Pre-State Questions—Intermediate

Question 1

Give the Latin for “working” in the following sentence: “The working teacher really wants a day off.”

Answer 1

LABORANS

B1 Change laborans to the plural so that it would agree with “teachers”.

LABORANTES

B2 Change laborantes to the neuter keeping case and number the same.

LABORANTIA

Question 2

Translate just the participle in this sentence into Latin: I cannot see the horses running in the fields.

Answer 2

CURRENTES

B1: Using deleo, translate the participle in this sentence into Latin: The trees, having been destroyed by the wind, blocked the road.

DELETAE

B2: Now translate the participle in this sentence into Latin: I saw one of the rocks, about to fall off of the cliff.

CASURORUM/CASURIS

Question 3

Translate the relative pronoun into Latin: I do not trust the soldiers whom Sulla led into the city.

Answer 3

QUOS

B1: Translate the relative pronoun into Latin: The women with whom we were travelling were extremely kind.

QUIBUSCUM

B2: Translate the relative pronoun into Latin: The bread which I stole was tough and full of grit.

QUEM

Question 4

Say in Latin “this new day”.

Answer 4

HIC NOVUS DIES

B1 Change “hic novus dies” to the ablative singular.

HOC NOVO DIE

B2 Change “hoc novo die” to the plural.

HIS NOVIS DIEBUS

Question 5

Change facilis into an adverb?

Answer 5

FACILITER

B1 Make faciliter comparative

FACILIUS

B2 Make facilius superlative

FACILLIME

Question 6

What is the present passive infinitive for the verb vivo?

Answer 6

VIVI

B1 What is the perfect active infinitive for vivo?

VIXISSE

B2 Change vixisse to the future

VICTURUM ESSE

Question 7

Give the dictionary entry for the Latin verb tango

Answer 7

TANGO, TANGERE, TETIGI, TACTUM-TO TOUCH

B1: Give the dictionary entry for the Latin verb cano.

CANO, CANERE, CECINI, CANTUM-TO SING

B2: Give the dictionary entry for the Latin verb credo.

CREDO, CREDERE, CREDIDI, CREDITUM-TO BELIEVE

Question 8

What is the comparative form of celer if it is describing a masculine or feminine noun?

Answer 8

CELERIOR

B1: What is the comparative form of celer if it is describing a neuter noun?

CELERIUS

B2: What is the superlative form of celer?

CELERRIMUS

Question 9

Give the dative of the phrase “one bold dog”?

Answer 9

UNI AUDACI CANI

B1 Change that to the plural, so that it says “two bold dogs”.

DUOBUS/DUABUS AUDACIBUS CANIBUS

B2 Change that to the genitive

DUORUM/DUARUM AUDACIUM CANIUM