Italian reading comprehension test
5 short Italian stories with 20 questions in total, written for A1 and A2. Read one, answer four questions in Italian, and see what you missed with the right answer next to it.
Which language are you reading in?
Stories in Italian
A Italian question, before you start
La mattina al mercato
Perché Marco scrive una lista della spesa?
Show the answer
Perché il frigorifero è quasi vuoto
Why read Italian this way
Italian gives beginners a false sense of progress: the words look familiar to anyone with English or Spanish, so you can recognise most of a page and still not know what happened. A comprehension check is the fastest way to find out which of the two is true for you, and these take about five minutes.
Want to read the Italian stories first?
Every story here is also in the free web reader, where you can tap any word for its meaning and listen to it read aloud. Read the Italian stories
Questions about the test
Are the questions in Italian or in English?
In Italian, using the story's own words. At A1 they stay short and factual, so if you followed the story you can answer them.
How long does one test take?
About five minutes. The stories are two to five minutes of reading and there are four questions, answered one at a time with immediate feedback.
