Latin I CP Mid Term Exam Study Guide
As mentioned in class, the Mid Term Exam will consist of Nuts & Bolts (50 points) and Analyze and Translate (50 points)
sections. All answers will be written by you; there are no multiple choice or matching questions. You will not be allowed
to use your book or notes; any attempt to do so will be treated as an honor offence. You may use either pen or pencil;
the important thing is to make your responses totally legible.
In the Nuts& Bolts section, you will be tested on:
Vocabulary (20 points): lessons 1-16 (available on line under “Shared Documents); you will provide the same
information that you do on every quiz.
Verb Formation (15 points): you will be provided with the four principal parts and meanings of two first and second
conjugation verbs that you have not seen before; you will then be asked to translate verb phrases from the present,
future, or perfect tenses.
Declining (15 points): be prepared to demonstrate mastery of the endings of the first and second (both masculine and
neuter) declensions.
In the Analyze & Translate section, there will be three sentences. As always, analysis procedures will be provided. Each
sentence has two clauses and range from 11 to 16 words in length.
Case Uses:
Nominative: NS, PN, PA, App
Genitive: Poss, Obj, App
Dative: IO, App
Accusative: DO, PTW (in, ad, sub), OP, App
Ablative: PW, OP, MorI (no prep in Latin), App
Vocative: DA, App
First Declension: Feminine except for a few masculine nouns – agricola, nauta, etc.
N
-a
-ae
G
-ae
-arum
D
-ae
-is
Ac
-am
-as
Ab
-ā
-is
MTA rule -abus
MTA rule -abus
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Second Declension Masculine: two kinds, ending in –us or –r
-us Masculine
-r : vir, viri
-r: ager, agri (note base is agr-)
N
-us
-I
vir
viri
ager
agri
G
-I
-orum
viri
virorum
agri
agrorum
D
-o
-is
viro
viris
agro
agris
Ac
-um
-os
virum viros
agrum agros
Ab
-o
-is
viro
agro
viris
agris
Sevond Declension Neuter: remember the neuter rule!
N
-um
-a
G
-I
-orum
D
-o
-is
Ac
-um
-a
Ab
-o
-is
Remember that an adjective has the same case, #, and gender as the noun that it modifies, but not necessarily the
same ending.
Verbs: 1st & 2nd Conjugation; Present, Future, and Perfect Active
Amo, amare, amavi, amatus
Video, vidēre, vidi, visus
To form present and future, take the-re off the 2nd principal part and add endings.
Amo
amamus
video
videmus
amabo amabimus
videbo videbimus
Amas
amatis
vides
videtis
amabis amabitis
videbis videbitis
Amat
amant
videt
vident
amabit amabunt
videbit videbunt
To form the perfect tense, take the –I off the 3rd principal part and add endings
Amavi
amavimus
Amavisti
amavistis
Amavit
amaverunt
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Prepositions: Only the following prepositions are used in Place Constructions; all other prepositions (at this point) simply
cause an OP.
Accusative Case
PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW PTW
Ablative Case
PW
Ablative Case
PFWPFWPFWPFWPFWPFWPFWPFWPFW
in = into, onto
in= in, on
a(b)= from
ad = to, toward
sub=under
de* = down from
sub=under
e(x) = out of
*when de means about or
concerning, it causes simple
OP
Genitive Sandwich: don’t forget that prepositions can provide the framing necessary for the genitive sandwich:
In agricolae agris = “In the farmer’s fields” or “in the fields of the farmer”
The other type of genitive sandwich is ADJ/GEN/NOUN MODIFIED: magnus agricolae ager “the large field of the farmer”