Irregular Verbs and Conjugations

What is a verb?

• an action word

• a state of being

• a person, place, thing, or idea

• a descriptive word

A conjugation is a _______________.

• category of similar-ending verbs.

• category of similar-ending nouns

• an ending that shows what a word does in the sentence

• an ending that shows when in time an action occurs

There are (a)   conjugations.

What is an infinitive?

• an infinitive is the simplest form of a verb. It usually translates as "to ____"

• a principal part that shows the stem for the future tense

• an ending that shows when in time an action occurred

• a verbal adjective that is translated as "____ing"

Identify the ending that goes with the correct conjugation.

• ere

• 1st conjugation

• ēre

• 3rd conjugation

• ire

• 2nd conjugation

• are

• 4th conjugation

True or False: the macron (accent) only matters to determine the 2nd and 3rd conjugation.

• True

• False

Match the following verbs to their correction translation:

• to be

• sum, esse, fui

• to not want

• volo, velle, volui

• to want

• possum, posse, potui

• to be able

• nolo, nolle, nolui

Place the following verbs into their correction conjugation:

Groups:

(a) 1st conjugation

,

(b) 2nd conjugation

,

(c) 3rd conjugation

,

(d) 4th conjugation

• aperire

• audire

• mittere

• salire

• habēre

• gustare

• fugere

• iacēre

• amare

• tacēre

• petere

• debēre

• clamare

• capere

• sentire

• natare

• manēre

• amittere

• laudare

• venire

Match the following Latin to the correct English translation.

• I want

• estis

• y'all are

• non vult

• he/she/it doesn't want

• volo

• we can/we are able

• possumus

Match the following Latin to the correct English translation:

• we don't want

• sunt

• they want

• volunt

• he/she/it can/is able

• potest

• I am

• sum

• they are

• nolumus