Practise Translation 1: Orpheus and Eurydice

Practise Translation 1: Orpheus and Eurydice

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the perfect and imperfect tenses by translating a story about a mythical musician and his wife.

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7 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following defines the imperfect tense?
Action happening now
Completed action in the past
Correct answer: Unfinished or repeated action in the past
Q2.
2. Match how to translate the past tense '-ba-' in Latin.
-ed
Correct answer: was/were
Q3.
3. What does 'salutabat' mean?
She greeted.
Correct answer: She was greeting.
Q4.
4. What does 'ambulavit' mean?
Correct answer: She walked.
She was walking.
Q5.
5. Which of these gives the correct sequence and endings for the perfect tense.
Correct answer: i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
i, s, t, imus, tis, erunt
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Q6.
6. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of salutavimus.
Correct answer: greeted
I
was greeting
Correct answer: We
were greeting
You (s)
Q7.
7. Pick TWO answers which together give the correct translation of ambulabatis.
They
walked
Correct answer: were walking
Correct answer: You (pl)
You (s)

7 Questions

Q1.
What does the following Latin noun mean: deus?
dog
Correct answer: god
ground, land
wife
Q2.
What does the following Latin noun mean: terra?
dog
god
Correct answer: ground, land
wife
Q3.
What does the following Latin noun mean: uxor?
dog
god
ground, land
Correct answer: wife
Q4.
What does 'lacrimavit' mean?
Correct answer: she cried
she was crying
Q5.
What does 'timebat' mean?
she feared
Correct answer: she was afraid/fearing
Q6.
What is the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice?
human and god
Correct answer: husband and wife
Q7.
What happened to Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld?
Orpheus and Eurydice left together.
Correct answer: Orpheus turned around to look at Eurydice at the last moment.
Pluto said Orpheus could not take his wife back.

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UnitLatin / The Perfect and Imperfect Tenses