Grammar Questions for Mondays

Question 1

Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin

Answer 1

Aeiou

/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ /oo/

Question 2

Give 2 Latin words that have the long sound of the 5 vowels

Answer 2

gloria Jesus

Question 3

C, G, and SC are soft before…

Answer 3

…e, i, ae, oe

Question 4

C, G, and SC are hard before…

Answer 4

…a, o, u, consonants

Question 5

In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of

Answer 5

/k/

Question 6

Soft c has the sound of ____ in English ____ in Latin

Answer 6

… /s/ … /ch/ …

Question 7

In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples ______

Answer 7

/ny/

pugno (I fight) and magnus (large)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

antepenult penult ultima

Question 9

The accent is on the ______ unless the _______ is marked

Answer 9

… penult … antepenult …

Question 10

Verb families are called ________________

Answer 10

conjugations

Question 11

How many conjugations are there? _______________

Name them. ___________

Answer 11

four

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Question 12

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 12

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 13

Give the three grammar persons

Answer 13

1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person

Question 14

The first person is the person _______
The second person is the person _____ __
The third person is _______ ______

Answer 14

… speaking…
… spoken to …
… spoken about …

Question 15

Give the two grammar numbers

Answer 15

singular, plural

Question 16

How many Latin tenses are there? ___

Name them _________________________

Answer 16

six

present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

Question 17

The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is

Answer 17

a

Question 18

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

Answer 18

simple present
progressive present
emphatic present

Question 19

In English “I praise” is the ________ present,
“I am praising” is the __________ present,
and “I do praise” is the __________ present

Answer 19

… simple …
… progressive …
… emphatic …

Question 20

In Latin imperfect means…

Answer 20

not finished

Question 21

The imperfect tense sign is

Answer 21

ba

Question 22

The imperfect tense is used to describe an ________ , _________ , ___________ , or ___________ action.

Answer 22

… ongoing, repeated, habitual … interrupted …