Tuesday, May 27, 2014

There is no homework for Thursday, because there is a TEST on chapters 28-29 on Thursday! Seniors, this will serve as your final exam, and you will have at least one noun declension and several verb conjugations to do.

What you need to know:

the relative pronoun chart
how to pick the correct relative pronoun
how to combine two sentences into one, longer sentence containing a relative clause (what we practiced on Tuesday in class)
vocabulary and principal parts for chapters 28 and 29
how to translate the two stories




Here are some practice activities:

Combine the two sentences, using a relative pronoun. The English equivalent is given for you.

Example:

Servī sellās ad tabernam portābant.
Taberna prope Forum est.

Servī sellās ad tabernam, quae est prope Forum, portābant.
Slaves were carrying the sedan chairs to the shop, which is near the Forum.

Ancillae fabulās narrābant.
    Fabulae līberōs terrēbant.


The slavewomen were telling stories that scared the children.


Nōmen ancillae novae est Elissa.
     Syra et Phrygia ancillam novam salūtant.


Syra and Phrygia greet the new slavewoman, whose name is Elissa.


Canēs latrābant ferociter.
     Servī cum canibus currēbant.


The dogs, with whom/which the slaves were running, were barking fiercely.

Vīlla est sub quibusdam arboribus.
     Vīllam ancillae purgant.


The country house, which the slavewomen clean, is under some trees.

Senātōrēs vīdī.
     Senātōrēs ē Curiā exierant.


I saw the senators who had come out of the Senate House.

Multī cīvēs praeclārī in sepulcra sunt.
     Sepulcra Mārcus et Sextus cōnspexērunt.


Many well-known citizens are in the tombs that Marcus and Sextus spotted.


Click here for the answers.