LATIN I FIRST SEMESTER FINAL PRACTICE
A. Vocabulary and Verbs
1. Which is not related to sound?
a. clamat
b. latrat
c. laborat
2. Which is inanimate?
a. canis
b. navis
c. filiusd. puella
3. Which is not a place?
a. atrium
b. hortus
c. cera
4. Which is not an adjective? a. iratus
5. laudavit
b. bonus
a. she praises b. he was praising
6. coquebant a. he was cooking
c. ancilla
d. vocat
d. via
d. laetus
c. she praised d. you praise
b. she cooked c. they were cooking d. they cook
7. videt
a. I see
b. you see
c. he sees
8. habuerunt
a. they held
b. they were holding c. they are holding
9. Which is not a form of the verb ‘to be’?
a. es
10. you (singular) wrote
b. scribis
a. scribitis
d. he was seeing
b. adsunt
d. they hold
c. aberat
c. scripsisti
d. exit
d. scripsistis
11. we were writing
a. scribebam b. scribebamus
c. scripsimus d. scribimus
12. she writes
a. scribit
b. scribis
c. scribebat
d. scrispit
13. they were
a. estis
b. sunt
c. erant
d. erunt
e. scribunt
Circle those that are correct translations of the tense (may be more than one):
14. present:
I write
I do write
I did write
15. imperfect: I wrote
I am writing
I was writing I used to write I have written
16. perfect:
I wrote
I have written
I write
I am writing
I used to write
In a dictionary entry for a verb (scribo, scribere, scripsi)
17. ________the first principal part:
a. “I” form present tense
18. ________the second principal part
b. “I” form perfect tense
19. ________the third principal part
c. the infinitive “to” form
d. “I” form imperfect tense
Translate these forms of scribo, scribere, scripsi = to write
20. scribebat
21. scripsistis
22. scribunt
23. scribebam
24. scripsi
25. scribimus
Translate these forms of sum, esse, fui = to be, exist
26. fuerunt
27. es
28. erat
29. sumus
I wrote
B. Which is correct? Select the ONE word/phrase that is needed to fit the sentence.
1. servi ____________ conspexit.
a. aper
b. aprum
c. apri
2. _______________ ianuam aperuerunt.
a. servus
b. ancilla
c. ancillae
3. _____________ cibum paras.
a. ego
4. ego ad theatrum cum__________ festino. a. filio
b. tu
b. filius
c. coquus
c. filium
5. amicus _____________ vituperat. a. venalicius
b. venalicium c. venalicii
6. puellae ____________ sedent.
b. in theatro
a. theatrum
c. in theatrum
C. Which could NOT be correct?
1. umbrae centurionem__________________.
a. terruerunt
2. amicus __________ iratus. a. sum
b. terrebant
c. terret
d. terrent
b. est
c. erat
d. a and b
3. “pestis!” clamavit ____________. a. mater
4. vinum optimum erat ___________.
b. amicum
c. mercator
a. in poculo
b. in mensa
c. in via
b. amicum
c. turbam
d. infans
5. Quintus _____________ videt in via.
a. canem
6. _____________ est tonsor bonus? a. quis
b. ubi
c. cur
D. Culture
House: Draw a house and label ianua, atrium, impluvium, tablinum, peristylium, hortus,
triclinium, cubiculum. Know the use of each room.
Forum: Be able to discuss the uses of the forum. What kinds of activities took place there?
Name the kinds of buildings found in the forum of a Roman city like Pompeii.
Theater: When were plays performed? What were the favorite forms of theater? Name the two
most famous writers of Roman Comedy. Be able to describe the chief characters in the Roman
Comedy and evaluate how they reflected Roman values.
Slaves: How were people enslaved? What rights did slaves have? How could a slave be freed?
Why would a Roman want to free a slave? Know: libertus/a, patronus, cliens, manumissio
Tombs: placement, offerings to the dead, celebrations of the dead, inscriptions, thoughts about
afterlife
Gladiators: origin, way of life/training, main kinds, who sponsored a show.
Baths: layout of a typical Roman bath complex, reasons for going to the baths
MYTHOLOGY !!