Will I fail my Latin GCSE?

So I`m taking my OCR Latin GCES`s in about 1 month and I know near to NOTHING.

I know NONE of the grammar AT ALL for the first 2 language papers, BUT I have practised the Prose and Verse texts and am hoping for a C in them if I do really well...

So, I was thinking that now I am pretty sure its going to be impossible to learn all the grammar in 1 month, I should just give up, but then I though about a way I could possibly avoid a failed GCSE, which is VOCAB.

If I were to memorise every single latin word, would I be able to do well in the OCR Latin GCSE Language 1 and 2 papers? I figured I wouldn`t really need grammar to piece together separate words, I could guess word order etc...

To be honest I am aiming to pass the Latin GCSE with a C grade as an absolute min, which would mean I have to get min 60% in both language papers, so does anyone think this may be feasible with no grammar knowledge, but a solid vocabulary?

If you have time to learn all the words, how don't you have time to learn at least the basic grammar?

Unfortunately that's not how it works. You need to know every single word on the vocab list AND the grammar to secure a goodish grade. Latin is not like English -only the grammar will let you know whether a word is the subject or the object, whether what you're translating refers to the present, the past or the future, whether something is an infinitive or a participle and many more.

And even if you do learn the vocab, how will you be able to distinguish the different parts of each word?

You can learn what "do" (give) means, but will you be able to recognise that "dedisti", for example, is the second person singular of the perfect?

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TIP: for paper two language:

plurimi = very many

This has come up a lot in the past so.

Anyways:
Learn some basic grammar. At least be able to recognise accusatives and plurals, please....
You can't just go into the exam knowing NO grammar AT ALL even if you know the vocab off by heart - you'll fail miserably trying to work out what a sentence means.... Word order only gets you so far.

Utique non! Studere dura; simpliciter downloadus resources.

accentus=malus

Pro pátribus pon, puto in lumine postitus Latin GCSE. Et ne des!

Print this off and have a go!

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/59093-question-paper-unit-a401-01-latin-language-1-mythology-and-domestic-life-foundation-tier.pdf

So I`m taking my OCR Latin GCES`s in about 1 month and I know near to NOTHING.

I know NONE of the grammar AT ALL for the first 2 language papers, BUT I have practised the Prose and Verse texts and am hoping for a C in them if I do really well...

So, I was thinking that now I am pretty sure its going to be impossible to learn all the grammar in 1 month, I should just give up, but then I though about a way I could possibly avoid a failed GCSE, which is VOCAB.

If I were to memorise every single latin word, would I be able to do well in the OCR Latin GCSE Language 1 and 2 papers? I figured I wouldn`t really need grammar to piece together separate words, I could guess word order etc...

To be honest I am aiming to pass the Latin GCSE with a C grade as an absolute min, which would mean I have to get min 60% in both language papers, so does anyone think this may be feasible with no grammar knowledge, but a solid vocabulary?

I`m going to be doing higher teir eventhough I`m going to fail

Yes.

I did my Latin GCSE last year (on WJEC though, not AQA)

Tbh my grammatical understanding was poor, but my vocab pretty solid. As long as you know basic grammar, ie nominative, accusative, vocative and perhaps genative you'll be fine for most of the paper. The superlatives and passive tense and such are more to distinguish between A/A* (at least, that's how it was for me)

Do you use Cambridge SCP? If so, blitz the word tester. Do one stage at a time. Start on stage 1, learn them all, then move on to 2... Etc.
Honestly, if you REALLY tried, you could learn one stage a day.


EDIT: You said you know no grammar at all. I missed that.
With absolutely no knowledge, no you won't do well tbh. But the basic grammar shouldn't take long to learn at all

I did Latin GCSE in a year last year so I understand the pressure you feel! I began learning vocab on Memrise everyday from the Easter Holidays and finished with about a week to spare after learning about 50 words a day- it was tough but I got 96/100 and 98/100 respectively on the language papers and I still remember most of the vocab now! If you know all of the vocab back to front, all principle parts and irregulars etc. you should be capable of getting a good mark. I knew the cases and the tenses but I guessed on adjectives, adverbs, gerunds etc. because I had no time. I also created flashcards for the grammar but tbh I think only knowing the cases' endings and knowing tenses is necessary for an A- that's what I got in my mock and I knew very little vocab or grammar at that point! I got an A* in the end and I'm sure you'll also get a good mark 😊 but yes, in answer to your question, learn vocab as the comprehension part of the language paper almost solely relies on it and when it comes to the longer translations, just write what makes sense! Good luck 😄

If you keep saying this then maybe you will fail.

You need to have a positive attitude and be strict with yourself.

This time last year I remember stressing and telling my German teacher to put me on the foundation tier paper because I though there is no way I would be able to handle the higher tier due to my mock grades. Despite all that my teacher was reluctant to put me on the foundation and told me I was going to do the higher.

After my conversation with her I decided to knuckle down and guess what? I was able to ace both exams.

So...

if you try to knuckle down and learn some vocab like I did you would do better than you think.

Trust me I have been there and you will thank yourself in August when you have truly put some effort in.

You know what, I will. I`m putting my science and maths revision on hold (Pretty much guarenteed A*s in them with or without revision - except maybe the additional maths :P) and im gonna focus it on Latin grammar revison. Thnx for your input