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Six tutorials covering the rest of the Latin verb system for WJEC Eduqas GCSE Latin (Component 1) — the indicative passive and deponent (third person), the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive, present active infinitives, present and perfect participles, active imperatives, and the irregular verbs sum, possum, eo, fero, volo, nolo — taught by Magister as the completion of the verb system begun in Course 2.
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The question
Active voice tells you who did something; passive voice tells you what was done. How does Latin mark passive, and why does the WJEC specification restrict you to the third person?
Outcome
The student can form any third-person-singular or third-person-plural passive verb across all five indicative tenses, identify passive forms in continuous Latin, and translate them accurately with or without an expressed agent. (WJEC App B · Present, imperfect, perfect indicative passive — 3rd person singular and plural)
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The question
Some Latin verbs look passive but mean active — you read *conatur* and translate "he tries", not "he is being tried". What is a deponent verb, and why does Latin have them?
Outcome
The student can recognise deponent verbs from their principal parts, translate them as active in meaning, and distinguish their passive-looking forms from genuine passives in continuous Latin. (WJEC App B · Regular verbs of all four conjugations · deponent third person)
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The question
What is the subjunctive mood for, and why does the WJEC specification limit you to just two of its tenses?
Outcome
The student can form any regular verb in the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive (active), identify a subjunctive form in continuous Latin by the *-rem/-res/-ret* or *-issem/-isses/-isset* markers, and name which type of subordinate clause has triggered it. (WJEC App B · Imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive active)
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The question
A participle is a verb form that acts like an adjective. What forms does Latin have, and how do they behave in sentences?
Outcome
The student can decline any present or perfect participle, identify the noun it agrees with in a sentence, and translate it flexibly into English as an adjective, clause, or phrase as context demands. (WJEC App B · Present and perfect participles)
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The question
What is an infinitive for, what is an imperative for, and what are the restricted forms the specification asks of you?
Outcome
The student can form the present active infinitive and imperative of any verb, recognise both in continuous Latin, and construct negative commands with *noli/nolite* + infinitive. (WJEC App B · Present infinitive active · Imperative active singular and plural · Prohibitions with noli/nolite)
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The question
*Sum, possum, eo, fero, volo, nolo*. Why these six, and how do you learn them?
Outcome
The student can conjugate all six irregular verbs in all tenses and forms required by the specification, recognise their forms in continuous Latin without confusion, and explain the *nolo* / *non vis* / *non vult* paradigm as a cross-sum irregularity.