Year 8 Grammar

Question 1

Case

Answer 1

This is the ending of a noun which shows what job it is doing in a sentence.

Question 2

Nominative

Answer 2

subject, the thing doing the action

Question 3

Vocative

Answer 3

used for addressing someone

Question 4

Accusative

Answer 4

object, the thing having something done to it

Question 5

Genitive

Answer 5

possessive case (of or ‘s/s’)

Question 6

Dative

Answer 6

indirect object (to or for)

Question 7

Number

Answer 7

Singular or plural. All the cases above exist in both singular and plural.

Question 8

Gender

Answer 8

Latin has three - masculine, feminine and neuter. This is simply a way of categorising nouns.

Question 9

Declension

Answer 9

a family of nouns (or adjectives) which form their endings in the same way.

Question 10

Adjectives

Answer 10

Adjectives have to have the same number, case and gender as the noun that they’re describing. They come after the noun, unless they are to do with size or quality.

Question 11

Adverbs

Answer 11

Most end in -e or -ter

Question 12

Person endings

Answer 12

• o / -m / -i = I ego
• s / -isti = you (sg.) tu
• t = he,she,it
• mus = we nos
• tis = you (pl.) vos
• nt = they

Question 13

Tense

Answer 13

When the action happens

Question 14

Present

Answer 14

It is happening now e.g. portat

Question 15

Imperfect

Answer 15

Is an ongoing, repeated or incompleted past action e.g. portabat

Question 16

Perfect

Answer 16

A single or completed past action e.g. portavit

Question 17

Pluperfect

Answer 17

A completed action even further back in the past e.g. portaverat.

Question 18

Conjugation

Answer 18

1st stem ends in -a
2nd stem ends in -e
3rd stem ends in a consonant
4th stem ends in -i

Question 19

Infinitive

Answer 19

Means to verb. Ends in -re
1st āre
2nd ēre
3rd ere
4th īre

Question 20

Imperative

Answer 20

The form used for a command
1st -a, -ate
2nd -e, -ete
3rd -e, -ite
4th -i, -ite

Question 21

Latin Word Order

Answer 21

In latin it goes S O V of S D O V