Year 9

Practise Translation: Ulysses, Argus and the Suitors

Year 9

Practise Translation: Ulysses, Argus and the Suitors

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the pluperfect tense by translating the first of three stories about Ulysses' (i.e. Odysseus') return to Ithaca.

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13 Questions

Q1.
What is the definition of perfect tense?
Action which has happened before another action in the past
Correct answer: Completed action in the past
Incomplete or repeated action in the past
Q2.
What is the definition of imperfect tense?
Action which has happened before another action in the past
Completed action in the past
Correct answer: Incomplete or repeated action in the past
Q3.
What is the definition of pluperfect tense?
Correct answer: Action which has happened before another action in the past
Completed action in the past
Incomplete or repeated action in the past
Q4.
What is the English translation of the following Latin past tense: -ba-
-ed
had -ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q5.
What is the English translation of the following Latin past tenses: -v-, -u-, -x-, -s-, -i-
Correct answer: -ed
had -ed
was/were
Q6.
What is the English translation of the following Latin past tense: -era-
-ed
Correct answer: had -ed
was/were
Q7.
What does 'salutaverat' mean?
She greeted.
Correct answer: She had greeted.
She was greeting.
Q8.
What does 'ambulaveratis' mean?
Correct answer: You (pl) had walked.
You (pl) walked.
You (pl) were walking.
Q9.
What does 'eram' mean?
I had
I had been
Correct answer: I was
Q10.
What does 'poteramus' mean?
We had been able
Correct answer: We were able
Q11.
What does 'portaveramus' mean?
Correct answer: We had carried
We were able
We were carrying
Q12.
What does 'salutaverunt' mean?
Correct answer: They greeted
They had greeted
Q13.
What does 'salutaverant' mean?
They greeted
Correct answer: They had greeted

11 Questions

Q1.
Which TWO of the following English verbs are in the pluperfect tense?
I had
Correct answer: I had given
Correct answer: I had lived
I have given
I was living
Q2.
Match the following Latin past tenses to their English translation: -v-, -u-, -x-, -s-, -i-
Correct answer: -ed
had -ed
was/were
Q3.
Match the following Latin past tense to its English translation: -ba-
-ed
had -ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q4.
Match the following Latin past tense to its English translation: -era-
-ed
Correct answer: had -ed
was/were
Q5.
What does 'habitaverat' mean?
Correct answer: She had lived.
She lived.
She was living.
Q6.
What does 'petivit' mean?
Correct answer: She begged.
She had begged.
She was begging.
Q7.
What does 'erat' mean?
He had
Correct answer: He was
He was able
Q8.
What does 'poteram' mean?
I had been able
I was
Correct answer: I was able
Q9.
What does 'dederunt' mean?
Correct answer: They gave
They had given
Q10.
What does 'dederant' mean?
They gave
Correct answer: They had given
Q11.
What is significant about Ulysses' words to Antinous?
He insults him.
He lies to him cunningly.
Correct answer: Ironically, his comments are all (partly) true.