Wheelock's Latin 1 - exordium

What is a verb?

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that joins two clauses

• an action word

• the predicate

How does English convey the subject of a verb?

• a noun/pronoun, usually placed before the verb

• a noun/pronoun, usually placed after the verb

• a verb ending

• it doesn't

How many "principal parts" does a Latin verb have in its dictionary entry?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What is the second principal part of a verb called?

• the indicative

• the perfect passive participle

• the infinitive

• the imperative

Which of the following is a first conjugation verb?

• video, vidēre, vidi, visum - to see; observe, understand

• voco, vocāre, vocavi, vocatum - to call, summon

• scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum - to write, compose

• venio, venire, veni, ventum - to come

Which of the following is a second conjugation verb?

• audio, audīire, audivi, auditum - to hear, listen to

• facio, facere, feci, factum - to make, do, accomplish

• habeo, habēre, habui, habitum - to have, hold, possess

• amo, amāre, amavi, amatum - to love

How do we find the present stem of a Latin verb?

• infinitive minus -re

• first part minus -o

• the third part

• the infinitive is the stem

Which Latin personal verb ending signifies the English equivalent of "they"

• -o

• -t

• -mus

• -nt

Which Latin personal verb ending signifies the English equivalent of "you"

• -o

• -s

• -tis

• -nt

Which of the following is NOT a way to translate "monemus"?

• we warn

• we are warning

• we warned

• we do warn