Stage 21 Perfect Passive Participle Intro

​Perfect Passive Participles

Perfect Passive Participles

Study the following sentences:

Memor, a liberto excitatus, iratissimus erat.
Memor, having been awakened by the freedman, was very angry.

thermae, a Romanis aedificatae, maximae erant.
The baths, having been built by the Romans, were very big.

The bold words are perfect passive participles. They come from the 4th principal part of the verb.

Multiple Choice

When looking at the dictionary form of the verb, which principal part is the perfect passive participle?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Multiple Choice

Which is the perfect passive participle?: do, dare, dedi, datum

• datum
• do
• dare
• dedi

Multiple Choice

vir datus

• the man, giving

• the man was given

• the man, having been given

• the men are giving

Multiple Choice

Which is the perfect passive participle?: voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatus

• voco

• vocare

• vocavi

• vocatus

Multiple Choice

ancillae vocatae

• the slave women, having been called

• the slave women are called

• the slave women, calling

• the slave women called

Multiple Choice

Which is the perfect passive participle?: accipio, accipere, accepi, acceptus

• accipio
• accepi
• acceptus
• accipere

Multiple Choice

datum acceptum

• the gift is being received

• the gift, having been received

• the gift does receive

• the gift was received

A participle is used to describe a noun. For instance, in the first example, excitatus describes Memor. Participles change their endings to agree with the nouns they describe. In this way, they behave like adjectives. Compare the following pair of sentences.

singular:
faber, ab architecto laudatus, risit.
The craftsman, having been praised by the architect, smiled.

plural:
fabri, ab architecto laudati, riserunt.
The craftsmen, having been praised by the architect, smiled.

Drag and Drop

Add in the perfect passive participle from the word verbero, verberare, verberavi, verberatus:



servus, a domino ​

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, ex oppido fugit.

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verberatus

verberat

verberabat

verberavisti

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servus, a domino verberatus, ex oppoido fugit.



The slave, ​

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by his master, fled from the town. ​

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after beating

having been beaten

when he was beating

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Add the perfect passive participle from the verb voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatus.



Puella, a matre ​

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, ad forum venit. ​

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voco

vocavit

vocata

Multiple Choice

Which word does vocata modify (describe)?

Puella, a matre vocata, ad forum venit.

• puella

• matre

• forum

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Puella, a matre vocata, ad forum venit.



The girl, ​

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by her mother, came to the forum. ​

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calling after

having been called

who was calling

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Add the perfect passive participle from paro, parare, paravi, paratus?



Cibus, a coquō ​

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, optimus erat

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paratus

parabat

paraveramus

Multiple Choice

Which word does paratus modify (describe)?

Cibus, a coquō paratus, optimus erat.

• cibus

• coquo

• erat

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Cibus, a coquō paratus, optimus erat.



The food, ​

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by the cook, was very good. ​

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being prepared

which was prepared

having been prepared

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Add the perfect passive participle from scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus.



Epistula, a discipulō ​

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, longa erat. ​

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scribus

scriberet

scripta

Multiple Choice

Which word does scripta modify (describe)?

Epistula, a discipulō scripta, longa erat.

• epistula

• discipulo

• erat

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Epistula, a discipulō scripta, longa erat.



The letter, ​

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by the student, was long.

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having been written

is writing

which is being written