Lesson 9: Grammar Review

Question 1

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is __.

Answer 1

a

Question 2

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

Answer 2

-are

Question 3

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

Answer 3

complement

Question 4

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?

Answer 4

will

Question 5

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

Answer 5

a, e, i, o, u

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/

Question 6

Verb families are called ___.

Answer 6

conjugations

Question 7

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

Answer 7

antepenult; penult; ultima

Question 8

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

Answer 8

simple present, progressive present, emphatic present

Question 9

The imperfect tense sign is ___.

Answer 9

ba

Question 10

In Latin grammar, imperfect means ___.

Answer 10

not finished

Question 11

What is Sentence Pattern #2?

Answer 11

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 12

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 12

four; first, second, third, fourth

Question 13

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 13

perfect

Question 14

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 14

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 15

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 15

first person, second person, third person

Question 16

Give three translations for amavi.

Answer 16

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 17

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is Sentence Pattern #1?

Answer 18

Subject + Verb

Question 19

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

Answer 19

-o -are -avi -atus

Question 20

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 20

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 21

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 21

infinitive

Question 22

In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.

Answer 22

finished

Question 23

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 23

Drop re from the infinitive

Question 24

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

Answer 24

penult; antepenult

Question 25

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

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 26

have, has, did

Question 27

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

Answer 27

/s/; /ch/

Question 28

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

Answer 28

speaking spoken to spoken about

Question 29

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

Answer 29

existence; action

Question 30

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

Answer 30

simple; progressive; emphatic

Question 31

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

Answer 31

glória Jesu

Question 32

The subject tells

Answer 32

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

Question 33

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 33

/k/

Question 34

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

Answer 34

**a, o, u**, consonants

Question 35

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

Answer 35

to

Question 36

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

Answer 36

**e, i, ae, oe**

Question 37

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 37

the complementary infinitive

Question 38

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

present, imperfect, future

Question 40

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

Answer 40

ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted

Question 41

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 41

singular, plural

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 43

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

Question 44

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

Answer 44

the subject and the predicate

Question 45

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

Answer 45

present stem

Question 46

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 46

were, was

Question 47

The predicate tells \_\_\_

Answer 47

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