Latin ISEB Revision Guide

Nicholas Oulton read history at Oriel College, Oxford. He founded Galore Park in 1998 and is the author of the So you really want to learn Latin course. Fans of the series will be glad to know that Herodotus,famous for having eaten the first two drafts of the book, was not allowed anywhere near this one.

Introduction LEVEL 1 Verbs: present tense Present infinitive Nouns Nouns: 1st declension Nouns: 2nd declension Subject and objects Nouns like puer and magister Using all cases Adjectives: bonus Agreement of adjectives Adjectives in -er The verb sum = 'to be' sum + complement Prepositions Imperatives The imperfect tense Imperfect of sum Adverbs Subordinate clauses Pronouns The perfect tense Principal parts Questions Golden rules of Latin translation Numbers LEVEL 2 The future tense Future of sum 3rd declension nouns: rex 3rd declension nouns: nomen More on the golden rules of Latin translation The pluperfect tense 3rd declension adjectives Other 3rd declension adjectives Comparison of adjectives Adjectives in -er and -lis: superlative forms Irregular comparisons Pronouns The reflexive pronoun More prepositions Demonstrative pronouns: hic, haec, hoc Demonstrative pronouns: is, ea, id Demonstrative pronouns: ille, illa, illud Prohibitions More irregular verbs: possum and eo More questions: nonne and num Numbers 1-20 LEVEL 3 The passive: present tense The passive: future tense The passive imperfect tense The perfect passive The pluperfect passive 5th declension nouns: res Relative pronoun: qui, quae, quod Relative clauses More pronouns: ipse More pronouns: idem Present participles Total marks: 40 Past participle passive (PPP) Irregular verbs: volo and nolo Irregular verb: fero Expressions of time Expressions of place The imperfect subjunctive Purpose clauses Indirect command Sumbers 20 - 100 A note on dum = while NON-LINGUISTIC STUDIES Greek mythology The city of Rome Domestic life The army and Roman Britain