The worksheet here contains some questions relating to the meanings of different Latin words. If your class do not know any Latin words, you may wish to let them have another worksheet (here) to help them with the answers.

Here are the answers...

1) a.m. - We use this today when telling the time. It is short for ante meridiem, but what does it mean? BEFORE NOON

2) p.m. - We also use this when telling the time. It is short for post meridiem. What does it mean? AFTER NOON

3) Caesar once said "veni, vidi, vici". What does it mean? I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED

4) One famous Latin phrase is "cogito ergo sum". What does it mean? I THINK, THEREFORE I AM

5) If a schoolmaster said "tace" to you, what does he mean? BE SILENT

6) What is the Latin name for a circle? CIRCUS

7) What is the Latin name for the sea? MARE

8) If a Roman person said to you "Marcus est in horto", where could you find Marcus? IN THE GARDEN

9) If a schoolmaster wrote "bonus" on you work, would your work be good or bad? GOOD

10) Write the Latin names for two different animals. DOG = CANIS, HORSE = EQUUS

11) Translate the following sentences:

12) Translate the following sentences into Latin: