Latin 1 Practice Test Unit 1

Comprehensive practice flashcards covering Latin 1 Unit 1 material, including noun characteristics and declensions, verb characteristics and conjugations, and sentence and story translations.

What are the three characteristics of nouns?

Case, number, gender

What are the groupings of nouns called?

declensions

What does the Case of a noun refer to?

How it is used in a sentence

What is the Nominative Case used for?

Subject of sentence

What is the Genitive Case used for?

Possession (can be translated “of”)

What is the Dative Case used for?

Indirect object of sentence (can be translated “for”)

What is the Accusative Case used for?

Direct object of sentence and object of preposition

What is the Ablative Case used for?

Object of preposition

How is the noun stem found?

Remove the genitive singular ending of the the noun (ae for 1st declension/ i for 2nd declension)

What are the singular and plural forms for the First Declension noun puella, puellae, f. across all cases?

Singular: Nominative puella, Genitive puellae, Dative puellae, Accusative puellam, Ablative puellā; Plural: Nominative puellae, Genitive puellarum, Dative puellīs, Accusative puellas, Ablative puellīs

What are the singular and plural forms for the Second Declension Masculine noun amicus, amici, m. across all cases?

Singular: Nominative amicus, Genitive amici, Dative amico, Accusative amicum, Ablative amico; Plural: Nominative amici, Genitive amicorum, Dative amicīs, Accusative amicos, Ablative amicīs

What are the five characteristics of verbs?

Person, number, tense, mood, voicer

What are the groupings of verbs called?

conjugations

How many principal parts do most verbs have?

4

What is another term for the second principal part of a verb?

The infinitive

How is a 1st Conjugation Verb identified?

2nd principal part ends in -are

How is a 2nd Conjugation Verb identified?

2nd principal part ends in ēre

How is the present stem of a verb formed?

Remove the -re from the 2nd principal part

How is the verb teneo, tenēre, tenui, tentum conjugated in the present active tense, and what do the forms translate to?

Singular: 1st person teneo (I hold), 2nd person tenes (You hold), 3rd person tenet (He, she, it holds); Plural: 1st person tenemus (We hold), 2nd person tenetis (You hold), 3rd person tenent (They hold)

What is the best translation for tenēre?

To hold

What is the best translation for ambulare?

To walk

How is the irregular verb sum, esse, fui, futurum conjugated in the present tense, and what do the forms translate to?

Singular: 1st person sum (I am), 2nd person es (You are), 3rd person est (He, she, it is); Plural: 1st person sumus (We are), 2nd person estis (You are), 3rd person sunt (They are)

What is the best translation for esse?

To be

What is the translation of: "Puella aquam parat et posteā amīcum exspectat"?

The girl prepares water and afterwards waits for her friend.

What is the translation of: "Poēta fābulam nārrat et fīlia audit"?

The poet tells a story and his daughter listens.

What is the translation of: "Āthlēta ambulat et nunc in viā est"?

The athlete walks and is now in the road.

What is the translation of: "Lūpa puerum nōn timet et cum puerō habitat"?

The wolf doesn’t fear the boy and lives with the boy.

What is the translation of: "Fīlius agricolae in casā est et patrem exspectat"?

The son of the farmer (the farmer’s son) is in the house and waiting for his father.

What is the translation of: "Puella formam lūpae videt in silvā et timet"?

The girl sees the shape of a wolf (the wolf’s shape) in the forest and is afraid.

What is the translation of the story: "Agricola cum fīliō et fīliā in casā parvā habitat. Fīlius agricolae est puer bonus. Filia agricolae est puella bona. Agricola terram cūrat. Fīlia est poēta et fābulās nārrat. Hodiē puella aquam parat et deinde ad rīvum ambulat. Ibi āthlētam videt. Athleta est amicus puellae. Posteā puella et āthlēta ad casam ambulant. Agricola amīcum fīliae vocat et cēnam parat"?

The farmer lives with his son and daughter in a little house. The son of the farmer is a good boy. The daughter of the farmer is a good girl. The farmer cares for the land. The daughter is a poet and tells stories. Today the girl prepares water and then walks to a river. There she sees an athlete. The athlete is a friend of the girl. Afterwards the girl and the athlete walk to the house. The farmer calls the friend of his daughter and prepares dinner.