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SPANISH I PROFICIENCY TEST STUDY GUIDE

Grammatical Concepts

• Present and Preterite Verb Tenses
• Regular and Irregular Verbs
• Commands
• Gustar expressions
• All pronouns

Vocabulary

There will be a separate vocabulary section on this test. The words used will be those found in typical first-year Spanish textbooks.

LATIN I PROFICIENCY TEST STUDY GUIDE

Incoming freshmen who wish to be considered for Latin II or Honors Latin are invited to take the Latin placement test, which is similar to our Latin I final exam. Although we use Ecce Romani I (Longmans), any first year textbook would adequately prepare a student for this exam.

Language and Grammar

• Nouns: declensions 1-3: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, vocative; common case uses
• Verbs: all tenses of indicative, active (conjugations 1-4); all present imperatives, infinitive
• Adjectives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd declension; agreement of nouns and adjectives
• Pronouns: ego, tu, nos, vos

Translation and/or comprehension of Latin sentences or a short paragraph

Culture and Civilization

• Geography: important locations in Italy; Roman provinces
• Mythology: Olympian gods and goddesses; famous heroes
• Roman Life: city of Rome; clothing; family

Latin in Use

• Basic oral phrases: greeting; leave-taking; questions
• Derivatives: English words from Latin roots and prefixes
• Expressions, Mottoes, Abbreviations

FRENCH (at Xavier College Preparatory)

• Regular and irregular verbs in the present
• Regular and irregular verbs in the passé compose
• Formation and use of imperative (tu, nous, vous)
• Definite articles
• Indefinite articles
• Partitives changes required by negatives
• Il y a
• C’est/Ce sont vs. il/elle est ils/elles sont
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Interrogative adjectives
• Possessive adjectives
• Personal pronouns (subject, direct, indirect and tonic)
• Formation of past participles
  Irregular participles
• Passé compose with avoir and with être
  Agreement of subject and past participle with être
  Agreement of subject and past participle with preceding direct object pronoun
• Irregular adjectives; special adjectives that precede
• Negative expressions
• Tu vs. vous
• Comparisons and superlative
• Use of Y and EN
• Aller + infinitive