Latin Proficiency Assessment

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68 questions
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Match the description to the corresponding part of speech.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
A word used to describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Noun
A word used to express action or state of being.
Pronoun
A word used to describe a noun.
Adjective
A word used to express the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
Verb
A word used in the place of a noun.
Adverb
A word showing strong feeling or emotion
Preposition
A connecting word used to join words, phrases, clauses or sentences
Conjunction
Introduces a phrase which consists of the preposition and its object.
Interjection
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Nouns have which of the following qualities?

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Verbs have which of the following qualities?

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A verb agrees with its subject in

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The nominative case is used for

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The genitive case is used for

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The dative case is used for

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The ablative case is used for

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ab is a preposition used with both agent and place from which.

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in followed by an accusative object of the preposition means “into” or “onto.”

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An indirect object will not be found in a sentence that contains a prepositional phrase.

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Only an ablative of manner uses the preposition cum.

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Possession can be shown by the genitive or the dative case.

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Which verb tenses indicate continued action?

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Which verb tenses indicate completed action?

Decline terra, terrae, f. – land
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Nominative Singular

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Genitive Singular

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Gender

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Nominative Singular

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Genitive Singular

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Dative Singular

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Accusative Singular

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Ablative Singular

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Nominative Plural

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Genitive Plural

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Dative Plural

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Accusative Plural

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Ablative Plural

Decline rīvus, rīvī, m. – stream
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Nominative Singular

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Genitive Singular

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Gender

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Nominative Singular

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Genitive Singular

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Dative Singular

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Accusative Singular

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Ablative Singular

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Nominative Plural

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Genitive Plural

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Dative Plural

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Accusative Plural

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Ablative Plural

Conjugate the verb sum, esse
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1st Principal Part

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2nd Principal Part

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3rd Principal Part

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4th Principal Part

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1st Person Singular

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2nd Person Singular

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3rd Person Singular

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1st Person Plural

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2nd Person Plural

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3rd Person Plural

Conjugate the verb amo, amare, amavi, amatus
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1st Principal Part

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2nd Principal Part

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3rd Principal Part

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4th Principal Part

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1st Person Singular

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2nd Person Singular

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3rd Person Singular

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1st Person Plural

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2nd Person Plural

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3rd Person Plural

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Match the tense indicators with the corresponding tense for the indicative mood:

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Pluperfect
-ba
Perfect
-bi- for 1st & 2nd conjugations, -e- for 3rd & 4th conjugations
Future
-i, -isti, -it, -imus, -istis, -erunt (add to perfect stem).
Imperfect
-eram, -eras, -erat, -eramus, -eratis, -erant (add to perfect stem
Future Perfect
-ero, -eris, -erit, -erimus, -eritis, -erint (add to perfect stem).
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Match the tense indicators with the corresponding tense for the subjunctive mood:

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Pluperfect
Add personal endings to the infinitive
Imperfect
Characteristic vowels for the 4 conjugations: -e-, -ea, -a-, -ia-
Perfect
-erim, -eris, -erit, -erimus, -eritis, -erint (add to perfect stem).
Present
-issem, -isses, -isset, -issemus, -issetis, -issent (add to perfect stem).
Ītalia est terra in Eurōpā. Britannia est terra in Eurōpā. Britannia est īnsula, sed Ītalia est paeninsula. Quamquam Britannia et Ītalia sunt terrae parvae, sunt pulchrae. Sunt silvae et aquae pulchrae in Ītaliā et in Britanniā. Nātūra Ītaliae et Britanniae est bona. Agricolae in Ītaliā et in Britanniā vītās bonās agunt. Incolae vītam bonam in Ītaliā et in Britanniā laudant. Fortūna incolārum bona est in terrīs Eurōpae. In multīs linguīs poetae Eurōpam pulchram cantant.
Vocabulary
agricola, agricolae m farmer
agunt (they) live
aqua, aquae f water
bona good
cantant (they) sing
fortūna, fortūnae f destiny, luck, fortune
incola, incolae mf inhabitant
laudant (they) praise
lingua, linguae f tongue, language
multīs many
natūra, natūrae f nature, substance
paeninsula, paeninsulae f peninsula
parvae small
pulchrae beautiful
quamquam conj although
saepe adv often
silva, silvae f forest, woods
vīta, vītae f life
hic, haec, hoc this
īnsula, īnsulae f island
terra, terrae f a land, a country
-ne (on first word) shows a question
quis, quid who or what
quae who, what, which
ubi where
  • Answer the following questions.
  • If the question is in Latin, answer in Latin.
  • If the question is in English, answer in English.
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Ubi sunt Britannia et Ītalia?

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Suntne Britannia et Ītalia magnae?

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Estne natūra bona in Britanniā et Ītaliā?

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Are these lands well-liked by inhabitants?

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What do the poets sing about?