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Lesson 21: Grammar Review Flashcards

1
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What is the indirect object case?

A

dative

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

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to

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

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the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural

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The declension a noun belongs to is determend by the ___ ending.

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genitive singular

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In Latin grammar, imperfect means ___.

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not finished

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In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.

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finished

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

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-are

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

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-ae

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

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/s/; /ch/

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10
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What is Sentence Pattern #3?

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Subject + Linking verb + Predicate Adjective

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The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

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a past action completed prior to another past action

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

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complement

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13
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What is the neuter rule?

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nominative and accusative endings are the same

nominative and accusative plural ending is -a

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In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

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/k/

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15
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What is the of case?

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genitive

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

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perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

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17
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Give the four attributes of nouns.

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declension, gender, number, and case

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18
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The to be verb shows ___, not ___.

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existence; action

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19
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Name the cases in order.

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nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

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The predicate tells ___

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what the subject is or does

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21
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The present system is built on the ___.

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present stem

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The three genders are ___.

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masculine, feminine, neuter

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23
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What is Sentence Pattern #4?

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Subject + Linking verb + Predicate Nominative

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24
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Give three translations for the Latin noun mensa.

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table, a table, the table

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Usually an adjective of ___ precedes a noun, and an adjective of ___ follows a noun.
quantity or size; quality
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What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?
have, has, did
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2nd-declension **-us** nouns are usually ___ in gender.
masculine
28
How many conjugations are there? Name them.
four; first, second, third, fourth
29
Give three translations for **amavi**.
I loved, I have loved, I did love
30
The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is \_\_.
a
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What is the *possessive* case?
genitive
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What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?
were, was
33
How do you find the perfect stem?
Drop **-i** from the 3rd principal part.
34
The three tenses that make up the present system are \_\_\_.
present, imperfect, future
35
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are _hard_ before
**a, o, u**, consonants
36
What is the *subject* case?
nominative
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The 1st person is the person \_\_\_. The 2nd person is the person \_\_\_. The 3rd person is the person \_\_\_.
speaking spoken to spoken about
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The two basic parts of a sentence are \_\_\_.
the subject and the predicate
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What is *Sentence Pattern #1*?
Subject + Verb
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The subject and verb must agree in \_\_\_.
person and number
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Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood
42
How many declensions are there? Name them.
five; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
43
2nd-declension **-um** nouns are always ___ in gender.
neuter
44
The pluperfect tense endings are identical to \_\_\_.
the imperfect tense of **sum**
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The genitive singular of a 2nd-declension noun always ends in \_\_\_.
**-i**
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The imperfect tense is used to describe an \_\_\_, \_\_\_, ___ or ___ \_\_\_action.
ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted
47
Verb families are called \_\_\_.
conjugations
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Name the two subgroups of the 2nd declension, and give their gender.
1. **-us** nouns with masculine gender 2. **-um** nouns with neuter gender
49
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are _soft_ before
**e, i, ae, oe**
50
What is *Sentence Pattern #2*?
Subject + Verb + Direct Object
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In English *I praise* is the ___ present, *I am praising* is the ___ present, and *I do praise* is the ___ present.
simple; progressive; emphatic
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The imperfect tense sign is \_\_\_.
**ba**
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What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?
will have
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What are 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 does an adjective do?
An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
56
Three exceptions to the 1st-declension gender rule are \_\_\_.
**agricola, nauta, poeta**
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What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
infinitive
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What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?
had
59
The accent is on the ___ unless the ___ is marked.
penult; antepenult
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The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
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What is the first complement in this text?
the complementary infinitive
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The subject tells
**who** or **what** the sentence is about
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How do you find the present stem?
Drop **re** from the infinitive
64
Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.
**-o -are -avi -atus**
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Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.
a, e, i, o, u /ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/
66
Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.
simple present, progressive present, emphatic present
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In Latin, **gn** is pronounced like \_\_\_. Give two examples.
/ny/; **pugno** (I fight), **magnus** (large)
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The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
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What is the *direct object* case?
accusative
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What is the *in/by/with/from* case?
ablative
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The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
72
Verb familes are called \_\_\_, and noun families are called \_\_\_.
conjugations; declensions
73
The perfect tense describes what kind of action?
a one-time action completed in the past
74
Latin does not have the English articles \_\_\_.
a, an, the
75
Give the English forms of the *to be* verb.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
76
Counting numbers are called ___ numbers.
cardinal
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1st-declension nouns are usually what gender?
feminine
78
What is the *to/for* case?
dative
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What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?
will
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Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.
glória Jesu
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To what does the *case* of a noun refer?
the job (function) of a noun in a sentence
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Verbs have ___ endings and nouns have ___ endings.
personal, tense; case
83
Give the two grammar numbers.
singular, plural
84
In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in \_\_\_, \_\_\_, and \_\_\_, but not \_\_\_.
gender, number, case; declension
85
Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.
antepenult; penult; ultima
86
Nouns that name non-living things have ___ gender.
grammatical
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Numbers which indicate the order of things in a series are called ___ numbers.
ordinal
88
The natural gender rule ___ all other gender rules.
trumps
89
The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?
a future action that will be completed prior to another future action
90
Give the three grammar persons.
first person, second person, third person
91
Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have ___ gender. Give three English examples.
natural; *sister, brother, father, queen, king, uncle, etc.*
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How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.
six; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

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