5. Agreement of subject and verb
Sorting Words To have proper subject-verb agreement, you'll need to know if each noun and verb is singular or plural singular āctor servus manet puer agricola clāmat canis fīlius salūtat pater plural āctores sunt servī puerī agricolae currunt canēs dormiunt fīliī patrēs labōrant Now that you know which is which, select a singular noun if the verb is singular. Select the plural noun if the verb is plural. (āctor, āctōrēs) sunt in theātrō āctor āctōrēs (servus, servī) in vīllā manet. servus servī (puer, puerī) in viā clāmat. puer puerī (agricola, agricolae) per urbem currunt. agricola agricolae (canis, canēs) in viā dormiunt. canis canēs (fīlius, fīliī) patrem salūtat. fīlius fīliī (pater, patrēs) in tablīnō labōrant. pater patrēs Matching What English pronoun on the right would be used as a translation or replacement for the word(s) on the left? iūdex he poēta he ego I Sorex et Actius they tū you argentāriī they māter she ego (I) neco nos (we) necamus tu (you) necas vos (y'all) necatis singular nominative noun necat plural nominative noun necant iūdex basilicam (intrant, intrat, intrō, intrās). intrant intrat intrō intrās poēta ad theātrum (ambulō, ambulat, ambulant, ambulās). ambulō ambulat ambulant ambulās ego (sum, est, es, sunt) Metella. sum es est sunt Sorex et Actius (adsum, adsunt, adest, ades). adsum adsunt adest ades cūr tū hodiē in basilicam (veniō, veniunt, venīs, venit)? veniō veniunt venīs venit argentāriī pecūniam (habeō, habēs, habet, habent). habeō habēs habet habent māter cibum (gustat, gustant, gustās, gustō). gustat gustant gustās gustō Fill in the blanks to change the following sentences from singular to plural 1 dominus pecūniam habet. domini pecūniam habent.2 ancilla Grumiōnem dēlectat. ancillae Grumiōnem delectant.3 mercātor agricolam videt. mercatores agricolam vident.4 nūntius in forō clāmat. nuntii in forō clamant.5 iuvenis in theātrum ambulat. iuvenes in theātrum ambulant.6 puer respondet. pueri respondent.7 senex dormit. senes dormiunt.8 coquus cēnam optimam parat. coqui cēnam optimam parant.9 ubi est vīlla? ubi sunt villiae?