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Who/what is doing or being in each sentence? Which word shows the
action or state of being in each sentence?

The WHO/WHAT in each sentence is the SUBJECT NOUN.
The action or state of being in each sentence is the VERB.

WHO/WHAT? Subject words in Latin

In the following sentences, identify WHO/WHAT is doing the action or is in
the state of being.

1.

Ego sum Sabina.

2.

Pater meus est Faustus.

3.

Popina est in Suburā.

4.

Tu dormīs?

5.

Ego non lego.

6.

Tu legis.

7.

Sabina legit.

8.

Tu es mendax.

9.

Ego in cellā non laboro.

Action or state of being? Verbs in Latin

In the following sentences, identify the word showing action or state of
being.

1.

Ego sum Sabina.

2.

Pater meus est Faustus.

3.

Popina est in Suburā.

4.

Tu dormīs?

5.

Ego non lego.

6.

Tu legis.

7.

Sabina legit.

8.

Tu es mendax.

9.

Ego in cellā non laboro.

Subject/Verb Agreement

Notice the patterns!

When the subject is EGO, the verb ends in _________ or _________. *

When the subject is TU, the verb ends in _________.

When the subject is a nounlike Sabina, Pater, or Amita, the verb ends
in ________.

*O vs. M with Ego

•Ego laboro.

I am working. / I work.

•Ego sum Sabina.

I am Sabina.

What ending does the verb have when the subject I is doing
something?
What ending does the verb have when the subject I is being
something?

Identify the noun or pronoun subject. Next, choose the correct ending to
complete the verb.

1. Subura es______ clamosa.
2. Ego su_______ mendicus.
3. Manius es______ senex.
4. Tu e_________ iuvenis.
5. Tegula cadi________.
6. Tu nobis obsta________.
7. Ego pro lecticā ambul__________.
8. Certe tu in Suburā non habitā________.
9. Lucilius erubesci_______; Manius non ride______.
10. Tu ē popinā exi__________; ego in popinā labor_______.

I = m/o
You = s
He/She = t

Choose the image that best indicates what is happening in the Latin
sentences.

1.

Nox est.

2.

Turba in popinā est.

Choose the image that best indicates what is happening in the Latin
sentences.

3. Faustus in popinā bibit.

4. Faustus erubescit.

Choose the image that best indicates what is happening in the Latin
sentences.
5. Vinum est nimium carum!

6. Fur non est pauper.