Rules

Question 1

Rule 1

Answer 1

Acute can stand only on one of the last three syllables of a word. The circumflex only on the last two and the grave only on the last. Nouns try to keep accents on the same syllable as the base form you learn

Question 2

Rule 2

Answer 2

The circumflex accent cannot stand on a short syllable and verb accents have a tendency to recede toward the first syllable as possible [~ not short syl]

Question 3

Rule 3

Answer 3

Long Ultima, Antepunult Cannot Be Accented and penult, if accented, must have acute [LU, P, /]

Question 4

Rule 4

Answer 4

Short Ultima, a long penult, if accented at all must haave a circumflex [SU, LP, ~]

Question 5

Rule 5

Answer 5

A long ultima can have either the acute or the circumf [LU, ~, or / ]

Question 6

Rule 6

Answer 6

If an acute is on the ultima, it becomes a grave when followed by another word without intervening punctuation [ / on, U, —> \ ]

Question 7

What should you remember about the sigma?

Answer 7

at the end of the sentence it is represented differently