Illustrated vocabulary

Learn the words within a scene

Explore everyday environments and situations. Each word has an image, three Italian sentences and pronunciation.

A green chameleon on a branch in front of colourful shapes: a circle, a square, a triangle, a star, a heart and a rectangle

Colours and shapes

30 words for colours, patterns and shapes, learnt with animals: the pink flamingo, the striped zebra, the starfish.

A smiling young woman sitting on the floor of a bright room with her legs wide apart, barefoot, arms stretched out and fingers spread

The human body

63 words for the head, torso, hands, legs, skin, bones and organs, with realistic photos.

A young woman in a cream sweater brushes her long hair with a wooden hairbrush, next to a bright window

Body verbs

94 verbs for hands, mouth, eyes and legs: to comb, to touch, to bite, to blush, to hear…

A young woman laughing happily with her eyes half closed, in front of a cream-coloured wall

Emotions

34 words to say how you feel: happy, excited, proud, sad, angry, worried, disappointed…

The Rossi family tree: great-grandparents Giorgio and Rosa, their sons Franco and Paolo with their wives, the grandchildren and the children

The family

34 words to talk about your family: parents, children, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins and in-laws, with the Rossi family tree.

An elderly couple sitting on a stone bench in a quiet Italian square, looking at each other and smiling

The people around us

32 words for the people in your everyday life: friends, neighbours, colleagues, classmates, guests and strangers.

A man and a woman hug and smile at each other at sunset, among the olive trees and cypresses of the Italian countryside

Relationship verbs

47 verbs for love, family and friendship: to get married, to love, to argue, to make up, to give, to obey…

A father runs beside his little daughter as she rides a bicycle for the first time, on a path in the park

Verbs of influence

35 verbs for influencing others: to encourage, to convince, to force, to prevent, to collaborate…

A white chef’s hat and a folded apron on a wooden counter with a sprig of basil, in a bright kitchen

Jobs

53 jobs in the masculine and the feminine: from the cook to the doctor, from the plumber to the actress, with photos.

Clothing

57 words for clothes, shoes and accessories.

A bright Italian apartment: the living room with a sofa, a rug and a bookcase, the kitchen and bedroom in the background, a balcony with geraniums

The house

43 words for the house: the rooms, the parts of the house, the bedroom, the bathroom and the housework.

A hand opens a window with green shutters onto the rooftops and cypresses of an Italian town

Household verbs

49 verbs for life at home: to cook, to set the table, to clean, to do the laundry, to switch on and off, to wake up…

An illustrated kitchen with furniture and utensils

The kitchen

20 words for furniture, dishes and utensils.

An illustrated living room with sofa, armchair and television

The living room

8 words for living-room furniture and objects.

A loaf of bread and some red cherry tomatoes on a wooden table in a bright Italian kitchen

Food

72 essential words for talking about what we eat.

School

43 words for school: the classroom, the pencil case, the school bag, lessons and marks.

A smiling girl sitting at her desk raises her hand in a classroom with a green chalkboard

School verbs

36 verbs for school: to study, to learn, to revise, to raise your hand, to explain, to make a mistake, to correct…

A desk with a laptop, a notebook and an espresso cup in front of a window overlooking the red rooftops of an Italian city

The office

40 words for the office: the desk, stationery, meetings and work.

Two people shake hands over a wooden desk in a bright office

Office verbs

34 verbs for the office: to type, to print, to send an email, to sign, to take a break, to apply, to hire…

A narrow street in an Italian town with stone houses, green shutters and a scooter parked by the wall

The city

46 words for the city: squares and buildings, shops, the street and transport.

A woman rides a bicycle along a cobbled street of an Italian town, between ochre-coloured facades

City verbs

40 verbs for the city: to cross, to turn, to take the bus, to park, to pay, to queue, to book…

The same tree on a hill in the four seasons: blossoms in spring, wheat in summer, red leaves and fog in autumn, snow and a snowman in winter, under a rainbow

The weather and the seasons

34 words to talk about the weather: sun, rain, snow, wind, storms, heat and cold, and the four seasons.

A striped beach umbrella and a deckchair on an empty beach, with the turquoise sea and the rocky Italian coast in the background

The sea

30 words for the beach, the boat and holidays.

A woman swims breaststroke in the clear turquoise sea, with the rocky Italian coast in the background

Sea verbs

30 verbs for the sea: to go to the seaside, to get a tan, to float on your back, to set sail, to fish…

The Dolomites in summer: rocky peaks, a meadow full of flowers, a wooden cabin, a turquoise lake, fir woods and two hikers with backpacks and poles

The mountains

37 words for the mountains: landscapes, woods, huts, hiking and snow.

A hiker with a backpack walks along a path through the meadows towards the peaks of the Dolomites

Mountain verbs

34 verbs for the mountains: to go hiking, to climb to the top, to put up the tent, to ski, to go sledging…

A football on the grass in front of the goal net, with the houses of an Italian town blurred in the background

Sports

45 words for sports: the sports, the places, the equipment and the competition.

A young man in a t-shirt and shorts runs alone on a country road at sunrise, among hills and cypresses

Sports verbs

37 verbs for sport: to train, to play football, to score, to save, to cheer, to come first…

A red fox sitting in a flowery meadow, with the hills and cypresses of the Italian countryside in the background

Animals

100 words for mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects.

A tall giraffe with a long neck standing in the golden savannah

Animal physical characteristics

50 everyday adjectives for animals, people and things: tall, tired, wet, hairy… with drag-and-drop exercises.

A peacock with its colourful tail fully open on a green lawn

Animal personality

62 everyday adjectives for the character and mood of people and animals, with drag-and-drop exercises.

An eagle flying with its wings spread in the blue sky, above snowy mountain peaks

Animal verbs

119 everyday verbs for people and animals: to be born, to run, to wait, to argue, to make noise…

An English teapot and an Italian moka coffee pot side by side on a wooden table

False friends between Italian and English

21 words that look the same but mean something else: camera, parenti, libreria, fattoria…

How to study?

Look at the image, try to understand the word from the three sentences and use “Ascolta” to repeat the pronunciation.