Online Latin Drills
Prof. Margaret B. Phillips, University
of Missouri at St. Louis
Chapter 17: Comitia
Imperfect and perfect (present perfect)
tenses
English and Latin uses of tenses have many
similarities: both languages make use of verb forms to express
actions in the past, in the present, and in the future. But there
are differences too. See this chart of comparative verb aspects for how
the use of tense is similar, and different, between Latin and
English.
In this exercise, drill the second and third
principal parts of verbs you know.
In this exercise, practice formation of the
imperfect tense.
In this exercise, practice using the imperfect
tense.
In this exercise, practice formation of the
perfect (present perfect) tense.
In this exercise, practice using the (present)
perfect tense.
In this exercise, practice using both imperfect
and (present) perfect tenses.
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Drawing of a curule magistrate in
the toga praetexta (modern). Modified from William Miller, Costume
of the Ancients, plate 239, 1812. Credits: Barbara McManus. From
VRoma
Archives. |
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