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National Latin Exam Practice: Latin II
Nōmen: _________________________
Project: Preparing for the National Latin Exam
Introduction
The National Latin Exam will take place on ____________ during ____________ block.
All Latin students at Brookline High School will participate. Top scorers can win certificates,
ribbons, and medals. Top scorers over several years can win special prizes and may be eligible to
win college scholarships. This project will help us to prepare for the National Latin Exam.
Objective
To help us to prepare for the National Latin Exam.
Procedures and Requirements
This project takes place over six nights, not necessarily consecutive:
 Night 1: Do the 2007 NLE on the answer sheet.
 Night 2: Use key to correct 2007 NLE on the answer sheet, and explain corrections.
 Night 3: Do the 2006 NLE on the answer sheet.
 Night 4: Use key to correct 2006 NLE on the answer sheet, and explain corrections.
 Night 5: Do the 2005 NLE on the answer sheet.
 Night 6: Use key to correct 2005 NLE on the answer sheet, and explain corrections.
Other details:
1. You will work on this project at your own pace. Mr. Webb will collect the entire project on
____________ (the day before the National Latin Exam). He will record a completion grade.
2. Obtain answer keys from Mr. Webb.
3. Because the National Latin Exam is given all over the country to students who learn from all
sorts of Latin books, and because all Latin books teach things in different orders, there will be
some concepts on the exam that we have not yet learned. Such grammar concepts are briefly
explain on the reverse. You are responsible for looking at the reverse to prepare yourself.
4. If you score above the national average on the actual National Latin Exam, Mr. Webb will
enter a 100% grade in the Translation category. If you do not score above the national
average, nothing will happen – there is no risk – but possibly a big reward for preparing well!
Grading
2007 exam: complete (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
2007 exam: completely corrected and explained (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
2006 exam: complete (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
2006 exam: completely corrected and explained (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
2005 exam: complete (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
2005 exam: completely corrected and explained (10 pts) / partial (5 pts)
TOTAL
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__________ / 60 pts
National Latin Exam Practice
Nōmen: _________________________
Special National Latin Exam Knowledge
for Latin II
I. future tense: (In our book, this is a Latin III concept.)
A. first and second conjugation verbs form future with a B like this:
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
singular
labōrābō (I will work)
labōrābis (you will work)
labōrābit (he/she/it will work)
plural
labōrābimus (we will work)
labōrābitis (y’all will work)
labōrabunt (they will work)
B. the other conjugations form future with an AM or an E like this:
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
singular
ponam (I will place)
ponēs (you will place)
ponet (he/she/it will place)
plural
ponēmus (we will place)
ponētis (y’all will place)
ponent (they will place)
C. here is the future tense of sum, esse, fuī
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
singular
erō (I will be)
eris (you will be)
erit (he/she/it will be)
plural
erimus (we will be)
eritis (y’all will be)
erunt (they will be)
- Just remember this chant (ask Mr. Webb to chant it for you) – “for conjugations one and two,
it’s bo, bi, bi, bi, bi, bu; for conjugations four and three, the first is ‘a,’ the rest are ‘e’”
II. infinitives: (In our book, this is a Latin III concept.)
A. Besides the standard infinitive that we know, Latin has others too:
present
perfect
future
amāre (to love)
amāvisse (to have loved)
amātūrus esse (to be about to love)
amārī (to be loved)
amātus esse (to have been loved)
III. passive: (In our book, this is a Latin III concept.)
In a passive verb, the subject is NOT doing anything. Rather, something is happening TO the
subject.
st
1 person
2nd person
3rd person
singular
amor (I am being loved)
amāris (you are being loved)
amātur (he/she/it is being loved)
plural
amāmur (we are being loved)
amāminī (y’all are being loved)
amantur (they are being loved)
IV. participles: (We will learn about the new participle in Latin III.)
A. We have learned two kinds of participles:
The present participle has an -NS or -NTamāns or amantem (loving)
The perfect participle is the 4th principal part of the verb:
amātus (having been loved)
B. But there is another kind too:
The future participle is the 4th principal part with a -ŪR- (think future) added inside:
amātūrus (about to love)
V. knowledge about culture, mythology, and history: While we have learned much about the
culture, mythology, and history of the ancient Romans, it is hard to know exactly what from
those areas will be on the National Latin Exam. I have attached the NLE SYLLABUS to this
document. But, if you really want to OWN the National Latin Exam, you might want to read one
short, good book about one of these topics: ask Mr. Webb for details; he has these books in his
classroom.
 READ A BOOK + SHORT SUMMARY = EXTRA GRADE IN THE CULTURAL
KNOWLEDGE CATEGORY!
WANT MORE PRACTICE?
Example:
Try the NLE practice website/app:
quiz.nle.org