Year 7
Perfect tense: u x s stems or 2nd and 3rd conjugation
Year 7
Perfect tense: u x s stems or 2nd and 3rd conjugation
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will look at three new stems for the perfect tense.
- Perfect tense 2nd and 3rd conjugation (-u-, -x-, -s- stems)
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7 Questions
Q1.
What does the following Latin noun mean: deus?
dog
ground, land
wife
Q2.
What does the following Latin noun mean: terra?
dog
god
wife
Q3.
What does the following Latin noun mean: uxor?
dog
god
ground, land
Q4.
What does 'lacrimavit' mean?
she was crying
Q5.
What does 'timebat' mean?
she feared
Q6.
What is the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice?
human and god
Q7.
What happened to Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld?
Orpheus and Eurydice left together.
Pluto said Orpheus could not take his wife back.
9 Questions
Q1.
1. Which of these defines the imperfect tense?
Action happening now
Completed action in the past
Q2.
2. How do you translate Latin verbs which end with '-ba-'?
-ed
Q3.
3. What are the four stems for the perfect tense?
q u x s
v i x s
v u x p
Q4.
4. How do you translate Latin verbs with these endings?
was/were
Q5.
5. What does 'dixi' mean?
I was saying.
Q6.
6. What does 'habui' mean?
I was having.
Q7.
7. What is the Latin for 'I ate'?
consumebam.
consumo.
Q8.
8. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the perfect tense.
i, is, t, imus, itis, int
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Q9.
9. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of scripserunt.
He, she, it
was/were writing
write