Lesson 4: Grammar Review

Question 1

Give the three nominative singular endings for 2nd-declension masculine nouns.

Answer 1

-us, -er, -ir

Question 2

2nd declension -er nouns either ___ or ___ the e in the stem.

Answer 2

drop; retain

Question 3

Some nouns have only plural forms. An example is ___.

Answer 3

liberi liberorum

Question 4

Four confusing words with the root of liber are ___.

Answer 4

liberi liberorum (children)

liber libri (book)

liber libera liberum (free)

libero (1) (to set free)

Question 5

What kind of verbs have indirect objects?

Give Latin examples.

Answer 5

giving and telling

do, demonstro, núntio, narro

Question 6

What are the two ways to show an indirect object in English?

Answer 6

the preposition to; word order - the indirect object precedes the direct object

Question 7

In Latin the indirect object is in the ___ case.

Answer 7

dative

Question 8

What is Sentence Pattern #5

Answer 8

subject + verb + I.O. + D.O.

Question 9

Give an example of Sentence Pattern #5 in Latin.

Answer 9

Maria Marco rosam dedit.

Question 10

Name the four verb complements you have learned.

Answer 10

predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct object, indirect object

Question 11

Masculine and feminine nouns of the 3rd declension have ___ case endings.

Answer 11

the same

Question 12

The genitive singular of a 3rd-declension noun always ends in ___.

Answer 12

-is

Question 13

How do you find the stem of a Latin noun?

Answer 13

Drop the genitive singular ending.

Question 14

How can you know the gender of a 3rd-declension noun?

Answer 14

You have to memorize it.

Question 15

How many of the seven basic sentence patterns have complements?

Answer 15

six

Question 16

What are the three complements covered in this text?

Answer 16

direct object, predicate adjective, predicate nominative

Question 17

What are the two kinds of direct objects covered in this text?

Answer 17

complementary infinitive, direct object in the accusative case

Question 18

The usual word order for an English sentence is ___.

Answer 18

subject - verb - direct object

Question 19

The usual word order for a Latin sentence is ___.

Answer 19

subject - direct object - verb

Question 20

What kind of verb is never followed by a direct object?

Answer 20

the verb sum, the to be verb

Question 21

The genitive singular of the 4th declension always ends in ___.

Answer 21

-ūs

Question 22

Most 4th-declension nouns are ___ gender, but two common exceptions are ___.

Answer 22

masculine; domus and manus

Question 23

The genitive singular of the 5th declension is ___.

Answer 23

-ei

Question 24

Most 5th-declension nouns are ___ gender, but one common exception is ___.

Answer 24

feminine; dies

Question 25

Draw the gender triangle

Answer 25

Gender Triangle