Lesson 16: Grammar Review

Question 1

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

Answer 1

simple; progressive; emphatic

Question 2

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

Answer 2

the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural

Question 3

Give the English forms of the to be verb.

Answer 3

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

Question 4

In Latin grammar, imperfect means ___.

Answer 4

not finished

Question 5

The imperfect tense sign is ___.

Answer 5

ba

Question 6

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 6

singular, plural

Question 7

The to be verb shows ___, not ___.

Answer 7

existence; action

Question 8

Verb familes are called ___, and noun families are called ___.

Answer 8

conjugations; declensions

Question 9

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

Answer 9

a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

Question 10

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

Answer 10

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

Question 11

What is the in/by/with/from case?

Answer 11

ablative

Question 12

Verb families are called ___.

Answer 12

conjugations

Question 13

2nd-declension -us nouns are usually ___ in gender.

Answer 13

masculine

Question 14

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 14

perfect

Question 15

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 15

four; first, second, third, fourth

Question 16

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 16

Drop re from the infinitive

Question 17

The 1st person is the person ___.

The 2nd person is the person ___.

The 3rd person is the person ___.

Answer 17

speaking

spoken to

spoken about

Question 18

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 18

/k/

Question 19

Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have ___ gender. Give three English examples.

Answer 19

natural; sister, brother, father, queen, king, uncle, etc.

Question 20

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 20

have, has, did

Question 21

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

Answer 21

to

Question 22

What is Sentence Pattern #2?

Answer 22

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 23

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

Answer 23

antepenult; penult; ultima

Question 24

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is __.

Answer 24

a

Question 25

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 25

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

Question 26

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

Answer 26

present, imperfect, future

Question 27

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

Answer 27

**e, i, ae, oe**

Question 28

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

Answer 28

complement

Question 29

Nouns that name non-living things have ___ gender.

Answer 29

grammatical

Question 30

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 30

infinitive

Question 31

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

Answer 31

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

Question 32

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

Answer 32

**a, o, u**, consonants

Question 33

1st-declension nouns are usually what gender?

Answer 33

feminine

Question 34

The genitive singular of a 1st-declension noun always ends in \_\_\_.

Answer 34

-**ae**

Question 35

What is the *direct object* case?

Answer 35

accusative

Question 36

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

What is the *to/for* case?

Answer 37

dative

Question 38

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

Answer 38

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

Question 39

Three exceptions to the 1st-declension gender rule are \_\_\_.

Answer 39

**agricola, nauta, poeta**

Question 40

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 40

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 41

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

Answer 41

finished

Question 42

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 42

first person, second person, third person

Question 43

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 43

had

Question 44

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

**-are**

Question 46

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 46

were, was

Question 47

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

Answer 47

will

Question 48

What is the *of* case?

Answer 48

genitive

Question 49

Name the cases in order.

Answer 49

nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

Question 50

The two basic parts of a sentence are \_\_\_.

Answer 50

the subject and the predicate

Question 51

The predicate tells \_\_\_

Answer 51

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

Question 52

The genitive singular of a 2nd-declension noun always ends in \_\_\_.

Answer 52

**-i**

Question 53

Latin does not have the English articles \_\_\_.

Answer 53

a, an, the

Question 54

Give the four attributes of nouns.

Answer 54

declension, gender, number, and case

Question 55

What is *Sentence Pattern #1*?

Answer 55

Subject + Verb

Question 56

What is the *subject* case?

Answer 56

nominative

Question 57

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 57

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 58

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

Answer 58

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

Question 59

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

Answer 59

/s/; /ch/

Question 60

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 60

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 61

The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 61

perfect

Question 62

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 62

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

Question 63

To what does the *case* of a noun refer?

Answer 63

the job (function) of a noun in a sentence

Question 64

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

Answer 64

will have

Question 65

Give three translations for **amavi**.

Answer 65

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 66

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

Answer 66

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

Question 67

The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 67

perfect

Question 68

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

Answer 68

penult; antepenult

Question 69

The subject tells

Answer 69

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

Question 70

Give three translations for the Latin noun **mensa**.

Answer 70

table, a table, the table

Question 71

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

Answer 71

the imperfect tense of **sum**

Question 72

The present system is built on the \_\_\_.

Answer 72

present stem

Question 73

What is the *possessive* case?

Answer 73

genitive

Question 74

What is the *indirect object* case?

Answer 74

dative

Question 75

The three genders are \_\_\_.

Answer 75

masculine, feminine, neuter

Question 76

How many declensions are there? Name them.

Answer 76

five; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Question 77

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 77

the complementary infinitive

Question 78

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

Answer 78

glória Jesu