Italian GCSE
Conditional perfect
What Conditional perfect means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conditional perfect
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A tense used to understand actions that would have occurred in the past, recognised by looking for the auxiliary verb 'avrei' or 'sarei' plus the past participle.
Topics that use Conditional perfect
- Verbs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Auxiliary verbs
- Auxiliary verbs in the imperfect
- Compound tenses
- Descriptive language
- Everyday conversational phrases
- Expressing desires and wishes
- Formal and informal registers
- Future plans and hypothetical situations
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