This set of exercises can be used on its own or in conjunction with other Latin courses to provide all the practice a pupil will need when preparing for Common Entrance or Level 1 entrance exams. The book features extensive material for translation from English to Latin and Latin to English, brief grammatical information to accompany the exercises and a complete vocabulary list for Level 1. Please note this textbook was previously titled Ab Initio I. -Endorsed by ISEB - Can be used on its own or in conjunction with other Latin courses to consolidate Level 1 material - Ideal for preparation for Latin Common Entrance and Level 1 entrance exams - Features extensive practice in comprehension and translation both from English to Latin and Latin to English so that pupils can master Level 1 Latin - A complete vocabulary list for Level 1 is included at the back to serve as a checklist for pupils Suitable for ISEB 13+ Common Entrance exams up to and including Summer 2014.

 

 

There are 176 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Hodder Education .

Bob Bass taught at prep schools in Somerset, Kenya and Sussex before moving in 1987 to Orwell Park, Ipswich, where he is Head of Classics and Senior Master. He has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Classics Teaching and on the Council of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers. For twelve years he edited the SATIPS Classics Broadsheet, and was for twenty years IAPS' Subject Leader and then Subject Adviser in Classics. He is the Chief Setter of ISEB's Common Entrance and Common Academic Scholarship Latin papers, proof-reader for their Greek papers, and an IGCSE examiner. The author of various Latin and Greek resources targeted at young learners, he was awarded an MBE in 2016.

This book has the following chapters: CONTENTS Introduction CHAPTER 1 What is Latin? Verbs Present tense - first conjulation - amo Vocabulary 1A The Persons Vocabulary 1B Hidden subjects in English CHAPTER 2 People in Latin People doing things Capital letters Grammar check 1 Present tense - second conjugation - moneo Vocabulary 2 Revision: the persons CHAPTER 3 Plural nouns Vocabulary 3 Nouns and verbs CHAPTER 4 Subjects and objects Vocabulary 4 The six cases CHAPTER 5 Reminder about verb terminology Revision: nouns and verbs cur? and quod Vocabulary 5 Singulars and plurals Reminder about verbs CHAPTER 6 Vocabulary 6 Grammr check 2 Plural objects in -as Revision: verbs Vocabulary check CHAPTER 7 Vocabulary 7A Conjunctions Sum-present tense Vocabulary 7B CHAPTER 8 Revision: verbs Present tense - third and fourth conjugations - rego and audio Vocabulary 8 Open questions using -ne CHAPTER 9 The cases 1st declension: all cases Vocabulary 9A Grammar check 3 Vocabulary 9B Revision: nouns and verbs Summary of verbs met so far CHAPTER 10 Vocabulary 10A 2nd declension: dominus Vocabulary 10B Dominus: all cases Recognising all the cases CHAPTER 11 Vocabulary 11A Puer and magister Prepositions Vocabulary 11B To and With Revision: verbs CHAPTER 12 Vocabulary 12A ego, tu, nos and vos Neuter nouns Vocabulary 12B Revision: first and second declension nouns Noun check CHAPTER 13 Vocabulary 13A Adjectives Vocabulary 13B Revision: nouns and verbs CHAPTER 14 Vocabulary 14A Imperatives Numbers Vocabulary 14B Grammar check 4 Revision: adjectives, nouns and verbs CHAPTER 15 Vocabulary 15A Infinitives Miser and pulcher Vocabulary 15B Verb check CHAPTER 16 Imperfect tense Vocabulary 16 Revision: nouns and verbs CHAPTER 17 Vocabulary 17 Perfect tense - first conjugation Perfect tence - second conjugation Grammar check 5 CHAPTER 18 Perfect tense - third conjugation Perfect tense - fourth conjugation Perfect tense - sum Perfect tense - summary Principal parts of verbs Revision: adjectives, nouns and verbs Adverb check CHAPTER 19 Irregular perfect tenses CHAPTER 20 Conjunction check CHAPTER 21 Summary of present, imperfect and perfect tenses Grammr check 6 Test 1 (Chapter 7) Test 2 (Chapter 11) Test 3 (Chapter 14) Test 4 (Chapter 18) Test 5 (Chapter 21) Grammar summary Vocabulary: Latin: English Vocabulary English: Latin