Unit 3: Grammar Questions

Question 1

What is one definition of cardinal?

Answer 1

Most important.

Question 2

What are cardinal numbers?

Answer 2

Cardinal numbers are counting numbers.

1, 2, 3, 4,…..

Question 3

What do ordinal numbers do?

Answer 3

Ordinal numbers order things in a series.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,….

Question 4

Do Latin cardinal and ordinal numbers usually go before or after the noun?

Answer 4

They usually precede (go before) the noun.

Question 5

What verb NEVER takes a direct object?

Answer 5

The “to be” verb…sum.

Question 6

What is the predicate?

Answer 6

The predicate is the part of the sentence that contains the verb.

Question 7

What are the two parts of a sentence?

Answer 7

A subject and a predicate.

Question 8

The _________ is who or what the sentence is about.

Answer 8

subject

Question 9

The __________ tells what the subject is or does.

Answer 9

predicate

Question 10

Verb families are called __________ .

Answer 10

conjugations

Question 11

Noun families are called ___________ .

Answer 11

declensions

Question 12

How many declensions are there?

Answer 12

5

Question 13

Give the four attributes of nouns

Answer 13

declension, gender, number, case

Question 14

The three noun genders are _______________ .

Answer 14

masculine, feminine, neuter

Question 15

Nouns that name male and female persons have __________ gender.

Answer 15

natural

Question 16

Nouns that name non-living things have ___________ gender.

Answer 16

grammatical

Question 17

First declension nouns are usually __________ in gender.

Answer 17

feminine

Question 18

Three important exceptions to the 1st declension gender rule are _______________ .

Answer 18

agricola, poeta, nauta

Question 19

The genitive singular of the 1st declension is ______ .

Answer 19

ae

Question 20

The genitive singular of the 2nd declension is _____ .

Answer 20

i

Question 21

Latin does not have the English articles ________ .

Answer 21

a, an, the

Question 22

Second declension “us” nouns are usually __________ in gender.

Answer 22

masculine

Question 23

Name the two subgroups of the 2nd declension, with their genders.

1) __________________
2) __________________

Answer 23

1) us- masculine

2) um- neuter

Question 24

Verbs have tense and nouns have ________ endings.

Answer 24

case

Question 25

Verbs have ________ and nouns have case endings.

Answer 25

tense

Question 26

Second declension "um" nouns are always __________ in gender.

Answer 26

neuter

Question 27

The declension a noun belongs to is determined by the ___________________ case.

Answer 27

genitive singular

Question 28

How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?

Answer 28

drop the genitive singular ending

Question 29

What is the subject case?

Answer 29

nominative

Question 30

What is the direct object case?

Answer 30

accusative

Question 31

What is the indirect object case?

Answer 31

dative

Question 32

What is the possessive case?

Answer 32

genitive

Question 33

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

Answer 33

ablative

Question 34

What is the "to/for" case?

Answer 34

dative

Question 35

What is the "of" case?

Answer 35

genitive

Question 36

What is the predicate nominative case?

Answer 36

nominative

Question 37

What is the predicate adjective case?

Answer 37

nominative

Question 38

Define adjective.

Answer 38

A word that modifies/describes a noun or pronoun.

Question 39

In Latin an adjective must agree with its noun in _________ , _________ , and _________ , but not ___________ .

Answer 39

gender, number, and case, but not declension

Question 40

Usually an adjective of _____________ precedes a noun, and an adjective of ____________ follows the noun.

Answer 40

quantity or size | quality

Question 41

Counting numbers are called __________ .

Answer 41

cardinal

Question 42

Numbers which indicate the order of things in a series are called ____________ .

Answer 42

ordinal

Question 43

Both cardinal and ordinal numbers are what part of speech?

Answer 43

adjectives

Question 44

A sentence has two main parts: the __________ and the ___________ .

Answer 44

subject | predicate

Question 45

A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject is a ______________________________ .

Answer 45

predicate nominative

Question 46

An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject is a _________________ .

Answer 46

predicate adjective

Question 47

Give the neuter rule (2 parts)

Answer 47

- the nominative and accusative case forms are the same | - the nominative and accusative plural case ending is "-a"

Question 48

The table is new.

Answer 48

Mensa est nova.

Question 49

Mary is a girl.

Answer 49

Maria est puella.

Question 50

The towns were large.

Answer 50

Oppida erant magna.

Question 51

Terra est bona.

Answer 51

The earth is good.

Question 52

Marcus will be a sailor.

Answer 52

Marcus erit nauta.

Question 53

The words are eternal.

Answer 53

Verba sunt aeterna.

Question 54

Marcus is a good friend.

Answer 54

Marcus est amicus bonus.

Question 55

The fourth lamb is small.

Answer 55

Quartus agnus est parvus.

Question 56

Five horses will be new.

Answer 56

Quinque equi erunt novi.

Question 57

Marcus is a new friend.

Answer 57

Marcus est amicus novus.

Question 58

Latin is a language of _________ and __________ .

Answer 58

stems and endings

Question 59

Always in Latin and usually in English, "c" is soft before _____ , ______ , ________ , and ________ .

Answer 59

i, e, ae, oe

Question 60

Always in Latin and usually in English, "c" is hard before _____ , _______ , _______ , and consonants.

Answer 60

a, o, u