How is Leaving Certificate Latin examined?

It is examined by the State Examinations Commission at Higher and Ordinary level. Candidates sitting the older syllabus (to June 2026) take a terminal written paper. The redeveloped specification introduces a written examination worth 60% and a research study worth 40%.

What is the difference between the old syllabus and the redeveloped specification?

The syllabus for examination to June 2026 emphasises composition/comprehension, prescribed and unprescribed translation, grammar and scansion, and history/art/literature on a written paper. The redeveloped specification (introduction September 2025) is organised in two strands—Latin Language and Literature in context—and adds a substantial language-centred research study plus a shared Capstone text.

What authors and genres are typically involved?

School Latin commonly engages Virgil (Aeneid), Ovid, Cicero’s oratory, Caesar and Livy for prose historiography, Horace’s Odes and Catullus for lyric. Exact prescribed/Capstone passages are published for each examination year; unprescribed named-author ranges appear on the older syllabus lists.

Why is this practice bank in multiple-choice format?

These are original OpenExamPrep single-best-answer questions for efficient practice of forms, vocabulary, translation strategy, literary concepts and cultural knowledge. The official SEC exam requires written translation, commentary and extended answers (and research reporting under the new model). This bank is a study adaptation, not a simulation of the full translation paper.

How are grades reported?

Higher Level uses H1–H8 and Ordinary Level uses O1–O8. The top seven grades split 100% to 30% into 10% bands; grade 8 is below 30%.

Are these official State Examinations Commission questions?

No. They are original concept-practice items aligned to curriculumonline.ie Latin content. Use SEC past papers, marking schemes and the prescribed texts for full examination preparation.

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2 levels

Latin is examined at Higher and Ordinary level

State Examinations Commission / NCCA

To June 2026

Current syllabus remains for examination through June 2026

Curriculum Online Latin syllabus

Sept 2025

Redeveloped specification for introduction in schools from September 2025

NCCA Leaving Certificate Latin Specification

60% / 40%

Redeveloped assessment: written examination 60%, research study 40%

NCCA Leaving Certificate Latin Specification

2 strands

Redeveloped course: Strand 1 Language; Strand 2 Literature in context

NCCA Leaving Certificate Latin Specification

H1–H8

Higher Level grades from H1 (90–100%) to H8 (below 30%)

State Examinations Commission grading scale

June sitting

Written papers are sat in the annual June Leaving Certificate examinations

State Examinations Commission timetable

100

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Leaving Certificate Latin develops reading proficiency in Latin and literary-cultural literacy for the Roman world. Assessment to June 2026 is a terminal SEC written paper; the redeveloped model adds a 40% research study beside a 60% written examination. This 100-question bank provides original single-best-answer practice across grammar and syntax, vocabulary and translation strategy, literature and metre, and culture, history and research-study skills—a study adaptation, not a full translation-paper simulation.

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1In Classical Latin, what is the nominative singular form of the first-declension feminine noun meaning 'girl' (stem puell-)?

A.puellae

B.puellam

C.puella

D.puellarum

Explanation: First-declension feminines form nominative singular with -a: puella. The stem is puell- plus the nominative ending -a.

2What is the accusative singular of the second-declension masculine noun servus ('slave, servant')?

A.servi

B.servum

C.servo

D.servos

Explanation: Second-declension masculines in -us take accusative singular -um: servum marks the direct object.

3Which case typically marks the direct object of a transitive verb in Classical Latin?

A.Nominative

B.Genitive

C.Accusative

D.Ablative

Explanation: The accusative is the standard case of the direct object (e.g. puellam video 'I see the girl').

4What is the first person singular present active indicative of amo ('I love')?

A.amas

B.amat

C.amo

D.amamus

Explanation: First conjugation present active: amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. The dictionary form amo is 1st singular.

5A Latin adjective normally agrees with its noun in which features?

A.Gender, number and case only

B.Number only

C.Tense and mood

D.Person only

Explanation: Adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number and case (e.g. bonus puer, bona puella, bonum donum).

6What is the genitive plural of rex, regis m. ('king')?

A.regum

B.reges

C.regibus

D.regem

Explanation: Third-declension genitive plural is typically -um: regum ('of the kings').

7In Latin dictionaries, which form is typically listed as the first principal part of a verb?

A.Present infinitive active

B.First person singular present active indicative

C.Perfect stem alone

D.Supine only

Explanation: Standard principal parts begin with 1st singular present active indicative (e.g. amo, amare, amavi, amatum).

8What is the usual meaning of the preposition in with the ablative?

A.Into / onto (motion toward)

B.In / on (location)

C.From / out of

D.Toward / against

Explanation: in + ablative expresses location ('in, on'); in + accusative expresses motion into/onto.

9Which personal ending marks 3rd person plural present active indicative of most regular Latin verbs (e.g. amant, monent, regunt, audiunt)?

A.-o

B.-t

C.-mus

D.-nt

Explanation: The 3rd plural active personal ending is -nt (amant, monent, regunt, audiunt).

10What gender is the noun bellum, belli n. ('war')?

A.Masculine

B.Feminine

C.Neuter

D.Common gender only in poetry

Explanation: Second-declension nouns in -um with genitive -i are neuter: bellum is neuter (nominative and accusative singular look alike).

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