1. The following are the sentences from the pictures at the beginning of Stage 6. Pay attention to the tense of the verb. Imperfect and Perfect Practice

2. I’m not kidding! Translate the sentence from Latin to English BEFORE you click to see the translation.

3. The slaves were walking through the street. (nom plural + imperfect tense AND viam is the OOP of per) servī per viam ambulābant.

4. Suddenly a dog barked. Subito is an adverb. From what principal part does latravit come? canis subito latrāvit.

5. Grumio was fearing the dog. Yes, it is okay to say, “Grumio was afraid of the dog.” Right now, though, think about how I want you to get used to translating the imperfect! Grumio canem timēbat.

6. “Pest!”, shouted the cook. It is okay to say, “the cook shouted.” Either way works. For those of you in certamen, did you spot that pestis is in the vocative case? “pestis!” clamāvit coquus.

7. Clemens was brave. It is okay to translate fortis as strong – whatever you think better fits the situation. erat is imperfect, but it does not have – ba in it. Remember, the verb to be is an irregular verb, and it does not follow all the rules! Clemens erat fortis.

8. But the dog overpowered / overcame / conquered the slave. sed canis servum superāvit.

9. Quintus was walking through the street. Quintus per viam ambulābat.

10. The youth heard the shout / uproar. Apparently, there is some sort of Bat-signal in Pompeii. iuvenis clamorem audīvit.

11. The dog was bothering Clemens. We get the English word vex from vexare. If you don’t know the word, look it up. Be sure to use it at least once over break! canis Clementem vexābat.

12. Quintus hit the dog. I know. I don’t approve of violence against animals either, but it was attacking Clemens. Quintus canem pulsāvit.

13. The slaves were happy. Look at the number, gender, and case of laeti. Why? Remember that adjectives must agree with their nouns in number, gender, and case. Why is laeti in that case? servī erant laetī. Predicate nominative

14. The slaves praised Quintus. Eugepae! Quintus is a hero! servī Quintum laudāvērunt.

15. Subject + Direct Object + Verb Nominative + Accusative + Verb These sentences showed a simple Latin sentence structure. The book wants you to focus on verb tense – not sentence structure. Refer back to these sentences when you want to think about how/why the imperfect and perfect are used.