Unit I: Grammar Questions

Question 1

Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are soft before…

Answer 1

e, i, ae, oe

Question 2

Always in Latin and usually in English, c, g, and sc are hard before…

Answer 2

a, o, u, consonants

Question 3

In Latin and English hard c has the sound of…

Answer 3

/k/

Question 4

Soft c has the sound of

______ in English and

______ in Latin

Answer 4

/s/

/ch/

Question 5

In Latin, gn is pronounce like ______.

Answer 5

/ny/

pugno (I fight)

magnus (large)

Question 6

Give the names, from left to right, of the last three syllables of a Latin word.

Answer 6

antepenult, penult, ultima

Question 7

Verb families are called…

Answer 7

conjugations

Question 8

How many conjugations are there? Name them.

Answer 8

four

first, second, third, fourth

Question 9

Give the six attributes of a Latin verb.

Answer 9

conjugation, person, number, tense, voice, mood

Question 10

Give the three grammar persons.

Answer 10

first person, second person, third person

Question 11

The first person is the person ____________.

Answer 11

speaking

Question 12

The second person is the person _____________.

Answer 12

spoken to

Question 13

The third person is the person __________.

Answer 13

spoken about

Question 14

Give the two grammar numbers.

Answer 14

singular, plural

Question 15

How many Latin tenses are there? Name them.

Answer 15

Six

present, imperfect, future

perfect, pluperfect, future perfect

Question 16

The stem vowel of the 1st Conjugation is _____.

Answer 16

a

Question 17

Give the names of the three forms of the English present tense.

Answer 17

simple present

progressive present

emphatic present

Question 18

In English

• I praise* is the ________ present,
• I am praising* is the _________ present
• I do praise* is the ________ present.

Answer 18

simple

progressive

emphatic

Question 19

In Latin imperfect means __________.

Answer 19

not finished

Question 20

What is the imperfect tense sign?

Answer 20

ba

Question 21

The imperfect tense is used to describe an _______, _______, or _______ action.

Answer 21

ongoing, repeated, or interrupted

Question 22

What English helping verbs translate the imperfect tense?

Answer 22

were, was

Question 23

What are the two basic parts of a sentence?

Answer 23

Subject and predicate

Question 24

What does the subject tell us?

Answer 24

who or what the sentence is about

Question 25

What does the predicate tell us?

Answer 25

what the subject is or does

Question 26

What is Sentence Pattern 1?

Answer 26

subject + verb

Question 27

What English helping verb translates the Latin future tense?

Answer 27

will

Question 28

What are the three tenses that make up the Present System?

Answer 28

present, imperfect, future

Question 29

The Present System is built on the ________ stem.

Answer 29

present

Question 30

What are principal parts? How many are there?

Answer 30

The forms that provide the stems needed to conjugate a verb in all its tenses.

There are usually four p.p.

Question 31

What is the name of the 2nd principal part?

Answer 31

infinitive

Question 32

What is the infinitive ending for all 1st conjugation verbs?

Answer 32

are

(amare)

Question 33

How do you find the present stem?

Answer 33

Drop the -re from the infinitive

(ama/re)

Question 34

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

Answer 34

to

Question 35

The to be verb shows ________ not_________.

Answer 35

existence not action

Question 36

Give the English forms of the to be verb.

Answer 36

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