“Quick Check” Check List
(most common “oops”)
Verb: Does each clause have a finite verb?
number and person (agree with the subject?)
perfect passive participle form: gender and number (agree with the subject?)
Tense? (especially future of 3rd/4th conjugation)
(perfect stem? perfect endings?)
direct object (with transitive verb)?
+ special case with certain verbs?
Adjectives: gender and number? (and case, especially plural)
3rd declension stem?
neuter forms?
Nouns and pronouns: case (especially plurals)?
3rd declension stem?
neuter forms?
Preposition: object in right case?
Place: (where) to vs. at. vs. from?
Punctuation?
Methods: Read the sentence out loud.
Read and point to each word one at a time.