INTRODUCTION TO LATIN EXAM

I.GRAMMAR: Forms and Syntax

ADJECTIVES: Declensions I and 11

• noun/adjective agreement
• interrogative quot
• numbers
• cardinal numbers 1-10
• Roman numerals

ADVERBS

• positive forms from first and second declension adjectives
• interrogatives cur, ubi
• irregulars bene, male

CONJUNCTIONS

• aut, et, quod, sed

ENCLITIC

• -ne

NOUNS: Declensions I and 11
N.B- For reading comprehension purposes, a limited number of third declension nouns e.g., urbs, mater, corpus may occur.

• Nominative: subject, predicate nominative
• Genitive: possession
• Dative: indirect object
• Accusative: direct object object of the prepositions: ad, ante., circum, contra, in, per, post, trans
• Ablative: object of the prepositions: ab, cum, de, ex, in, pro, sine, sub
• Vocative

PRONOUNS

• personals: ego, tu, nos, vos (nominative, dative and accusative)
• interrogatives:quid, quid, qui (nominative only)

VERBS: Conjugations I and 11
N.B. For reading comprehension purposes, a limited number of third and fourth conjugation verbs e.g., audio, dico, scriho may occur.

• three tenses of the indicative mood: present, imperfect, future active voice
• present active imperative
• irregular verb sum (present, imperfect, future)
• present active infinitive

II.CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

GEOGRAPHY: the Roman world, e.g., Roma, Italia, Britannia, Hispania

MYTHOLOGY:

• Olympians (Greek and Roman names) and associated attributes
• founding of Rome (Romulus and Remus)

ROMAN LIFE: city of Rome, e.g., the Forum, Circus Maximus, Colosseum

III. LATIN IN USE

BASIC SPOKEN PHRASES: e.g., Salve!, Quid agis?, Quid est nomen tibi?

DERIVATIVES: e.g., agriculture, aquamarine, portable

EXPRESSIONS,MOTTOES AND ABBREVIATIONS: e.g., e pluribus unum, tempus fugit, N.B.