Revision requirements in order of priority For Source
1. Vocabulary, including principal parts of verbs, genitives Papers Lists given
of nouns and genitives or nominatives of the three genders 1, 2, 3 & 4
of adjectives.
e.g. porto portare portavi portatus carry
leo leonis lion
ingens ingentis huge
bonus bona bonum good
2. Word for word translation of set text passages; practice Papers Set Text ex
questions and answers; background information in textbook. 3 & 4 bks;
3. Conjugation of Verbs. Paper 1,2 C.L.C. V
114 – 125
4. Declension of nouns and adjectives. Paper 1,2 104 – 113
5. Pronouns. Paper 1,2 110 -113
6. Syntax (construction of sentences). Paper 1,2 126 -134
Short Cuts
There is no short cut as regards priorities 1 and 2 above. The vocabulary and the set texts
need to be learnt very well. Suggestion for last minute revision: read through English
translations of set texts the evening before, or the morning before the exam.
As regards conjugation of verbs and declension of nouns and adjectives, around 70% of
the occurances in Paper 1,2 are covered by the attached sheets. You also need to look
carefully at C.L.C. V, pp. 118 – 119, 116 – 118, 120 -121, 124 -135.
Likely Frequency of Verbs in Paper 1 and 2 - Last Minute Revision
Prioritise your last minute revision of verbs using this table. One main point is that very few are likely to be passive.
Frequent Some Few Very Few
Perfect portavit Pluperfect Present portat Passive portabatur
dixit portaverat Subjunctive portaret portatus est
Imperfect portabat Present Participles portavisset Future portabit, dicet
portans portantis Present Infinitive portabitur, dicetur
(= carrying) portare (= to carry) Perfect Infinitives
Perfect Participles portari (to be carried) portavisse (to have c`d)
portatus -a -um Deponents (Passive in portatus esse (to have
=(having been) form – Active meaning) been carried)
carried conatur (= he tries) Imperatives porta
secutus est (he followed) portate (= Carry !)