AP Latin : Latin Essentials
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Example Question #1 : Using Prepositions In Latin
Which noun case best completes the sentence?
Viri ab __________ ad urbem eunt.
silva
silvam
silvae
silve
silva
The preposition "ab" requires the ablative case.
Example Question #1 : Latin Essentials
Which noun case best completes the sentence?
Romani per __________ navigant.
maris
mara
mare
marem
mare
"Mare," as a neuter singular i-stem noun, has an accusative form of "mare"; the preposition "per" requires the accusative form.
Example Question #1 : Latin Adjectives
Which adjective correctly completes the sentence below?
Legionarii romani milites __________ in mundo sunt.
fortissima
fortissimis
fortissimes
fortissimi
fortissimi
Although "fortis" is a third declension adjective, in its superlative comparative form, "fortissimus," it functions as a second declension adjective; this means that in order to agree with "milites," which is itself an appositive for "Legionarii," it must be in the second declension masculine nominative plural, "fortissimi."
Example Question #2 : Latin Adjectives
Which adjective correctly completes the sentence below?
Agricola __________ est.
laetus
laeti
laeta
laetum
laetus
Although "agricola" is a first declension noun, it is a rare exception to this declension in that it is masculine, meaning it would require the second declension masculine adjective form "laetus" in order to match grammtically in case, number and gender.
Example Question #1 : Using Second Declension Adjectives In Latin
Which adjective form properly completes the sentence?
Mare __________ est.
placida
placidum
placidus
placido
placidum
"Mare" is a third declension neuter singular noun. Thus it requires the neuter nominative singular adjective form, "placidum."
Example Question #3 : Latin Adjectives
Which adjective form properly completes the sentence?
Cornu capri __________ est.
longa
longum
longo
longus
longum
"Cornu" is a neuter fourth declension noun. It appears in the nominative singular case in this sentence, meaning it requires the neuter nominative singular form "longum."
Example Question #1 : Latin Genitive Case
Which noun case best completes the sentence?
Mars deus __________ est.
bello
bellis
bella
belli
belli
"Bellum" is a second declension neuter noun; thus, in the genitive descriptive strucutre of the sentence above, the proper answer is "belli," the genitive singular of "bellum."
Example Question #2 : Latin Essentials
Based on context, which verbs best completes the sentence for tense, person and number?
Cras, ad templum ego __________.
ambulas
ambulat
ambulavi
ambulabo
ambulabo
"Cras" signifies tomorrow, meaning that, out of the options presented, the verb must be in the future; "ego," the subject, signifies that the verb must be in first-person singular.
Example Question #1 : Using Perfect Tense In Latin
Which verb properly completes the sentence in the perfect tense?
Puellae ad villam __________.
ambulaverunt
ambulavi
ambulabant
ambulant
ambulaverunt
"Ambulaverunt" is the only answer that is both in the perfect tense and matches the subject, "puellae," in number and gender.
Example Question #2 : Using Perfect Tense In Latin
Which verb properly completes the sentence in the perfect tense?
Miles gladium __________.
teneo
tenebat
tenuit
tenuisti
tenuit
"Tenuit" is the only verb in the perfect tense to agree in person and number with the subject, "miles."
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