Wheelock's 18 Test Review PV

"Passive" comes from the Latin verb "patior, pati, passus" meaning

• to pass

• to eat, consume

• to suffer, endure

• to cry, plead

sort the English verbs by active or passive

Groups:

(a) Active

,

(b) Passive

• he rules

• to give

• to be freed

• she will be led

• we saved

• she will lead

• we were saved

• to be given

• to free

• he is ruled

Match the passive voice endings with the pronouns they indicate

• she

• r

• we

• mur

• you

• ris

• I

• mini

• y'all

• tur

Match the passive voice endings with their corresponding active voice

• -mur

• -o

• -r

• -s

• -tur

• -t

• -ris

• -nt

• -ntur

• -mus

Match the translations

• they are saved

• servari

• to be saved

• servantur

• he is saved

• servare

• to save

• servat

• he saves

• servatur

Match the endings with the best translations

• was being verbed

• batur

• was verbing

• bitur

• will verb

• bit

• will be verbed

• bat

Haec urbs ā tyrannō dēlēbātur;

• this city will destroy the tyrant

• These tyrants were destroying the city

• these cities will be destroyed by tyrants

• This city was destriyed by the tyrant

Haec urbs ā tyrannō dēlēbātur: ID the ablative of agent

• Haec

• urbs

• a tyranno

sort the ablative of agent vs. ablative of means

Groups:

(a) Abl of Agent

,

(b) Abl of Means

• by the tyrant

• ab amicis

• armis

• a Caesare

• by the citizens

• pecunia

• with a sword

• by laws

A person that does the action in a passive voice sentences in Latin

• ablative of means

• ablative of agent

• ablative of time

• dative of possession