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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at the present participle.

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10 Questions

Q1.
In the sentence: 'Aeneas, whom Dido loved, left Carthage for Italy.' Is 'Aeneas' a relative clause, a relative pronoun or an antecedent?
Correct answer: antecedent
relative clause
relative pronoun
Q2.
In the sentence: 'Aeneas, whom Dido loved, left Carthage for Italy.' Is 'whom' a relative clause, a relative pronoun or an antecedent?
antecedent
relative clause
Correct answer: relative pronoun
Q3.
In the sentence: 'Aeneas, whom Dido loved, left Carthage for Italy.' Is 'whom Dido loved' a relative clause, a relative pronoun or an antecedent?
antecedent
Correct answer: relative clause
relative pronoun
Q4.
What is the grammatical definition of 'whom'?
the neuter form of 'who'
Correct answer: the object form of 'who'
the plural form of 'who'
Q5.
Which of these is correct English?
Anchises, who Aeneas saw in his dreams, warned him to leave Carthage.
Correct answer: Anchises, whom Aeneas saw in his dreams, warned him to leave Carthage.
Q6.
What TWO things can quem mean?
because
than
Correct answer: which
who
Correct answer: whom
Q7.
What THREE things can quam mean?
because
Correct answer: than
Correct answer: which
who
Correct answer: whom
Q8.
What does the following sentence mean: pater, qui me servavit, timet?
Correct answer: The father, who saved me, is afraid.
The father, whom I saved, is afraid.
Q9.
What does the following sentence mean: nuntius, quem ego misi, advenit?
The messenger, who sent me, arrived.
Correct answer: The messenger, whom I sent, arrived.
Q10.
Why did Aeneas leave Dido?
Carthage was a hostile place.
He did not love her.
Correct answer: It was his duty and destiny.
She did not love him.