Lesson 14: Grammar Review

Question 1

The three tenses that make up the present system are ___.

Answer 1

present, imperfect, future

Question 2

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 2

singular, plural

Question 3

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 3

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 4

Give the English forms of the to be verb.

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 5

had

Question 6

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

Answer 6

will have

Question 7

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

Answer 7

glória Jesu

Question 8

Verb families are called ___.

Answer 8

conjugations

Question 9

In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.

Answer 9

finished

Question 10

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 10

the complementary infinitive

Question 11

The predicate tells ___

Answer 11

what the subject is or does

Question 12

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 12

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

Question 13

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 13

/k/

Question 14

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

Answer 14

penult; antepenult

Question 15

Something that completes the action of the verb is a ___.

Answer 15

complement

Question 16

The two basic parts of a sentence are ___.

Answer 16

the subject and the predicate

Question 17

The tenses that make up the present system are ___, ___, ___ and they are built on the ___.

Answer 17

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

Question 18

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 18

infinitive

Question 19

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 19

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

Question 20

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 20

Drop -i from the 3rd principal part.

Question 21

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 21

first person, second person, third person

Question 22

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

Answer 22

antepenult; penult; ultima

Question 23

The present system is built on the ___.

Answer 23

present stem

Question 24

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

Answer 24

a, o, u, consonants

Question 25

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 25

have, has, did

Question 26

The subject tells

Answer 26

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

Question 27

In Latin, **gn** is pronounced like \_\_\_. Give two examples.

Answer 27

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

Question 28

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

Answer 28

the imperfect tense of **sum**

Question 29

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

Answer 29

simple; progressive; emphatic

Question 30

The 1st person is the person \_\_\_. The 2nd person is the person \_\_\_. The 3rd person is the person \_\_\_.

Answer 30

speaking spoken to spoken about

Question 31

The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is \_\_\_.

Answer 31

**-are**

Question 32

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 32

four; first, second, third, fourth

Question 33

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 33

a future action that will be completed prior to another future action

Question 34

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

Answer 34

a, e, i, o, u /ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

Question 35

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

Answer 35

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

Question 36

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 36

Drop **re** from the infinitive

Question 37

The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 37

perfect

Question 38

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 38

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 39

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

Answer 39

/s/; /ch/

Question 40

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

Answer 40

to

Question 41

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

Answer 41

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

Question 42

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

Answer 42

will

Question 43

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 43

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 44

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

Answer 44

not finished

Question 45

The future perfect tense endings are identical to ___ except for the \_\_\_.

Answer 45

the future tense of **sum**; 3rd person plural

Question 46

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

Answer 46

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

Question 47

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 47

perfect

Question 48

What is *Sentence Pattern #1*?

Answer 48

Subject + Verb

Question 49

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

Answer 49

**ba**

Question 50

What is *Sentence Pattern #2*?

Answer 50

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 51

Give three translations for **amavi**.

Answer 51

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 52

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

Answer 52

existence; action

Question 53

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 53

were, was

Question 54

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is \_\_.

Answer 54

a

Question 55

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

Answer 55

**e, i, ae, oe**

Question 56

The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 56

perfect