Latin 101: Probatio Prima

Covers Captiula 1-5

Will test mastery of:

vocabulary

forms:

nouns, singular and plural:

cases: nominative,accusative, genitive,, ablative, vocative

adjectives: agree with nouns in gender, number, and case

verbs:

third person singular and plural, active indicative

imperative singular and plural

prepositions

+ ablative

relative pronouns:

nominative and accusative

interrogative pronouns

nominative, genitive, and accusative

demonstrative pronoun/adjective (is, ea, id)

translation skills

 
  1. Answer questions about a sentence: Iulius magnam villam habet; 3person sing present. Change magnam villam to a pronoun: eam.
  2. Translate into English; translate into Latin.
  3. change from singular to plural or vice versa and translate the changed form:
    1. habet: habent: they have
    2. fluvii (genitive): fluviorum: of the rivers
    3. in hortis: in horto:in the garden
    4. pulsat: pulsant: they push
    5. sume: sumite: take (pl)
    6. vide: videte: look (pl)
    7. ponite: pone: put (s)
  4. Answer questions framed with the following interrogatives:
      1. e.g. Quot liberos habent Iulius et Aemilia?: Aemilia et Iulius habent tres liberos; tres liberos habent; ii tres liberos habent. (etc)
      2. n.b. The questions will be based on a given passage
    1. quis?
    2. quae?
    3. qui?
    4. cuius?
    5. quot?
    6. ubi?
    7. num?
    8. quid?
    9. cur?