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First Form Latin
Grammar Questions
110
Language - Latin
7th Grade
04/22/2013

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Term
Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.
Definition
a e i o u
/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ /oo/ (food)
Term
Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.
Definition
gloria Jesus
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Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before...
Definition
e, i, ae, oe
Term
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before...
Definition
a, o, u, and consonants
Term
In Latin and English hard c has the sound of
Definition
/k/
Term
Soft c has the sound of _________ in English and _________ in Latin.
Definition
/s/ & /ch/
Term
In Latin, gn is pronounced like _________. Give two examples.
Definition
/ny/ pugno (I fight) magnus (large)
Term
Give the name, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.
Definition
antepenult penult ultima
Term
The accent is on ____________ unless the _____________ is marked.
Definition
penult antepenult
Term
Verb families are called
Definition
conjugations
Term
How many conjugations are there? Name them.
Definition
four (First, Second, Third, and Fourth)
Term
Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
Definition
conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, and mood
Term
Give the three grammar persons
Definition
first person, second person, and third person
Term
The first person is the person ______________.
The second person is the person ______________.
The third person is the person ______________.
Definition
speaking
spoken to
spoken about
Term
Give the two grammar numbers
Definition
singular & plural
Term
How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.
Definition
six (present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect)
Term
The stem vowel of the 1st Conjugation is
Definition
a
Term
What does the gender triangle look like?
Definition
[image]
Term
Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.
Definition
simple present
progressive present
emphatic present
Term
In English 'I praise' is the __________ present, 'I am praising' is the ________ present, and 'I do praise' is the __________ present.
Definition
simple
progressive
emphatic
Term
In Latin imperfect means
Definition
not finished
Term
The imperfect tense sign is
Definition
ba
Term
The imperfect tense is used to describe an _______, _______, _______, or _______ action.
Definition
ongoing, repeated, habitual, or interrupted
Term
What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?
Definition
were, was
Term
The two basic parts of a sentence are
Definition
the subject and the predicate
Term
The subject is
Definition
who or what the sentence is about
Term
The predicate tells
Definition
what the subject is or does
Term
What is Sentence Pattern 1?
Definition
subject + verb
Term
What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense?
Definition
will
Term
The three tenses that made up the Present System are
Definition
present, imperfect, future
Term
The Present System is built on the
Definition
present stem
Term
What are the principal parts? How many are there?
Definition
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four p.p.
Term
What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
Definition
infinitive
Term
The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is
Definition
are
Term
How do you find the present stem?
Definition
Drop re from the infinitive
Term
The English infinitive is written with the particle _________ before the verb.
Definition
to
Term
The to be verb shows _______________ not _______________.
Definition
existence
action
Term
Give the English forms of the to be verb
Definition
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
Term
Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.
Definition
o are avi atus
Term
What is Sentence Pattern 2?
Definition
Subject + verb + direct object
Term
Something that completes the action of the verb is a
Definition
complement
Term
What is the first complement in this text?
Definition
the complementary infinitive
Term
In Latin grammar perfect means
Definition
finished
Term
The perfect tense describes what kind of action?
Definition
a one-time action completed in the past
Term
The perfect tense is built on the __________ stem.
Definition
perfect
Term
How do you find the perfect stem?
Definition
Drop i from the 3rd principal part.
Term
Give three translations for vocavi.
Definition
I called, I have called, I did call
Term
What English helping verbs translate the perfect tense?
Definition
have, has, did
Term
The pluperfect tense is built on the _________ stem.
Definition
perfect
Term
The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?
Definition
a past action completed prior to another past action
Term
What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?
Definition
had
Term
The pluperfect tense endings are identical to
Definition
the imperfect tense of sum
Term
The future perfect tense describes
Definition
an action in the future completed prior to another action in the future
Term
What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?
Definition
will have
Term
The future perfect tense endings are identical to __________________ except for __________________________.
Definition
the future tense of sum
3rd person plural
Term
The tenses of the Perfect System are ___________________ and they are built on the ______________________.
Definition
perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
perfect stem
Term
The future perfect tense is built on the _____________ stem.
Definition
perfect
Term
Verb families are called _____________ and noun families are called _____________.
Definition
conjugations
declensions
Term
How many declensions are there? Name them.
Definition
five (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th)
Term
Give the four attributes of nouns.
Definition
declension, gender, number, and case
Term
The three genders are:
Definition
masculine, feminine, and neuter
Term
Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have _________ gender. Give three English examples.
Definition
natural
sister, brother, father, queen, king, or uncle
Term
Nouns that name non-living things have __________ gender.
Definition
grammatical
Term
To what does the case of a noun refer?
Definition
the job of a noun in a sentence
Term
Name the cases in order
Definition
nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative
Term
What is the subject case?
Definition
nominative
Term
What is the direct object case?
Definition
accusative
Term
What is the indirect object case?
Definition
dative
Term
What is the possessive case?
Definition
genitive
Term
What is the in/by/with/from case?
Definition
ablative
Term
What is the to/for case?
Definition
dative
Term
What is the of case?
Definition
genitive
Term
The genitive singular of a 1st declension noun always ends in
Definition
ae
Term
1st declension nouns are usually what gender?
Definition
feminine
Term
Three important exceptions to the 1st declension feminine rule are
Definition
poeta, nauta, agricola
Term
Latin does not have the English articles
Definition
a, an, the
Term
Give three translations for the Latin noun mensa
Definition
table, a table, the table
Term
The genitive singular of a 2nd declension noun always ends in
Definition
i
Term
Second declension us nouns are usually ___________ in gender.
Definition
masculine
Term
Name the two subgroups of the 2nd declension, and give their gender.
Definition
1. us nouns with masculine gender
2. um nouns with neuter gender
Term
Verbs have ______________ endings and nouns have _____________ endings.
Definition
tense, personal
case
Term
Second declension um nouns are always ___________ in gender.
Definition
neuter
Term
The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the ______________________.
Definition
genitive singular
Term
The natural gender rule ______________ all other gender rules.
Definition
trumps
Term
What is the neuter rule?
Definition
nominative and accusative endings are the same
nominative and accusative plural ending is -a
Term
The subject and verb must agree in ____________________.
Definition
person and number
Term
What is an adjective?
Definition
An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
Term
I Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in ____________________ but not ________________.
Definition
gender, number, case
declension
Term
Usually an adjective of _________________ precedes a noun and an adjective of ________________ follows the noun.
Definition
quantity
quality
Term
Counting numbers are called ______________.
Definition
cardinal
Term
Numbers which indicate the order of things in a series are called
Definition
ordinal
Term
What is Sentence Pattern #3?
Definition
subject + linking verb + predicate adjective
Term
What is Sentence Pattern #4?
Definition
subject + linking verb + predicate nominative
Term
The genitive singular of a 3rd declension noun always ends in
Definition
-is
Term
How can you know the gender of a 3rd declension noun?
Definition
You have to memorize it
Term
Masculine and feminine nouns of the 3rd declension have _______________ case endings.
Definition
the same
Term
How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?
Definition
Drop the genitive singular ending
Term
The usual word order for an English sentence is
Definition
subject - verb - direct object
Term
How many of the seven basic sentence patterns have complements?
Definition
six
Term
What are the three complements covered in this text?
Definition
direct object, predicate adjective, predicate nominative
Term
What are the two kinds of direct objects covered in this text?
Definition
1. complementary infinitive
2. direct object in the accusative case
Term
The usual word order for a Latin sentence is
Definition
subject - direct object - verb
Term
What kind of verb is never followed by a direct object?
Definition
The verb sum, the to be verb
Term
The genitive singular of the 4th declension always ends in
Definition
us
Term
Fourth declension nouns are usually ______________ gender and two common exceptions are ____________ and _____________.
Definition
masculin
domus and manus
Term
The genitive singular of the 5th declension is
Definition
ei
Term
Most 5th declension nouns are _______________ gender and one common exception is________________.
Definition
feminine
dies
Term
The stem vowel of the 2nd Conjugation is:
Definition
e
Term
The infinitive ending for all 2nd conjugation verbs is
Definition
-ere
Term
The regular endings for the principal parts of a 2nd conjugation verb are
Definition
-eo, -ere, -ui, -itus
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