Essential GCSE Latin

ISBN-13: 9781350003804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str.

John Taylor

Opis

Essential GCSE Latin is a practical and accessible guide for students. This third edition is updated for the OCR GCSE (9-1) specification (first assessment 2018). It covers all the linguistic requirements for GCSE Latin, providing straightforward and helpful explanations of every grammatical construction. Each point is illustrated with examples and practice sentences (650 in all). With an easily navigable structure and generous cross-referencing, Essential GCSE Latin concentrates on understanding principles and patterns, reducing the need for rote learning. Concise and clear, it is ideal for those on a reduced timetable, or as a supporting grammar and exercise textbook alongside other Latin courses. As a revision guide it provides a fast but comprehensive recap of the language. The book includes a full GCSE vocabulary and a glossary of grammar terms for quick and easy reference. Fifteen practice passages for unseen translation are followed by five complete practice GCSE papers, and additional exercises for the optional English-Latin sentences. The new edition is supported by a companion website with answer keys and further resources, and is endorsed by OCR.

Spis treści

PrefaceList of abbreviationsGlossary of grammar termsThe importance of word endingsNominative case; Vocative case; Accusative case; Genitive case; Dative case; Ablative caseDeclension and gender; First declension nouns; Second declension nouns; Third declension nouns; Fourth and fifth declension nounsAdjectives; Agreement of nouns and adjectives; Comparative adjectives; Superlative adjectives; Irregular comparative and superlative adjectivesAdverbs; Comparative and superlative adverbsPronouns; Personal pronouns; Possessives; This and That; Self and Same; Relative pronoun (who, which) and clause; Less common pronounsPrepositions; Prefixes and compound verbs; ConjunctionsVerbs and conjugations; Present tense; Imperfect tense; Future tense; Infinitive The verb to be; Principal parts; Perfect tense; Common irregular perfect tenses; Pluperfect tense; Future perfect tenseVery irregular verbs; Defective and impersonal verbsActive and passive; Present, imperfect and future passive; Agent and instrument; Perfect, pluperfect and future perfect passive; Passive infinitiveDeponent verbs; Semi-deponent verbsDirect commands; Direct questionsNumerals; Time expressions; Time clausesBecause and although clauses; If clauses (conditionals)Connecting relativePresent active participle; Perfect passive participle; Common irregular perfect passive participles; Perfect active participle (from deponent verbs); Future active participle; Disentangling participles; Ablative absolute; GerundivesIndirect statement; Imperfect subjunctive; Purpose clauses; Use of qui for purpose; Indirect commands; Result clauses; Verbs of fearing; Time clauses with imperfect subjunctive; Pluperfect subjunctive; Cum clauses; Indirect questionsNegativesTranslating complex sentencesImportant words with more than one meaningWords easily confusedSummary of uses of the subjunctivePractice passages for unseen translationVocabularyIndex

O autorze

John Taylor was for many years Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK, and now teaches Classics at Manchester University, UK. He is author of Greek to GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016) and Greek Beyond GCSE (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), co-author of Writing Greek (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011) and Greek Stories (new edition, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), and also author or co-author of a number of Latin textbooks.