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Instructions: Download the PDF file here. (Need help?) then, you may print & cut out the 'flash cards' or copy the tabled diagram (for the front and back sides of each 'flash card') onto some construction paper or 2x5 index cards. The cards should look something like this:
| Front | Back |
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| Arripio Infinitive: Conjugation: Vowel Before 'ba': 1st Person sing. imperfect tense: English Meaning: |
Arripio Infinitive: arripere Conjugation: 3rd -io Vowel(s) Before 'ba': -ie 1st Person sing. imperfect tense: arripiebam English Meaning: I was snatching |
Instructions: Make a wheel out of cardboard or posterboard and divide it into 12 divisions. (Hint: a disc is 360 degrees divided into 12 sections of 30 degrees each.) Next, make a cardboard pointer and anchor it to the center of the wheel with a brass fastener that will enable it to spin freely. (Most of these items can be found at your local office supply store.) Label every other division as Imperfect, alternating with Imperative, Perfect or Present in the other divisions. There should be a total of six (6) slices for Imperfect and two (2) each for Perfect, Present and Imperative. You can increase the interest by assigning point values of '1', '2', or '3' to each of the different divisions. Create flash cards with a Latin sentence on the front side and inscribe all four options for the missing Latin verb, on the back side.
Each player takes a turn at spinning the wheel and drawing a flash card, as described below. Depending on where the pointer stops, the player has to supply the correct form of the missing Latin verb whose infinitive is given. Award points for correct answers! The player with the most points gained after everyone has had, at least, eight (8) turns, wins the game!
| 1. Ancillae magnum domum__________ (curare). | 17. Magni canes nostri in silva lupum__________(petere). |
| 2. Aurelia inquit, "Ego ipsa Cornelio epistulam__________(mittere)". | 18. Nos__________(ridere) quod laeti__________(esse). Double Points! |
| 3. Auxilium, Syrus, statim__________(ferre). | 19. Nos ab domo__________(abesse). |
| 4. Canis a mensa cibum__________(arripere). | 20. Nos pueri ad silvam__________(ire). |
| 5. Cistas, fatue, in raedam non__________(iacere). | 21. Nuntius ad Cornelium epistulas__________(ferre). |
| 6. Cornelia in villa__________(manere). | 22. Omnes tu servi hodie in agris__________(laborare). |
| 7. Cornelii ad urbem iter__________(facere). | 23. Raeda in fossa__________(cadere). |
| 8. Cornelius ab urbe__________(abesse). | 24. Raedarius equos perterritos__________(curare). |
| 9. Cornelius in magna villa__________(sedere). | 25. Sextus domum__________(currere). |
| 10. Duae puellae in horto__________(sedere). | 26. Syrus ad equos in magna voce__________(clamare). |
| 11. Ego__________(tacere) ubi princeps__________(dicere). Double Points! | 27. Tu in rivum heri__________(cadere). |
| 12. Flavia ad Corneliam__________(clamare). | 28. Tu, Flavia, totum diem domi__________(esse). |
| 13. Geta ab villa__________(abesse) et canes eum__________(petere). Double Points! | 29. Vilicus sub arborem dormire non__________(posse). |
| 14. Illi servi novi me__________(impedire). | 30. Vos ad urbem ire__________(nolle). |
| 15. Lupi feroces in agris__________(currere). | 31. Vos omnes de Sexto__________(audire). |
| 16. Magister pueros ignavos__________(verberare). | 32. Flavia dicit, "Ubi Cornelia__________(ire), ego__________(dormire)." Double Points! |
Instructions: For this game, adapt a gameboard from any of your favorite board game. Make flash cards with the following sentences (listed below) in English. 2x3 note cards work well. Use the highest roll of the dice to determine who takes the first turn. Shuffle the cards and draw. The player must identify the tense of the verb in the sentence: Present? Perfect? Imperfect?
| The Latin imperfect can be conveyed in English as: | Example: | |
| • used to__________ | I used to carry | |
| • kept on__________ing | I kept on carrying | |
| • was/were__________ing | I was carrying | |
| • began to__________ | I began to carry | |
| The Latin perfect can be conveyed in English as: | Example: | |
| • did__________ | I did carry | |
| • have__________ | I have carried | |
| • __________ed | I carried | |
| The Latin present can be conveyed in English as: | Example: | |
| • __________ | I carry | |
| • am/are__________ing | I am carrying | |
| • do__________ | I do carry | |
If correct, the player advances one place on the gameboard. If incorrect, no penalty is called and the turn goes to the next player on the left. The first player to reach 'home', wins the game. Additional rules:
What Latin Tense Makes Sense - A Sample Game For You To Try:
| Sentences for Flash Cards: | |
| 1. A carraige stays in the ditch. | 12. The carraige stayed in the ditch. |
| 2. A dog has approached the family with caution. | 13. The coachman did shout in a loud voice. |
| 3. A slave began to work in the field. | 14. The Cornelians are driving to Rome. |
| 4. Cornelia was approaching the dog with caution. | 15. The voices of the senators frighten the slave. |
| 5. Drive slowly, Syrus. | 16. They do hinder me with all this work. |
| 6. He has run all the way home. | 17. They have heard about Sextus. |
| 7. He was walking the dog. | 18. We don't wander in the fields. |
| 8. I used to fall over that stump. | 19. We kept on shouting. |
| 9. Marcus used to run in the fields. | 20. Were you sleeping? |
| 10. Sextus kept on shouting. | 21. Who is looking at the peasants? |
| 11. She was shouting to her mother. | 22. Why have you sent that letter? |
Click here for the KEY to the Latin Tense Sample Game.
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