Latin A2 — Elementary
Advance beyond A1 grammar into the perfect system, passive voice, ablative mastery, and the subjunctive mood. Read Caesar and adapted Cicero with genuine understanding of Latin sentence architecture.
5 units and 16 lessons, for Grade 8 to Grade 12. Free on Slate.
Unit 1: The Perfect System
Master the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses using the four principal parts.
- Perfect Active Tense (10 min)
- Principal Parts of Common Verbs (10 min)
- Pluperfect Tense (Had Done) (10 min)
- Future Perfect (Will Have Done) (10 min)
Unit 2: The Ablative Case
Go beyond basic ablative uses to master all five major functions and the ablative absolute construction.
- Five Uses of the Ablative (10 min)
- The Ablative Absolute (10 min)
- Time and Place Expressions (10 min)
Unit 3: Passive Voice
Form the passive voice in all tenses of the present system and the perfect system.
- Present System Passive (10 min)
- Perfect System Passive (10 min)
- Agent vs. Means in Passive Sentences (10 min)
Unit 4: The Subjunctive Mood
Form the present and imperfect subjunctive and deploy them in purpose clauses and indirect statement.
Unit 5: Reading Latin A2
Apply A2 grammar to authentic and lightly adapted passages from Caesar and Cicero.
- Reading Caesar's Gallic Wars (10 min)
- Introduction to Cicero (10 min)
- Writing Latin — A2 Level (10 min)