WJEC Level 1 Additional Latin Past Papers

WJEC Level 1 Certificate in Additional Latin is designed for learners who have completed or are studying WJEC Latin Language and wish to extend their Latin study with more demanding translation and comprehension work. The qualification complements the Latin Language certificate by introducing longer and more complex Latin passages and requiring a deeper understanding of Latin grammar and syntax. The written paper presents unseen or lightly adapted Latin prose passages from classical authors, with a vocabulary list to support less common words. Comprehension questions test understanding at multiple levels: literal comprehension (what the text says), grammatical awareness (identifying the case, number, and grammatical role of specified words), and cultural understanding (questions about the Roman world that draws on the context of the passage). Translation tasks require students to produce a fluent and accurate English rendering of specified Latin sentences or passages, demonstrating both grammatical precision and an ability to express Latin constructions naturally in English. Grammatical knowledge tested includes all five noun declensions, all tenses of all four verb conjugations (indicative active and passive, subjunctive mood), infinitives and their uses (including indirect statement with accusative and infinitive), participles (present, perfect, future), relative clauses, indirect questions, conditional sentences, and the ablative absolute construction. Students are expected to be able to identify and explain grammatical structures in the context of their function within a passage, not merely to label them in isolation.