Lesson 10: Grammar Review

Question 1

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 1

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 2

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 2

first person, second person, third person

Question 3

The 1st person is the person ___.

The 2nd person is the person ___.

The 3rd person is the person ___.

Answer 3

speaking

spoken to

spoken about

Question 4

In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples.

Answer 4

/ny/; pugno (I fight), magnus (large)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

penult; antepenult

Question 6

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 6

were, was

Question 7

Soft c has the sound of ___ in English and ___ in Latin.

Answer 7

/s/; /ch/

Question 8

The two basic parts of a sentence are ___.

Answer 8

the subject and the predicate

Question 9

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 9

had

Question 10

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 10

six; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

Question 11

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 11

/k/

Question 12

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is __.

Answer 12

a

Question 13

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 13

have, has, did

Question 14

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

Answer 14

simple; progressive; emphatic

Question 15

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

Answer 15

antepenult; penult; ultima

Question 16

The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is ___.

Answer 16

-are

Question 17

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 17

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 18

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

Answer 18

glória Jesu

Question 19

What is Sentence Pattern #2?

Answer 19

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 20

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 20

perfect

Question 21

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

Answer 21

a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

Question 22

The present system is built on the ___.

Answer 22

present stem

Question 23

The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.

Answer 23

to

Question 24

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 24

The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.

Question 25

The imperfect tense is used to describe an \_\_\_, \_\_\_, ___ or ___ \_\_\_action.

Answer 25

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

Question 26

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 26

four; first, second, third, fourth

Question 27

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

Answer 27

**a, o, u**, consonants

Question 28

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 28

Drop **re** from the infinitive

Question 29

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 29

Drop **-i** from the 3rd principal part.

Question 30

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 30

infinitive

Question 31

In Latin grammar, *perfect* means \_\_\_.

Answer 31

finished

Question 32

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

Answer 32

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

Question 33

The subject tells

Answer 33

**who** or **what** the sentence is about

Question 34

Something that completes the action of the verb is a \_\_\_.

Answer 34

complement

Question 35

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

Answer 35

will

Question 36

In Latin grammar, *imperfect* means \_\_\_.

Answer 36

not finished

Question 37

Verb families are called \_\_\_.

Answer 37

conjugations

Question 38

Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.

Answer 38

**-o -are -avi -atus**

Question 39

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 39

singular, plural

Question 40

The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 40

perfect

Question 41

The pluperfect tense endings are identical to \_\_\_.

Answer 41

the imperfect tense of **sum**

Question 42

The three tenses that make up the present system are \_\_\_.

Answer 42

present, imperfect, future

Question 43

The *to be* verb shows \_\_\_, not \_\_\_.

Answer 43

existence; action

Question 44

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 44

the complementary infinitive

Question 45

The imperfect tense sign is \_\_\_.

Answer 45

**ba**

Question 46

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 46

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 47

Give the English forms of the *to be* verb.

Answer 47

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Question 48

What is *Sentence Pattern #1*?

Answer 48

Subject + Verb

Question 49

Give three translations for **amavi**.

Answer 49

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 50

The predicate tells \_\_\_

Answer 50

what the subject **is** or **does**

Question 51

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

Answer 51

**e, i, ae, oe**