Lesson 11: Grammar Review Flashcards
The imperfect tense is used to describe an ___, ___, ___ or ___ ___action.
ongoing, repeated, habitual; interrupted
What English helping verb translates the Latin future tenses?
will
What are principal parts? How many are there?
The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses. There are usually four principal parts.
Give the three grammar persons.
first person, second person, third person
The perfect tense describes what kind of action?
a one-time action completed in the past
How do you find the present stem?
Drop re from the infinitive
In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.
finished
What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?
were, was
The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?
a past action completed prior to another past action
What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?
will have
The to be verb shows ___, not ___.
existence; action
The pluperfect tense endings are identical to ___.
the imperfect tense of sum
Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.
conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood
Something that completes the action of the verb is a ___.
complement
The present system is built on the ___.
present stem
The predicate tells ___
what the subject is or does
In English I praise is the ___ present, I am praising is the ___ present, and I do praise is the ___ present.
simple; progressive; emphatic
The subject tells
who or what the sentence is about
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before
a, o, u, consonants
What is the name of the 2nd principal part?
infinitive
Give the names for the three forms of the English present tense.
simple present, progressive present, emphatic present
The two basic parts of a sentence are ___.
the subject and the predicate
Give the English forms of the to be verb.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
The future perfect tense endings are identical to ___ except for the ___.
the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural
Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.
antepenult; penult; ultima
The infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs is ___.
-are
In Latin grammar, imperfect means ___.
not finished
What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?
had
The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?
a future action that will be completed prior to another future action
What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?
have, has, did
The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.
to
The imperfect tense sign is ___.
ba
How many conjugations are there? Name them.
four; first, second, third, fourth
How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.
six; present, imperfect, future, perfect, pluperfect, future perfect
Give the five vowel letters and their long sounds in Latin.
a, e, i, o, u
/ah/ /ay/ /ee/ /oh/ ōō/
What is the first complement in this text?
the complementary infinitive
Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before
e, i, ae, oe
The stem vowel of the 1st conjugation is __.
a
The three tenses that make up the present system are ___.
present, imperfect, future
The 1st person is the person ___.
The 2nd person is the person ___.
The 3rd person is the person ___.
speaking
spoken to
spoken about
What is Sentence Pattern #1?
Subject + Verb
In Latin, gn is pronounced like ___. Give two examples.
/ny/; pugno (I fight), magnus (large)
How do you find the perfect stem?
Drop -i from the 3rd principal part.
The tenses that make up the present system are ___, ___, ___ and they are built on the ___.
perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem
What is Sentence Pattern #2?
Subject + Verb + Direct Object
The accent is on the ___ unless the ___ is marked.
penult; antepenult
The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.
perfect
Soft c has the sound of ___ in English and ___ in Latin.
/s/; /ch/
Give three translations for amavi.
I loved, I have loved, I did love
Give the two grammar numbers.
singular, plural
Verb families are called ___.
conjugations
Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.
-o -are -avi -atus
In Latin and English, hard c has the sound of
/k/
Give two Latin words that have the long sound of the five vowels.
glória Jesu
