Year 7

Practise Translation: The Tiger Queen

Year 7

Practise Translation: The Tiger Queen

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the nominative and accusative even more by translating a fable about a hungry royal tiger and a clever monkey.

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9 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is the definition of nominative?
Object - it receives the verb.
Correct answer: Subject - it does the verb.
Q2.
2. Match the word order of sentences in Latin:
Correct answer: Subject Object Verb
Subject Verb Object
Q3.
3. In Latin, what letter do singular accusatives end in?
-a
Correct answer: -m
-us
Q4.
4. What does 'camelus aquam portat' mean?
Camel water carries.
Correct answer: The camel carries the water.
Q5.
What is the definition of 'ad' ?
in, into
Correct answer: to, towards
Q6.
6. What kind of words are 'ad' and 'in'?
adverbs
nouns
Correct answer: prepositions
Q7.
7. What does 'camelus ad aquam ambulat' mean?
He walks the camel to the water.
Correct answer: The camel walks to the water.
Q8.
8. What does 'camelus cibum ad aquam portat' mean?
The camel carries the food and water.
Correct answer: The camel carries the food to the water.
The camel carries the water to the food.
Q9.
9. (Optional) What is the moral of the fable of the camel and the river?
Try to avoid work if you can.
Correct answer: You cannot avoid necessary work.

9 Questions

Q1.
The nominative is the...?
Object - it receives the verb.
Correct answer: Subject - it does the verb.
Q2.
The accusative is the...?
Correct answer: Object - it receives the verb.
Subject - it does the verb.
Q3.
Sentences in English go?
Subject Object Verb
Correct answer: Subject Verb Object
Q4.
Sentences in Latin go?
Correct answer: Subject Object Verb
Subject Verb Object
Q5.
In Latin, what letter do singular accusatives end in?
-a
Correct answer: -m
-s
-us
Q6.
What does 'tigris simium laudat' mean?
The monkey praises the tiger.
Correct answer: The tiger praises the monkey.
Q7.
What does 'simius tigrem non consumit' mean?
Correct answer: The monkey does not eat the tiger.
The monkey not eats tiger.
The tiger does not eat the monkey.
The tiger not eats monkey.
Q8.
Why does the adjective 'laetus' end in an -a in the sentences 'tigris est laeta'?
It is the accusative form.
Correct answer: It is the feminine form.
Q9.
(Optional) What is the moral of the fable of the tiger queen?
Always lie to people in power.
Correct answer: It doesn't matter what you say to people in power.
Never lie to people in power.