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Worksheets3rd Declension Adjectives
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How can you tell when any noun or adjective belongs to the 3rd declension?
a)
It has 3 nominative forms, one for each gender.
b)
It has a genitive singular that ends in -is
c)
Some are i-stems.
d)
All are i-stems.
2.
Where does the stem of a 3rd declension adjective come from?
a)
The second form in the order you learn them.
b)
The first form in the order you learn them.
c)
Its masculine nominative form.
d)
It's feminine nominative or its genitive form.
3.
Neuter adjectives of the 3rd declension have what two forms that are always identical?
a)
accusative and ablative
b)
nominative and accusative
c)
dative and ablative plural
d)
genitive singular and nominative plural
4.
For adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declension, which forms do dictionaries provide?
a)
nominative and genitive singular
b)
nominative singular and plural
c)
masculine, feminine, and neuter nominative singular
d)
It depends on how many "terminations" the adjective has.
5.
For adjectives of the 3rd declension, which forms do dictionaries provide?
a)
They always give you the nominatives; you might have to infer the genitive
b)
nominative and genitive singular
c)
nominative singular and plural
d)
masculine, feminine, and neuter nominative singular
6.
malus, mala, malum
Which declension?
Which declension?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
1st and 2nd
7.
ācer, ācris, ācre
Which declension?
Which declension?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
1st and 2nd
8.
bonus, bona, bonum
Which declension?
Which declension?
a)
1st and 2nd
b)
3rd
c)
4th
d)
Impossible to tell.
9.
celeber, celebris, celebre
What declension?
What declension?
a)
1st and 2nd
b)
3rd
c)
4th
d)
Impossible to say.
10.
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum
What declension?
What declension?
a)
1st and 2nd
b)
3rd
c)
It varies.
d)
Impossible to say.
11.
Every 3rd declension adjective has what genitive singular ending?
a)
-ae
b)
-i
c)
-is
d)
It varies
12.
All adjectives are either:
1st and 2nd declension
or
3rd declension
1st and 2nd declension
or
3rd declension
a)
Verum
b)
Falsum
13.
The defining feature of 3rd declension adjectives is
a)
their apparently random nominatives.
b)
their genitives that end in -is.
c)
their various genders.
d)
their changing stems.
14.
3rd declension adjectives take essentially the same endings as 3rd declension nouns.
a)
Verum
b)
Falsum
15.
An adjective that belongs to the 1st declension automatically belongs also to the 2nd declension.
a)
Verum
b)
Falsum
16.
An adjective that belongs to the 3rd declension belongs to the 3rd declension alone. Always.
a)
Verum
b)
Falsum
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