Year 7

Practise Translation: The Clever Dog

Year 7

Practise Translation: The Clever Dog

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the perfect and imperfect tenses by translating a story from Roman theatre involving a supremely gifted actor.

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9 Questions

Q1.
Which of these defines the present tense?
Correct answer: Action happening now
Completed action in the past
Unfinished or repeated action in the past
Q2.
2. How is the imperfect tense expressed in English.
-ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q3.
3. What does 'vidi' mean?
Correct answer: I saw.
I was seeing.
Q4.
4. What does 'cucurrit' mean?
Correct answer: She ran.
She runs.
She was running.
Q5.
5. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the PRESENT tense.
i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
i, s, t, imus, tis, erunt
Correct answer: o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Q6.
6. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the PERFECT tense.
Correct answer: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
i, s, t, imus, tis, erunt
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Q7.
7. Looking at your choice of endings above, what does 'venisti' mean?
Correct answer: You (s) came.
You (s) come.
Q8.
8. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of respondebas.
replied
reply
They
Correct answer: were replying
You (pl)
Correct answer: You (s)
Q9.
9. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of responderunt. (Focus on the ending!)
Correct answer: replied
reply
Correct answer: They
were replying
You (pl)
You (s)

13 Questions

Q1.
What does 'malus' mean?
Correct answer: bad
dead
my, mine
Q2.
What does 'mortuus' mean?
bad
Correct answer: dead
my, mine
Q3.
What does 'meus' mean?
bad
dead
Correct answer: my, mine
Q4.
2. What FIVE letters indicate the perfect tense?
Correct answer: i
q
Correct answer: s
t
Correct answer: u
Correct answer: v
Correct answer: x
Q5.
What does 'cucurrit' mean?
Correct answer: she ran
she was running
Q6.
What does 'cecidit' mean?
she falls
Correct answer: she fell
Q7.
What does 'dormiebat' mean?
she sleeps
she slept
Correct answer: she was sleeping
Q8.
What does 'habet' mean?
she had
Correct answer: she has
she was having
Q9.
What does 'vidit' mean?
Correct answer: she saw
she sees
Q10.
What does 'videt' mean?
she saw
Correct answer: she sees
Q11.
Which of the following describes the character of Maccus?
Correct answer: greedy clown
old fool
Q12.
Which of the following describes the character of Pappus?
greedy clown
Correct answer: old fool
Q13.
What was so remarkable about the dog?
It died and came back to life.
It was only asleep.
Correct answer: It was trained to pretend to be dead.