Grammar Level 1 Contest
for levels ½A, ½B, and 1
Area F Convention 2012
I. Choose the best translation for the underlined word(s).
1. Mother used to prepare dinner.
(A) parat
(B) parāvit
(C) parābat
(D) parāre
2. The boys stand in the field.
(A) in agrō
(B) in agrum
(C) in ager
(D) in agribus
3. Why are you worried, Cornelius?
(A) Cornelius
(B) Corneliō
(C) Cornelī
(D) Cornelium
4. The girls at school were annoying.
(A) molestī
(B) molestae
(C) molestōs
(D) molestās
5. Run, girls! The bear is chasing you!
(A) currere
(B) currunt
(C) curre
(D) currite
6. The cat had slept all day long.
(A) dormīvit
(B) dormīverat (C) dormīre
7. I’ll give you a cat tomorrow.
(A) tē
(B) tu
(C) tuī
(D) tibi
8. I want to see Rome again.
(A) vidēre
(B) videō
(C) vīdī
(D) ad vidēre
9. The emperor had many daughters.
(A) multae filiae (B) multās filiās (C) multa filia (D) multī filiae
10. You are working at the store.
(A) laborās
(B) laborābas
(D) dormīverit
(C) laborāre
(D) laborāvisti
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence:
11. ---, tū es molestus.
(A) Marcus
(B) Marcī
(C) Marcum
(D) Marce
12. Estne puer ---?
(A) bonus
(B) bonum
(C) bonī
(D) bonōs
13. Pater, --- mihi poenam!
(A) non dāre
(B) nōlī dā
(C) nōlī dāre
(D) nōlīte dāre
14. Cras, ad Forum ----.
(A) imus
(B) ibimus
(C) ibamus
(D) ivimus
15. Virī --- in pugnā sunt.
(A) fortēs
(B) fortis
(C) fortī
(D) fortem
16. Tū et Marcus --- ad urbem vultis.
(A) ambulātis
(B) ambulās
(C) ambulat
(D) ambulāre
17. Numerus --- in agrīs magnus est.
(A) servī
(B) servus
(C) servōs
(D) servōrum
18. Agricola --- ad arborem ambulat.
(A) bona
(B) bonam
(C) bonus
(D) bonum
19. Ego iter facere ---.
(A) possum
(B) potes
(C) possumus
(D) poterat
20. --- toga est mea.
(A) hic
(B) haec
(C) hoc
(D) hae
III. Choose the best choice to answer the questions.
21. Which of the following expects a “no” answer?
(A) –ne
22. What is the comparative of magnus?
(A) magnior (B) maior (C) maximus (D) none of the above
23. In what ways must an adjective agree with its noun?
(A) number, tense, case (B) gender, case, tense
(B) num
(C) nonne
(C) declension, person, case
(D) unde
(E) cur
(D) number, gender, case
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Grammar Level 1 Contest
for levels ½A, ½B, and 1
Area F Convention 2012
24. Quid est nōmen tibi? has an example of what construction?
(A)Ablative of Place Where (B)Dative of Possession
25. The perfect stem is found in which principal part?
(C)Accusative of Place to Where (D)Ablative of Time
(A) first
(B) second
(C) third
(D) fourth
26. Which case shows location for city, towns, small islands, domus and rus?
(A) Nominative (B) Genitive (C) Ablative (D) Locative (E) Vocative
27. Which of the following nouns is not the same gender as the others?
(A) puella (B) nauta (C) ancilla (D) mater (E) stola
28. What is the negative of volō?
(A) non volō
29. What is the infinitive of erat?
(A) errāre
30. What conjugation is capiō, capere, cēpī, captus?
(A) first (B) second (C) third (D) third -io
(B) nolō
(C) nolī volō
(B) stāre
(C) esse
(D) negolō
(D) erāte
(E) volōne
(E) velle
(E) fourth
IV. Identify the case for each of the following, using the following key:
(A) nominative
(B) genitive
(C) dative
(D) accusative
(E) ablative
31. indirect object
36. to show the place where something is
32. with special verbs like faveō and crēdō
37. to indicate motion away
33. designates indefinite value
38. as a predicate adjective with linking verbs
34. direct object
39. to show the time when something happened
35. with prepositions like prope, circum, ad
40. with prepositions like ēx, dē, prō
V. Identify the tense for each of the following using the following key:
(A) present
(B) imperfect
(C) perfect
(D) pluperfect
(E) future
41. cecidistī
45. abstulit
49. sedēnt
42. erimus
46. veniet
50. ēgerant
43. ambulābatis
47. potueras
44. scribit
48. eram
TIE-BREAKERS: *Mark the following answers on numbers 96-100 on your scantron*
Choose the answer that does not belong, grammatically, with the rest.
96. A. mater
B. arbor
C. lex
D. salutem
97. A. charta
B. chartās
C. chartīs
D. chartārum
98. A. vōces
B. gaudia
C. puellās
D. lupōs
99. A. sed
B. ac
C. et
D. –que
100. A. dēbet
B. coquet
C. poterit
D. amābit
E. pes
E. chartae
E. fratris
E. –ne
E. capient
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