Revision for Assessment 2 (Stages 1-8)

The second exam will consist of two sections.

Section A will consist of grammar and syntax.

For the Grammar section you need to revise the nominative and accusative cases of the nouns as shown in the table below:

	Declension 1	Declension 2	Declension 3
nominative singular	villa	servus	leo
accusative singular	villam	servum	leonem
nominative plural	villae	servi	leones
accusative plural	villas	servos	leones

You will also have to identify verbs in three tenses, present, imperfect and perfect:

PRESENT TENSE		IMPERFECT TENSE		PERFECT TENSE
singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
laborat	laborant	laborabat	laborabant	laboravit	laboraverunt
ambulat	ambulant	ambulabat	ambulabant	ambulavit	ambulaverunt
ridet	rident	ridebat	ridebant	risit	riserunt
movet	movent	movebat	movebant	movit	moverunt
scribit	scribunt	scribebat	scribebant	scripsit	scripserunt
trahit	trahunt	trahebat	trahebant	traxit	traxerunt
dormit	dormiunt	dormiebat	dormiebant	dormivit	dormiverunt
finit	finiunt	finiebat	finiebant	finivit	finiverunt

Be sure that you know how to recognise the tenses and how to translate them accurately into English. Read carefully the following information which illustrates how the tenses should be translated.

laborat	present tense	= he works; he is working (i.e. the action is happening now, or the verb is making a general statement like "He works in the Civil Service".)
laborabat	imperfect tense	= he was working; he used to work (i.e. the action was continuous in the past, or the verb is giving a description in the past)
laboravit	perfect tense	= he worked; he has worked (i.e. this tense simply states that an action happened in the past, or was completed in the past.)

For more detailed information, go and look at the National Unit 1 page.

You are expected to know the basic syntax of Latin and if you need to revise this, go to the National Unit 1 page.

Section B will consist of Learning Outcome 1 of the National Unit — translating Latin phrases and sentences. For this section you will need to be able to recognise 3 cases: the nominative, accusativeand ablative cases as shown in the table below:

	Declension 1	Declension 2	Declension 3
nominative singular	villa	servus	leo
accusative singular	villam	servum	leonem
ablative singular	villa	servo	leone
nominative plural	villae	servi	leones
accusative plural	villas	servos	leones
ablative plural	villis	servis	leonibus

 

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SPECIMEN EXAM PAPER

Section A : Knowledge of Language

Question 1 — Complete the table below by changing the nouns from singular to plural and vice versa:

nominative singular	nominative plural
larva
locus
	actores
genius
	formulae
axis
	amphorae
	abaci
vertebra
pastor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2 — Change the following into the Accusative Case:

nominative	accusative
fenestra
oculus
visitator
servi
paginae
pictores

 

 

 

 

Question 3 — Choose between Subject and Object.
Complete each sentence with the right word; put a circle round the word which you think is right, and write it on the dotted line.The translation is given below each sentence.

1 venalicius .......................................... non habebat. (servi, servos)
The dealer did not have any slaves.
2 ................................... in via ambulabat. (feminae, feminas)
The women were walking in the street.
3 Grumio ............................. parat. (cibus, cibum)
Grumio is preparing food.
4 ..................................... vinum bibebant. (senex, senem, senes)
The old men were drinking wine.
5 spectatores ................................. plauserunt. (actor, actorem)
The spectators applauded the actor          [5 marks]

Question 4 — Identify plural nouns
Which of the following nouns are plural? Put a circle round them:
leonem
canis
coquus
liberti
ancillas                      [2 marks]

Question 5 — Identify plural verbs.
Which of the following verbs are plural? Put a circle round them:
festinant
audit
pugnat
sedent
portat                       [2 marks]

Question 6 — Identify whether you need singular or plural.
Complete each sentence with the right word; put a circle round the word which you think is right, and write it on the dotted line. The translation is given below each sentence.

1 iuvenes vinum ................................ (bibit, bibunt)
The young men are drinking wine.
2 .................................... gladiatorem petiverunt (leo, leones)
The lions attacked the gladiator.
3 puellae in horto ........................................... (ambulat, ambulant)
The girls are walking in the garden.
4 servus cenam .................................... (parat, parant)
The slave is preparing dinner
5 pastores de monte ...................................... (venit, veniunt)
The shepherds are coming down from the mountain                      [5 marks]

For the answers to the questions above, click here.

Section B will be Learning Outcome 1 of the National Unit.
For more detailed information, go and look at the National Unit 1 page.