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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at a third past tense, called the pluperfect.
  2. All perfect stems
  3. how to translate pluperfect with comparison of adjectives and relative clauses (e.g. erat villa pulcherrima quam videram; villam pulchriorem quam tuam non videram.)

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13 Questions

Q1.
Match the following tense to its definition: 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.
Match the following tense to its definition: 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.
Match the following tense to its definition: 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.
How is the following Latin past tense translated in English: -ba-?
-ed
had -ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q5.
How are the following Latin past tenses translated in English: : -v-, -u-, -x-, -s-, -i-?
Correct answer: -ed
had -ed
was/were
Q6.
How is the following Latin past tense translated in English: -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