LATIN AS/A2 grammar list

(i) Accidence:

Declension of all nouns and adjectives of all standard types, together with domus, Iuppiter and

vis;

Adjectives of all standard types, from all three declensions;

Formation of adverbs;

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs;

Pronouns and pronominal adjectives;

Verbs of all standard types from all conjugations in all moods, voices and tenses, together with

deponent, semi-deponent, defective, irregular and impersonal verbs. (Knowledge of the

imperative in -to, -tote is confined to memini and sum);

Cardinal and ordinal numerals;

The use of prepositions and standard meanings of prepositional prefixes.

(ii) Syntax

Negation;

Direct statement, question (including deliberative) and command;

Prohibitions, exhortations and wishes;

Subordinate clauses and other constructions as listed:

• Indirect statement (including extended oratio obliqua), question, command and

prohibition;

• Description (relative clauses, including common uses with the subjunctive);

• Purpose (including uses of the gerund and gerundive);

• Result (including the use of the comparative with quam ut);

• Conditional;

• Causal;

• Temporal (definite and indefinite);

• Subordinate clauses within indirect speech;

• Fearing, prevention and precaution;

• Concessive.

Other uses of the infinitive (as subject and as complement; prolative; historic);

Uses of the participle, including ablative absolute;

Comparison;

Other uses of the gerund and gerundive;

Constructions involving quominus and quin;

Use of dum and dummodo to mean 'provided that'.