A list of accidence, syntax and vocabulary required for Paper 1 is provided by the board. Covering this, preparing the set-texts and doing wider reading form the major part of the years' work. Some additional, non-examination work is done, such as on the early Greeks, philosophy or on Roman history. The first year of the course is mostly aimed at covering all the grammar needed for Paper 1, except for a few obscure points left until the start of Year 13. At the start of the year there is an emphasis on accidence, starting with nouns, adjectives and pronouns, before moving on to verbs.
Syntax is increasingly more important as the year advances than accidence.
Again much has been covered, but more detail is introduced. By the end of the year all accidence needed except for a few irregularities and almost all syntax will be covered. Language work will be covered by dictation and use of photocopies, rather than with any text book. Wilson's Latin Grammar and Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer are available as grammar reference books. Unprepared translation is practised with Gradatim at the start of the year, then with photocopies and Unseens from Roman History, which contains both prose and verse passages.