Chapter 7
subject
The _____________of
a sentence is the
person
thing
____________or
___________
that
action
performs the ___________
of the
verb
__________.
The slave woman walks in the field.
Marcus runs in the house.
What are the subjects
of these two sentences?
slave woman
Marcus
direct
object
The ________
_________
of a sentence
___________the
action of the
receives
verb
_________.
The wolf frightens the boys.
The mother sees the girl.
What are the direct objects
of these sentences?
boys
girl
Activity 1: Write sub over each subject and d.o. over each
direct object.
1. The girls love the land.
2. The family carries the cold water.
3. The boys are watching the slaves.
4. The goddesses do not love satyrs.
5. The farmers prepare good loads.
6. The girl and the farmer praise the long life.
7. The bad slave works on the land.
8. Marcus looks at the large island.
9. The sailors carry the cargo to the ship.
10. The girls bring the laundry to the river.
Activity 2 - Fill in the endings chart
declensions
1st
sing.
nominative subject
genitive possession
dative indir. object
accusative dir. object
ablative obj. of prep.
2nd
plural
sing.
3rd
plural
sing.
plural
Nominative is the grammatical term for
subject
the _____________
of the sentence.
Accusative
______________
is the grammatical
term for the direct object of the
sentence.
Activity 3 – Locate each direct object with (DO) and say
whether it is (S) or plural (PL), then translate.
1.
Cornelius multas epistulas scribit.
2.
Pueri magnam arborem in agris vident.
3.
Magnas voces audit.
4.
Nuntius pueros defessos salutat.
5.
Princeps senatores Romanos ad
urbem revocat.
Activity 4 – Underline all the nouns not italcized, identify the
declension, case and number, then translate the sentence.
1.
2.
Sextus ad magnam urbem īre vult.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
Cornelia ad urbem redīre non vult quod
villam rusticam et amicam vicinam amat.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
3.
4.
Lupi puellas terrent.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
Multae arbores sunt in agris.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
5.
6.
Davus multas voces audit.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
Pueri in silvam currunt, quod ibi arbores
ascendere volunt. they want
declension ________
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
case _____________ number ______
7.
Nuntius ad eos venit et, "Cornelium peto,"
inquit.
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
declension ________
case _____________ number ______
Activity 5 – Fill in the blanks with Latin words to match the English
cues.
1. Cornelius epistulas ____________________________ vult.
(to write)
2. _______________________________ ad villam advenit.
(The messenger)
3. Marcus et Sextus eum in villam _______________________.
(lead)
4. Nuntius epistulam ________________________________.
(hands over)
5. Ubi Cornelius epistulam __________________, laetus non est.
(reads)
6. Nuntius Cornelium ad urbem _________________________.
(recalls)
7. Princeps senatores ______________________________ vult.
(to consult)
8. __________________ _____________ ad urbem redire.
(It is necessary)
9. Flavia ad urbem __________________________ non potest.
(to return)
10. Sextus est laetus et clamat, “________________________!”
(Hurray)