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 ____ 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

• 2nd conjugation

• ēre

• 4th conjugation

• are

• 3rd conjugation

• ire

• 1st 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 not want

• possum, posse, potui

• to be able

• nolo, nolle, nolui

• to be

• volo, velle, volui

• to want

• sum, esse, fui

Place the following verbs into their correction conjugation:

Groups:

(a) 1st conjugation

,

(b) 2nd conjugation

,

(c) 3rd conjugation

,

(d) 4th conjugation

• salire

• amittere

• sentire

• venire

• fugere

• laudare

• gustare

• debēre

• mittere

• amare

• natare

• aperire

• petere

• tacēre

• capere

• iacēre

• manēre

• clamare

• habēre

• audire

Match the following Latin to the correct English translation.

• y'all are

• non vult

• we can/we are able

• estis

• I want

• volo

• he/she/it doesn't want

• possumus

Match the following Latin to the correct English translation:

• we don't want

• sunt

• I am

• nolumus

• they want

• volunt

• they are

• sum

• he/she/it can/is able

• potest