Year 8
Year 8

Irregular Verbs: nolo and volo

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn the irregular verbs volo (I want) and nolo (I do not want).
  2. Irregular verbs including imperfect tense

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7 Questions

Q1.
1. Match 'est' to the English translation.
Correct answer: He/she/it is
I am
We are
Q2.
1. Match 'sumus' to the English translation.
He/she/it is
I am
Correct answer: We are
Q3.
2. Match 'eram' to the English translation.
He, she, it was
Correct answer: I was
They were
Q4.
2. Match 'erat' to the English translation.
Correct answer: He, she, it was
I was
They were
Q5.
3. What is the best translation of the following sentence: 'erat villa'?
It was a house.
The house was.
Correct answer: There was a house.
Q6.
4. What is the best translation of the following sentence: 'custodes erant in villa'?
The guards are in the house.
Correct answer: The guards were in the house.
There were guards in the house.
Q7.
5. (Optional) How did Cleopatra get Caesar's help?
She hid a secret message in some food.
Correct answer: She hid in a carpet.
She pretended to be dead.

9 Questions

Q1.
What does 'volo' mean?
He/she/it wants
Correct answer: I want
You (s) want
Q2.
What does 'vult' mean?
Correct answer: He/she/it wants
I want
You (s) want
Q3.
What does 'volebat' mean?
He/she/it wanted
I wanted
Correct answer: You (s) wanted
Q4.
What does 'volumus' mean?
They want
Correct answer: We want
You (pl) want
Q5.
What does 'vultis' mean?
They want
We want
Correct answer: You (pl) want
Q6.
What does 'volunt' mean?
Correct answer: They want
We want
You (pl) want
Q7.
What does the following sentence mean: dicere nolunt.
Correct answer: They do not want to speak.
They want to speak.
Q8.
What does the following sentence mean: scribere volebamus.
We did not want to write.
We do not want to write.
We want to write.
Correct answer: We wanted to write.
Q9.
What does 'visne' mean?
Did you (s) want?
Do you (pl) want?
Correct answer: Do you (s) want?
You (s) want.