Year 8

Practise Translation: Caesar and Cleopatra

Year 8

Practise Translation: Caesar and Cleopatra

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise irregular verbs by translating a story about the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra and her relationship with the Roman general Julius Caesar.

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8 Questions

Q1.
1. Match 'sum' to the English translation.
He/she/it is
Correct answer: I am
You (s) are
Q2.
1. Match 'es' to theEnglish translation.
He/she/it is
I am
Correct answer: You (s) are
Q3.
2. Match 'sumus' to the English translation.
They are
Correct answer: We are
You (pl) are
Q4.
2. Match 'sunt' to the English translation.
Correct answer: They are
We are
You (pl) are
Q5.
3. What does the following sentence mean: es laeta?
She is happy.
Correct answer: You (s) are happy.
Q6.
4. What does the following sentence mean: estis laeti?
He is happy.
Correct answer: You (pl) are happy.
You (s) are happy.
Q7.
5. What is the Latin for 'We are students'?
sum discipula.
Correct answer: sumus discipulae.
sunt discipulae.
Q8.
6. What does 'esse' mean and what form of the verb is it? (2 answers)
1st person singular
He/she is
The imperative
Correct answer: The infinitive
Correct answer: to be
You (s) are

9 Questions

Q1.
What does 'sum' mean?
He/she/it is
Correct answer: I am
We are
Q2.
What does 'sumus' mean?
He/she/it is
I am
Correct answer: We are
Q3.
What does 'est' mean?
Correct answer: He/she/it is
I am
We are
Q4.
What does 'eram' mean?
He, she, it was
Correct answer: I was
They were
Q5.
What does 'erant' mean?
He, she, it was
I was
Correct answer: They were
Q6.
What does 'erat' mean?
Correct answer: He, she, it was
I was
They were
Q7.
What is the best translation of the following sentence: 'erat villa'?
It was a house.
The house was.
Correct answer: There was a house.
Q8.
What is the best translation of the following sentence: 'custodes erant in villa'?
The guards are in the house.
Correct answer: The guards were in the house.
There were guards in the house.
Q9.
How did Cleopatra get Caesar's help?
She hid a secret message in some food.
Correct answer: She hid in a carpet.
She pretended to be dead.