Component 1: Language

Component 1 is made up of two parts, section A, which accounts for 90% of the marks and Section B, which accounts for 10% and which offers a choice between two options:

SectionAssessment 
A (90%)This takes the form of a momentum test consisting of a narrative in Latin divided into three passages. There are comprehension questions on parts one and three (totalling 55% of the marks for this paper), and the middle part is to be translated into English (35%). There is an incline of difficulty between parts one and three and within the passage to be translated. 
B (10%)A translation from English into Latin of a small number of simple (single clause) sentences.
OR
The recognition, analysis and explanation of syntax and accidence within a short passage of Latin. The specification also refers to this as the ‘grammar and syntax‘ option.

Section A

Accidence

This sheet show where accidence required for Section A is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course and Cambridge Latin Grammar:

Syntax

This sheets shows where syntax required for Section A is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course and Cambridge Latin Grammar:

Vocabulary

This sheet shows where vocabulary required for Section A  is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course:

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Section B – Translation into Latin option

Accidence & Syntax

This sheet show where accidence required for Section B – translation from English into Latin option is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course and Cambridge Latin Grammar:

Vocabulary

This sheet shows where the vocabulary required for Section B, translation from English into Latin option, is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course. It is arranged in alphabetical ordrer of English meaning to make it eaier to use when translating English into Latin:

Section B – Grammar and Syntax option

Accidence & Syntax

This sheet show where accidence required for Section B – Grammar and Syntax option is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course and Cambridge Latin Grammar:

Vocabulary​

The vocabulary required for the Grammar and Syntax option is the same as the full vocabulary required for Seciton A. This sheet (repeated from above) shows where vocabulary required for Section A and for Section B – Grammar and Syntax option  is covered in the Cambridge Latin Course:

Additional Vocabulary Lists

These sheets show the vocabulary required for Eduquas GCSE Latin Component 1 Section A (and for Section B – Grammar and Syntax option) in a variety of orders and formats:

Alphabetically:

By part of speech:

By CLC Stage: