressions.
🏰 Word Quest
Learn basic and business vocabulary while progressing through an adventure RPG story.
🧩 Word Match
Review the vocabulary you've learned with a game that matches words to their meanings.
Learn Italian every day. FRENG's question system
FRENG applies its own learning format, modeled on the listening and reading section structure of the TOEIC® Listening & Reading Test, to Italian as well. All questions in every language, including English, are independently produced by FRENG and are not official TOEIC® tests or official questions. Grammar and vocabulary questions are produced to match the characteristics of each language.
120 minutes every day. All new questions.
It's not just repeating the same questions as yesterday. New mock tests are added every day, and the number of questions you can study keeps piling up.
You can study in just a few minutes a day.
Even if there are 120 minutes' worth of questions each day, you don't have to answer them all.
Just 5 minutes of listening during your commute. Just 10 minutes of reading during lunch break. A few grammar questions on your weak points before bed.
Study today's material at your own pace, as much as you can manage.
We value helping you keep going without overexerting yourself.
Bring the practical, globally used TOEIC® question format to Italian learning.
TOEIC® is an English proficiency test used in more than 160 countries around the world. It is particularly strong at measuring practical English skills, with an emphasis on communication in business and the workplace.
Rather than simply testing knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, it uses as its subject matter situations actually encountered in business and daily life, such as workplace conversations, meetings, phone calls, business trips, contacting clients, emails, advertisements, and informational notices.
It also consists of 7 Parts that systematically check practical language ability, including questions where you look at a photo and understand the situation, questions where you choose an appropriate response to a question, questions where you listen to and comprehend conversations and announcements, and questions where you read emails and documents and understand their content.
FRENG has applied this practical and systematic TOEIC® question format to Italian learning.
Drawing on the wide range of business and everyday topics and the question structure used in the TOEIC®, we provide original learning questions that let you work on listening and reading in Italian. This is not simply a matter of swapping the settings and characters for Italian-speaking ones; it is a structure for learning in Italian the kinds of common, U.S.-centered topics found in the TOEIC®.
In addition, it combines grammar and vocabulary questions that are important in Italian learning, such as noun gender and articles, verb conjugation, the passato prossimo and imperfetto, and the subjunctive.
This lets you train not only word and grammar memorization but also the comprehensive language skills needed to listen to and read Italian and accurately understand its content.
* TOEIC® is an English test. The other-language questions introduced on this page are FRENG's original materials and are not official TOEIC® tests.
* TOEIC® is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS). All FRENG questions, including the English version, are originally produced across all 8 languages and are not official TOEIC® tests or official questions. FRENG is not approved by or affiliated with ETS or IIBC.
Question formats by Part
PART 1Photo questions
Listen to a description of a photo and choose the answer
PART 2Response questions
Choose the response to a question or statement
PART 3Conversation questions
Listen to a conversation between multiple people and answer the questions
PART 4Announcement questions
Listen to explanations and announcements and answer the questions
PART 5Short text fill-in-the-blank
Check vocabulary and grammar
PART 6Long passage fill-in-the-blank
Choose the word or phrase that fits the context
PART 7Reading comprehension
Read practical texts and answer the questions
* The above is an introduction to the study format. It is not an official TOEIC® test or official question set.
Features and Key Points of Italian Learning
What you will learn on this page
Noun Gender and Articles
In Short text fill-in-the-blank, you practice choosing the article that fits the noun. When you memorize nouns in Word Quest and Word Match, you also check their articles.
Personal Verb Conjugation
In Short text fill-in-the-blank and Long passage fill-in-the-blank, you choose the verb form that fits the subject.
Passato Prossimo and Imperfetto
In Long passage fill-in-the-blank and Reading comprehension, you practice choosing the past form that fits the context.
How to Use the Subjunctive
In Reading comprehension and Short text fill-in-the-blank, you get used to the subjunctive forms used within sentences.
Pronunciation and Double Consonants
In Listening, you hear the audio, and in Shadowing, you speak aloud to get used to the length of double consonants.
How to proceed with learning Italian
From basics to application, following the order below as a guide will make it easier to organize what you study. You may also start from the middle depending on your learning experience.
Get used to Italian sounds through shadowing and Part 1 and Part 2 listening
Build your vocabulary with Word Quest and take on the conversations and announcements in Part 3 and Part 4
Check familiar expressions with grammar and reading questions
* This is a suggested study approach and does not indicate level divisions or course names within the FRENG app.
Frequently asked questions about learning Italian
Listening and Reading are said to be Italian versions of the English TOEIC®-style mock tests created by FRENG. What are the benefits of learning this way?
TOEIC® is an English test used in more than 160 countries around the world. In Japan and South Korea, many companies use it as a guide for hiring and promotion.
The topics of the questions are all workplace and everyday situations, such as meetings, phone calls, business trips, emails, and notices. For that reason, TOEIC® scores are widely used as a guide to how well someone can understand English in business settings.
The Italian version of FRENG turns this type of question into Italian. Because you can listen to and read workplace and everyday situations in the same question format as TOEIC®, it helps you build the ability to understand business situations in Italian.
Can I learn Italian for free?
Yes. FRENG is a service that provides Italian learning content for free.
When starting Italian, what should I study first?
For Italian, getting used to the sounds is the most efficient approach. Put reading aside for now and start with shadowing. The short sentences are built around situations you would actually encounter, so practice them as many times as you like until they become your own. You don't need to learn grammar rules first. As you listen a lot and speak out loud, you will naturally start to notice unnatural phrasing.
For vocabulary, Word Quest plays audio for each word, so you can solve them even if you can't read the letters.
Beginners can solve Part 1 (Photo questions) and Part 2 (Response questions) of Listening. Part 3 is Conversation questions and Part 4 is Announcement questions. They are harder than Parts 1 and 2, but they are essential for real conversations with Italian speakers, so be sure to give them a try.
The important thing is to always review after solving Part 3 and Part 4. When you reopen a question you've already solved, you can choose between "Try again" and "View translation." Pressing "View translation" plays the audio of the same question, with subtitles and translation shown at the same time. Repeating this will help it come naturally to you.
How do you practice Italian grammar?
Don't just memorize the rules; check verb conjugations and article forms within example sentences, and practice repeatedly with short fill-in-the-blank exercises and reading comprehension.
How can I improve my Italian listening comprehension?
Listen to short audio, check the parts you couldn't catch in writing, then practice shadowing to work on double consonants and accent placement.
How do you practice listening for double consonants?
Check the parts you couldn't catch in writing, connect spelling and sound, and then practice speaking aloud with Shadowing.
How do you learn to distinguish between Passato Prossimo and Imperfetto?
Rather than trying to memorize only the rules, get used to it by checking which one is used in context in Long passage fill-in-the-blank and Reading comprehension.
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