Year 7

Practise Translation: Aeneas Flees Troy

Year 7

Practise Translation: Aeneas Flees Troy

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the perfect and imperfect tenses by translating a story of a Trojan hero, his family and his destiny.

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9 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following defines the perfect tense?
Action happening now
Correct answer: Completed action in the past
Unfinished or repeated action in the past
Q2.
2. How do you translate Latin verbs which end with '-ba-'?
-ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q3.
3. What are the four stems for the perfect tense?
q u x s
v i x s
v u x p
Correct answer: v u x s
Q4.
4. How do you translate Latin verbs with these endings?
Correct answer: -ed
was/were
Q5.
5. What does 'dixi' mean?
Correct answer: I said.
I was saying.
Q6.
6. What does 'habui' mean?
Correct answer: I had.
I was having.
Q7.
7. What is the Latin for 'I ate'?
consumebam.
consumo.
Correct answer: consumpsi.
Q8.
8. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the perfect tense.
i, is, t, imus, itis, int
Correct answer: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Q9.
9. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of scripserunt.
He, she, it
Correct answer: They
was/were writing
write
Correct answer: wrote

10 Questions

Q1.
What does the following Latin noun mean: silva?
city
silver
Correct answer: wood
Q2.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: pono
I have
I hold
I lead
Correct answer: I put, place
I say
Q3.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: teneo
I have
Correct answer: I hold
I lead
I put, place
I say
Q4.
Match the following Latin verb to its correct translation: duco
I have
I hold
Correct answer: I lead
I put, place
I say
Q5.
What FOUR letters indicate the perfect tense?
e
q
Correct answer: s
t
Correct answer: u
Correct answer: v
Correct answer: x
Q6.
What does 'conspexit' mean?
Correct answer: she noticed
she was noticing
Q7.
What does 'timuit' mean?
Correct answer: she feared
she was afraid/fearing
Q8.
What does 'ponebat' mean?
she placed
Correct answer: she was placing
Q9.
What is the relationship between Aeneas and Creusa?
father and son
Correct answer: husband and wife
Q10.
What was Aeneas' destiny?
to destroy Greece
Correct answer: to found Rome
to re-build Troy