Stage 14 Test Outline
Nōmen ______________________
Test is:
N.B. You must know the noun chart forwards and backwards in order to do well on
this test. You will not fill out the chart on the test, but you must know your noun
endings thoroughly in order to answer the grammar questions. You will not have time to sit
and try to remember what they are!
Grammar Points Covered in Stage 14:
1. Ablative case and prepositions (SID SPACE)
2. Impersonal Verbs (difficile est, necesse est, decorum est, commodum est, facile est)
3. Imperfect Tense of volō, nōlō, and possum
(volēbam, -bas, bat) (nōlēbam, -bas, bat) and poteram, poteras, poterat, etc
See the chart we filled out in stage 13 and page 206 in your book.
4. Imperatives/Vocatives
5. Noun/Adjective Agreement
Part I.
lege fabulam! A continuation of the stage 13/14 story line
Part II.
Answer English comprehension questions about the story
Part III. Short answer grammar identifications from the story- what tense? what case? etc
Part IV. English to Latin sentences composition sentences - containing impersonal verbs
and imperfect tense irregulars, preposition phrases
Part V:
Complete the Latin sentence by filling in the correct form of a given adjectiveyour noun and adjective must agree in GNC- AND translate sentences
Part VI.
Choose the correct form of the word to complete the Latin sentence- these will
contain examples of the grammatical features we’ve been studying this stage.
Part VII.
i. ancillae, celeriter _____________!
a. laborant
b. laborāre
c. laborāte
d. laborā
ii. Rufilla cum _____________ hiemāre vult.
a. amicās
b. amicae
c. amica
d. amicīs
Match characters from Stage 14 to their actions - in Latin
There are no culture questions on the test—you should concentrate on knowing the grammar
points and practicing composition!
National Latin Exam Questions Relating to Stage 14 Grammar Topics
Select the best answer!
____i. virī ex urbe ad _______ currēbant
a. mōns b. montī c. monte d. montem
____ii. Curre, ________, ad silvam cum puerīs
a. Marcus b. Marce c. Marcum d. Marcō
____iii. Omnēs civēs sine ______ ambulābant
a. aquā b. aquae c. aquam d. aquās
____iv. Sextus clamāvit, “Curre ad casam celeriter!” a. Run b. I will run c. You are running d. To run
____v. Liberī in ______ cum familiā habitābant
____vi. Ianuae villārum nōn sunt _________
a. urbe b. urbis c. urbem
d. urbe
a. magnārum b. magnās c. magnīs d. magnae
____vii. Docete, magistra, puerōs de Africā a. I will teach the boys
c. Teach the boys
b. The boys are teaching
d. To teach the boys
____viii. Iulius et Brutus erant
a. amicōs bonōs
b. amicus bonus c. amicōrum bonōrum d. amicī bonī
____ix. Cur, _______, iratus es? a. Luciō b. Lucī
c. Luciōs
d. Lucius
____x. Puerī fortēs in spēluncam currunt
a. in the cave b. toward the cave c. into the cave d. from the cave
____xi. “Est puella pulchra et ________.” a. nobilī
____xii.
b. nobilis
c. nobilem d. nobilēs
Pone, serve, cibum in mēnsam a. To place b. Place c. He will place d. He places
____xiii.Pater puellārum est _______ a. iratum
b. irata c. iratus d. iratō
____xiv. ______ Appenninī sunt in Italiā a. Montēs b. Montium c. Montem d. Montibus
____xv. Da mihi meum librum!
a. of me
b. from me c. with me d. to me