Lesson 4 of 6
  • Year 7

Practise Translation: Aeneas Flees Troy

Lesson 4 of 6
  • Year 7

Practise Translation: Aeneas Flees Troy

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the perfect and imperfect tenses by translating a story of a Trojan hero, his family and his destiny.

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9 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following defines the perfect tense?

Action happening now
Correct answer: Completed action in the past
Unfinished or repeated action in the past

Q2.
2. How do you translate Latin verbs which end with '-ba-'?

-ed
Correct answer: was/were

Q3.
3. What are the four stems for the perfect tense?

q u x s
v i x s
v u x p
Correct answer: v u x s

Q4.
4. How do you translate Latin verbs with these endings?

Correct answer: -ed
was/were

Q5.
5. What does 'dixi' mean?

Correct answer: I said.
I was saying.

Q6.
6. What does 'habui' mean?

Correct answer: I had.
I was having.

Q7.
7. What is the Latin for 'I ate'?

consumebam.
consumo.
Correct answer: consumpsi.

Q8.
8. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the perfect tense.

i, is, t, imus, itis, int
Correct answer: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt

Q9.
9. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of scripserunt.

He, she, it
Correct answer: They
was/were writing
write
Correct answer: wrote

10 Questions

Q1.
What does the following Latin noun mean: silva?

city
silver
Correct answer: wood

Q2.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: pono

I have
I hold
I lead
Correct answer: I put, place
I say

Q3.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: teneo

I have
Correct answer: I hold
I lead
I put, place
I say

Q4.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: duco

I have
I hold
Correct answer: I lead
I put, place
I say

Q5.
What FOUR letters indicate the perfect tense?

e
q
Correct answer: s
t
Correct answer: u
Correct answer: v
Correct answer: x

Q6.
What does 'conspexit' mean?

Correct answer: she noticed
she was noticing

Q7.
What does 'timuit' mean?

Correct answer: she feared
she was afraid/fearing

Q8.
What does 'ponebat' mean?

she placed
Correct answer: she was placing

Q9.
What is the relationship between Aeneas and Creusa?

father and son
Correct answer: husband and wife

Q10.
What was Aeneas' destiny?

to destroy Greece
Correct answer: to found Rome
to re-build Troy