Quiz on the Latin First and Second Declensions

1. Change the following nouns from the plural to the singular:
   1. matellarum (chamber pots f.)
   2. speluncae (caves f.)
   3. irae (angers f.)
   4. fugarum (flights f.)
   
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2. Change the following nouns from the singular to the plural
   1. campus (field m.)
   2. cibum (food m.)
   3. gladi(i) (sword m.)
   4. filio (son m.)
   
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3. Can you tell from the inflected form (not the gender) whether the following is First or Second Declension?
   1. arma - nom. pl., n. (weapons) y/n
   2. ventis - dat./abl. pl. m. (winds) y/n
   3. loci - gen. s. m. (place) y/n
   4. filiarum - gen. pl. f. (daughters) y/n
   
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4. If a form is either First or Second Declension and ends in an "a," what could it be? Check all that apply;

   	Singular	Plural
   Nominative	__	__
   Genitive	__	__
   Dative	__	__
   Accusative	__	__
   Ablative	__	__

   What if it ends in an "i"?

   	Singular	Plural
   Nominative	__	__
   Genitive	__	__
   Dative	__	__
   Accusative	__	__
   Ablative	__	__

   
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5. Gender
   True or False (all questions are only about First and Second Declension nouns)
   1. If it ends in "-orum" it must be masculine T/F
   2. If it ends in "-a" it can't be masculine T/F
   3. If it ends in "-is" it tells you nothing about gender T/F
   4. If it's masculine it can't be First Declension T/F
   
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6. More True False, again only for Declensions 1 & 2
   1. The dative and the ablative plural are always the same in the plural T/F
   2. The nominative is never the same as the accusative T/F
   3. To form the Second Declension genitive singular you always add an "-i" to the nominative singular. T/F
   4. The genitive singular and nominative plural are the same in the First Declension T/F
   
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