Year 8

Practise Translation: Ulysses and Circe

Year 8

Practise Translation: Ulysses and Circe

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise neuters by translating a story about the Greek hero Odysseus, or Ulysses, and the witch Circe.

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7 Questions

Q1.
1. What is the first rule about the neuter gender in Latin?
The nominative and accusative are always the different.
Correct answer: The nominative and accusative are always the same.
Q2.
2. How do neuter nominative and accusative plurals end?
Correct answer: -a
-ae
-s
Q3.
3. Which of these 3rd declension neuters mean 'body'?
caput, capit-
Correct answer: corpus, corpor-
Q4.
4. Which THREE of the following nouns are neuter?
amicus
Correct answer: caput
Correct answer: donum
femina
Correct answer: signum
urbs
Q5.
5. Which THREE of the following nouns are neuter plural?
Correct answer: capita
Correct answer: dona
donum
puella
Correct answer: signa
villa
Q6.
6. Which is the correct translation of the following sentence: verba audio?
I hear the word.
Correct answer: I hear the words.
Q7.
7. Which is the correct translation of the following sentence: templum visito?
Correct answer: I visit the temple.
I visit the temples.

8 Questions

Q1.
1. What is the first rule about the neuter gender in Latin?
The nominative and accusative are always different.
Correct answer: The nominative and accusative are always the same.
Q2.
2. How do neuter nominative and accusative plurals end?
Correct answer: -a
-ae
-es
-s
Q3.
Match the following nouns to their translation: caput, capit-
body
companion, comrade
Correct answer: head
Q4.
Match the following nouns to their translation: comes, comit-
body
Correct answer: companion, comrade
head
Q5.
Match the following nouns to their translation: corpus, corpor-
Correct answer: body
companion, comrade
head
Q6.
4. Which of these three nouns is NOT neuter?
caput
Correct answer: comes
corpus
Q7.
5. Which THREE of the following nouns are neuter plural?
Correct answer: capita
Correct answer: corpora
femina
Correct answer: verba
villa
Q8.
Why did Ulysses' companion Gryllus want to remain a pig?
He didn't want to endure more adventures with Ulysses.
Correct answer: He found animal life more civil.
He was always dirty anyway.