Unit 7: Il pane [bread]

Exercise 1

millet baguettes – filoncini di miglio

bread with nuts – pane con noci or pane alle noci

buckwheat unleavened flatbread – piadina di grano saraceno

oatmeal breadsticks – grissini di avena

spelt dinner rolls – rosette di spelta

*Unless specifically requested in the exercise instructions, it’s up to you whether or not to include the article before the Italian words.

Exercise 2

oil-free bread – pane senza olio

flatbread without onion – schiacciata / focaccia senza cipolla

milk-free cheese – formaggio senza latte

sandwich without tomato – panino senza pomodoro

bread without eggs – pane senza uova

Exercise 3

fettuccine with Ligurian pesto – fettuccine con pesto ligure

Calabrian read with olives – pane calabrese con olive

Lombardian apples – mele lombarde

Sicilian oranges with Sardinian figs – arance siciliane con ficchi sardi

Tuscan bread without salt – pane toscano senza sale

Umbrian pork with carrots – maiale umbro con carote

Unit 7 Review Exercises

After you complete these review exercises, wait a few days and then review your work. Feel free to go on to the next unit in the meantime.

When it’s time to review your work, use a bilingual dictionary to check your answers to Review Exercise 1 and Review Exercise 3. Doing the extra legwork of looking up words will help reinforce this vocabulary.

Review Exercise 2

pane di grano tenero – soft wheat bread

pane di grano saraceno – buckwheat bread

pane integrale – whole wheat bread

pane di grano duro – durum wheat bread