GRAMMATICAL TERMS
Grammatical Term Meaning/Possible Responses ( in italics )
Part of Speech What type of word is it? Verb / Noun / Adjective / Adverb / Preposition / Conjunction / Interjection
Sentence A sentence says something about something. It consists of a subject and a predicate
Subject What the sentence is about.
Predicate What is said about the subject.
VERBS Conjugation There are 4 types of Latin verbs, known as the 4 conjugations. They can be distinguished by examining the 2nd principal part:
1st = AM AM RE AM V AM TUM 2nd = MONE MONRE MONU MONITUM 3rd = DUC DUCERE DUX DUCTUM 4th = AUDI AUDRE AUDV AUDTUM
Person Who is the doer of an active verb or receiver of a passive verb? Singular plural first = I WE second = YOU YOU third = HE, SHE, IT THEY
Number One or more? Singular / Plural
Tense What time frame is the verb? Present / Imperfect / Future / Perfect / Pluperfect / Future Perfect
Voice Is the subject doing or receiving the action of the verb? Active or Passive
Mood In what manner is the action conceived? Indicative / Subjunctive / Imperative / Infinitive / Participle
Vocab of Grammar Appendiz Tuesday, September 22, 1998 NOUNS Declension There are 5 types of Latin nouns known as the 5 declensions. They can be distinguished by their genitive singular form.
1st = PUELLA, PUELLAE 2nd = DOMINUS, DOMIN 3rd = DUX, DUCIS 4th = GRADUS, GRADS 5th = RS, R
Case Nominative / Genitive / Dative / Accusative / Ablative / Vocative / Locative
Number Singular or Plural
Gender Is the noun Masculine / Feminine / Neuter ?
Function Examine the sentence. How is the noun in question being used? Subject / Direct Object / Indirect Object / Possession / Object of Preposition / Direct Address
PRONOUN
Referent A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The Referent is the noun which it replaces. Callan loves Cassie. He gave her a rose on Valentine’s Day. HE = Callan; HER = Cassie
Antecedent The noun upon which a relative clause depends. Have you seen the girl to whom Dick gave the rose? Antecedent = girl
New Ritchies Appendix Vocab of Grammar - color Tuesday, September 22, 1998