Lesson 18: Grammar Review

Question 1

The perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 1

perfect

Question 2

The to be verb shows ___, not ___.

Answer 2

existence; action

Question 3

The perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 3

a one-time action completed in the past

Question 4

What English helping verbs translate the Latin perfect tense?

Answer 4

have, has, did

Question 5

The stem vowel of the 2nd conjugation is ___.

Answer 5

ē

Question 6

The future perfect tense endings are identical to ___ except for the ___.

Answer 6

the future tense of sum; 3rd person plural

Question 7

The future perfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 7

perfect

Question 8

The pluperfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 8

a past action completed prior to another past action

Question 9

Give three translations for amavi.

Answer 9

I loved, I have loved, I did love

Question 10

What English helping verb translates the pluperfect tense?

Answer 10

had

Question 11

Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 2nd-conjugation verbs.

Answer 11

-eo -ēre -ui -itus

Question 12

The future perfect tense describes what kind of action?

Answer 12

a future action that will be completed prior to another future action

Question 13

What English helping verbs translate the future perfect tense?

Answer 13

will have

Question 14

The pluperfect tense endings are identical to ___.

Answer 14

the imperfect tense of sum

Question 15

How do you find the perfect stem?

Answer 15

Drop -i from the 3rd principal part.

Question 16

Something that completes the action of the verb is a ___.

Answer 16

complement

Question 17

The pluperfect tense is built on the ___ stem.

Answer 17

perfect

Question 18

The tenses that make up the present system are ___, ___, ___ and they are built on the ___.

Answer 18

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect; perfect stem

Question 19

What is Sentence Pattern #2?

Answer 19

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

Question 20

In Latin grammar, perfect means ___.

Answer 20

finished

Question 21

Give the regular endings for the principal parts of 1st conjugation verbs.

Answer 21

-o -are -avi -atus

Question 22

Give the English forms of the to be verb.

Answer 22

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Question 23

The infinitive ending for all 2nd-conjugation verbs is ___.

Answer 23

-ēre

Question 24

What is the first complement in this text?

Answer 24

the complementary infinitive

Question 25

The English infinitive is written with the particle ___ before the verb.

Answer 25

to