Italian Vocabulary Worksheets – Family, Beach, Food

All 48 words

Family 12

i genitori Parents. The plural of il genitore, a parent.
il cugino, la cugina Cousin. Il cugino is a boy or man and la cugina a girl or woman.
il figlio Son.
il fratello Brother.
il nonno Grandfather.
il padre Father.
la figlia Daughter.
la madre Mother.
la nonna Grandmother.
la sorella Sister.
la zia Aunt.
lo zio Uncle.

At the beach 12

il bagnino, la bagnina Lifeguard. Il bagnino is a man and la bagnina a woman.
il costume da bagno Swimsuit. Often just il costume.
il gabbiano Seagull.
il mare Sea. A masculine word.
il secchiello Bucket. A small one, such as a child's sand pail.
l'asciugamano Towel. A masculine word.
l'ombrellone Beach umbrella. A masculine word.
l'onda Wave. A feminine word.
la barca Boat.
la conchiglia Seashell.
la sabbia Sand.
la spiaggia Beach.

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Food 12

il formaggio Cheese.
il latte Milk.
il miele Honey.
il pane Bread.
il pollo Chicken.
il sale Salt.
il succo Juice.
l'acqua Water. A feminine word.
la cena Dinner. The evening meal.
la colazione Breakfast. The first, light meal of the morning.
la frutta Fruit.
la verdura Vegetables.

School 12

il libro Book.
l'aula Classroom. A feminine word.
la biblioteca Library.
la domanda Question.
la lezione Lesson.
la matita Pencil.
la pagina Page.
la palestra Gym.
la parola Word.
la ricreazione Recess. The short break between lessons at school.
la risposta Answer.
la scuola School.

How this list was compiled: Own list of Italian nouns, chosen for this site on 2026-10-13, in four sets of twelve. Every word was read that day in two references: the Treccani Vocabolario (https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/spiaggia/, the same address pattern for each word; barca under barca1) for the spelling, the gender and the senses with their register marks, and the word's Italian entry at Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiaggia, the same pattern), for the gender a second time and the English meaning. Costume da bagno stands under costume in the first and has an entry of its own in the second. Which article a noun takes (il, lo, la, l', i) follows its gender and first letters by the table of articles in the article Italian grammar of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_grammar), read the same day. The note after a meaning is our own wording of what the entries say. The answer about libreria rests on its entries in the same two dictionaries. Licence: own work

How it works

These Italian vocabulary worksheets print twelve nouns down the left, each with il, lo, la or l', and the English meanings in another order down the right. Family comes first; the beach, food and school are the other three sets.

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Italian family, food and school words

Set opens on Family: la madre, il padre, la sorella, il fratello, la nonna, il nonno, la zia, lo zio, la figlia, il figlio, i genitori and the cousin in both forms, il cugino and la cugina. Food goes from il pane and il latte to la cena, and School from la scuola to la palestra.

Italian beach vocabulary worksheet

At the beach prints la spiaggia, il mare, la sabbia, l'onda, l'ombrellone, l'asciugamano, la conchiglia, il costume da bagno, il secchiello, la barca, il gabbiano and the lifeguard, il bagnino or la bagnina.

La biblioteca is a library. La libreria, which looks like the English word, is a bookshop or a bookcase.

Questions and answers

Is there an Italian vocabulary worksheets PDF?

Yes, from the print window: press Print worksheet and pick Save as PDF where the printers are listed. The file holds the sheet and, as its last page, the answer key.

Is acqua masculine or feminine in Italian?

Feminine. L' stands before any singular noun that begins with a vowel, so it hides the gender: l'acqua, l'onda and l'aula are feminine, l'ombrellone and l'asciugamano masculine. With a or an the gender shows: un'onda, un ombrellone.

How do you say beach in Italian?

La spiaggia, a feminine noun. Its plural is le spiagge, with no i: the Treccani dictionary gives the plural ending as -ge. The sea is il mare and sand is la sabbia.

What is the difference between colazione, pranzo and cena?

By the Treccani dictionary's definitions, la colazione is the first, light meal of the morning, il pranzo the midday meal and la cena the evening meal. Colazione can also name the midday meal.