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Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.

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a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /air/ /ee/ /oh/ /oo/

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Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.

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gloria, Jesus

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Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before

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e, i, ae, oe

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Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before

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a, o, u, and consonants

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In Latin and English hard c has the sound of

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/k/

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What sound does soft c make in Latin?

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/ch/

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How is gn pronounced in Latin? Give two examples.

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/ny/

pugno, magnus

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Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.

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antepenult, penult, ultima

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The accent is on the ……… unless the ………………. is marked

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penult

antepenult

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Verb families are called

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conjugations

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How many conjugations are there?

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Four. First, second, third, and fourth.

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Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

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Conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, and mood.

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Give the three grammar persons.

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First person, second person, and third person.

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Who are the three persons?

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The first person is the person speaking, the second person is the person spoken to, the third person is the person spoken about.

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Give the two grammar numbers.

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Singular and plural

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How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

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Six.

Present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

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The stem vowel of the 1st Conjugation is

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a

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Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.

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simple present, progressive present, and emphatic present

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In English I praise is the ……………. present, I am praising is the …………………… present, and I do praise is the ……………….. present.

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simple, progressive, emphatic

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In Latin imperfect means

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not finished

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The imperfect tense sign is

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‘ba’

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The imperfect tense is used to describe …

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an ongoing, repeated, habitual, or interrupted action.

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What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

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were, was

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The two basic parts of a sentence are…

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…the subject and the predicate.

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The subject is...
...who or what the sentence is about.
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The predicate tells...
...what the subject is or does.
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What is *Sentence Pattern 1*.
subject + verb
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What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense?
will
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The three tenses that make up the Present System are...
...present, imperfect, future.
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The Present System is built on the...
...present stem.
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What are the principal parts? How many are there?
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.
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What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
The infinitive
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The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is...
'are'
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How do you find the present stem?
Drop **re** from the infinitive
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The English infinitive is written with the particle ........ before the verb.
to
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The **to be** verb shows ....................... not ....................
existence, action
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Give the English forms of the **to be** verb.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
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Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st Conjugations verbs.
o, are, avi, atus
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What is *Sentence Pattern 2*?
Subject + verb + direct object
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Something that completes the action of the verb is a...
complement
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What is the first complement in this text?
The complementary infinitive
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In Latin grammar perfect means...
finished
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The perfect tense describes what kind of action?
A one-time action completed in the past.
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The perfect tense is built on the ...
... perfect stem.
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How do you find the perfect stem?
Drop **i** from the 3rd principal part.
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Give three translations for **vocavi**.
I called I have called I did call
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What English helping verbs translate the perfect tense?
have, has, did
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The pluperfect tense is built on the ...
perfect stem
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The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?
A past action completed prior to another past action.
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What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?
had
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The pluperfect tense endings are identical to...
...the imperfect tense of **sum**.
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The future perfect tense is built on the...
perfect stem
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The future perfect tense describes...
...an action in the future completed prior to another action in the future.
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What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?
will have
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The future perfect tense endings are identical to...
...the future tense of **sum** except for **3rd person plural**.
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The tenses of the Perfect System are ................. and they are built on the .................
perfect, pluperfect, future perfect perfect stem
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Verb families are called ..................... and noun families are called .........................
conjugations declensions
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How many declensions are there? Name them.
Five First, second, third, fourth, fifth
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Give the four attributes of nouns.
Declension, gender, number, and case.
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The three genders are...
masculine, feminine, neuter
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Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have ............... gender. Give three English examples.
natural sister, brother, father, mother, etc...
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Nouns that name non-living things have .................. gender.
grammatical
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To what does the **case** of a noun refer?
The job of a noun in a sentence.
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Name the cases in order.
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative
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What is the subject case?
Nominative
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What is the **direct object** case?
Accusative
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What is the **indirect object** case?
Dative
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What is the **possessive** case?
Genitive
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What is the **in/by/with/from** case?
Ablative
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What is the **to/from** case?
Dative
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What is the **of** case?
Genitive
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The genitive singular of a 1st declention noun always ends in...
ae
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First declension nouns are usually what gender?
Feminine
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Three important exceptions to the 1st declension feminine rule are...
poeta, nauta, agricola
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Latin does not have the English articles...
a, an, the
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Give three translations for the Latin noun **mensa**.
table a table the table
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The genitive singular of a 2nd declension noun always ends in...
i
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Second declension **us** nouns are usually ........................ in gender.
masculine
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Name the two subgroups of the 2nd declension, and give their gender.
**us** nouns with masculine gender **um** nouns with neuter gender
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Verbs have ........................ endings and nouns have ....................... endings.
tense, personal case
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Second declension **um** nouns are always ......................... in gender.
neuter
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The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the...
genitive singular
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The natural gender rule ................... all other gender rules.
trumps
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What is the neuter rule?
Nominative and accusative endings are the same. Nominative and accusative plural ending is **-a**.
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The subject and verb must agree in...
...person and number.
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What is an adjective?
An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.
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In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in .......................... but not ............................
gender, number, case declension
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Ususally an adjective of ........................ precedes a noun and an adjective of ......................... follows the noun.
quantity quality
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Counting numbers are called...
cardinal
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Numbers which indicate the order of things in a series are called...
ordinal
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What is Sentence Pattern #3?
subject + linking verb + predicate adjective
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What is Sentence Pattern #4?
subject + linking verb + predicate nominative
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The genitive singular of a 3rd declension noun always ends in...
**-is**
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How can you know the gender of a 3rd declension noun?
You have to memorize it.
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Masculine and feminine nouns of the 3rd declension have ........................ case endings.
the same
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How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?
Drop the genitive singular ending.
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The usual word order for an English sentence is...
subject - verb - direct object
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How many of the seven basic sentence patterns have complements?
six
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What are the three kinds of direct objects covered in this text?
direct object, predicate adjective, predicate nominative
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What are the two kinds of direct objects covered in this text?
1) complementary infinitive 2) direct object in the accusative case
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The usual word order for a Latin sentence is...
subject - direct object - verb
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What kind of verb is never followed by a direct object?
The verb **sum**, the **to be** verb
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The genitive singular of the 4th declension always ends in...
**us**
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Fourth declension nouns are usually .......................... in gender and two common exceptions are...
masculine **domus** and **manus**
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The genitive singular of the 5th declension is...
ei
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Most 5th declension nouns are ..................... in gender and one common exception is...
feminine **dies**
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The stem vowel of the 2nd conjugation is...
e
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The infinitive ending for all 2nd conjugation verbs is...
**-ere**
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The regular endings for the principal parts of a 2nd conjugation verb are...
-eo, -ere, -ui, -itus
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Draw the gender triangle.
F M, N M, F, N M F

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