Latin for Beginners · Lesson XXXIV · Part 6: The perfect tenses
34. Review of the active voice
Goal: Your child gives the principal parts and a full active synopsis of the verbs learned so far.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- The special vocabulary page for this lesson (near the back of the book; the lesson tells you the page)
- A notebook for Latin, and a pencil
- Index cards for new words (optional)
What's in the book
A summary of how all six active tenses are formed, a model synopsis of amō, principal parts of many verbs for review, and the end of the Perseus story.
The lesson, step by step
The big picture
Section 197 shows how every active tense is built: present and perfect are principal parts; imperfect and future come from the present stem; pluperfect and future perfect from the perfect stem. Copy this little chart into the notebook.
A model synopsis
Section 198 gives the synopsis of amō, beginning:
amō, amāre, amāvī
then amō, amābam, amābō, amāvī, amāveram, amāverō, the imperative amā, and the infinitives amāre and amāvisse. Your child does the same for parō and videō.
Principal parts
Section 199 lists principal parts of the verbs you have had. The book says the perfect is the only new part to learn. Read them aloud in groups and test each other.
Vocabulary
From the special vocabulary for Lesson XXXIV:
celeriter, quickly
dēnique, finally
subitō, suddenly
and reportō, bring back; win, gain.
The story ends
Read "Perseus and Andromeda (Concluded)" in section 200. The book asks you to explain each perfect and imperfect. Then read the whole story from the beginning.
Wrap up
Your child retells the Perseus story in English.
Afterwards
Principal parts need daily review. Five minutes a day with cards is enough.