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Perifrasi Verbali — Verbal Periphrases·Exercise 49 — Aspect and Tense: Choosing the Correct Periphrasis Form
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Rule reminder

The choice of periphrasis tense must match the narrative frame. Progressive, inceptive, terminative, and imminent aspects each interact differently with the imperfect, passato prossimo, passato remoto, and conditional.

Exercise 49 — Aspect and Tense: Choosing the Correct Periphrasis Form1 / 10

[Sudden start — past, completed] All'improvviso, il bambino _____ a correre per il corridoio.

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→ Exercise 41 — Error Identification in Verbal Periphrases→ Exercise 42 — Near-Synonymous Periphrases by Context→ Exercise 43 — Translating English Progressive/Aspectual Forms→ Exercise 44 — Complex Sentences with Nested Periphrases
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