Grammar Questions for Wednesdays

Question 1

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 1

Drop “-i” from the 3rd principal part

Question 2

Give three translations for “vocavi”

Answer 2

I called, I have called, I did call

Question 3

What English helping verbs translate the perfect tense?

Answer 3

have, has, did

Question 4

The pluperfect tense is built on the __________ stem.

Answer 4

perfect

Question 5

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 5

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 6

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 6

had

Question 7

The pluperfect tense endings are identical to _______________________________

Answer 7

the imperfect tense of sum

Question 8

The future perfect tense is built on the ____________ stem

Answer 8

perfect

Question 9

The future perfect tense describes ______________________________
______________________________

Answer 9

an action in the future

completed prior to another action in the future.

Question 10

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

Answer 10

will have

Question 11

The future present tense endings are identical to ________________________ except for the ________________________

Answer 11

the future tense of sum

3rd person plural

Question 12

The tenses of the perfect system are ____________ __________ ___________ and they are built on the ___________ stem.

Answer 12

…perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

…perfect

Question 13

Verb families are called _________________

and noun families are called _______________

Answer 13

…conjugations

…declensions

Question 14

How many declensions are there?

Name them.

Answer 14

five

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Question 15

Give the four attributes of nouns.

Answer 15

declension, gender, number, and case

Question 16

The three genders are ___________ ____________ ____________

Answer 16

masculine, feminine, neuter

Question 17

Nouns that name male or female persons or animals have _____________ gender.

Give three English examples.

Answer 17

natural

sister, brother, father, queen, king, uncle, etc.

Question 18

Nouns that name non-living things have _____________ gender.

Answer 18

grammatical

Question 19

To what does the “case” of a noun refer?

Answer 19

the job of a noun in a sentence

Question 20

Name the noun cases in order.

Answer 20

nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative

Question 21

What is the “subject” case?

Answer 21

nominative

Question 22

What is the “direct object” case?

Answer 22

accusative