Forming the Accusative Case of First Declension Nouns

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So far we have learned to form and recognize the nominative case, both singular and plural, and the genitive singular case of first declension nouns.  Now we shall learn how to form the accusative case, both singular and plural. But first a few questions.

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What case is used to determine what declension a Latin word is in? (two words, lower case
What is the ending you remove from this particular form to get the root or stem of the nouns?(just give letters of ending)
Consider the word femina, feminae (= female, woman). What is the root or stem of this noun?
Consider the word Roma, Romae (= Rome). What is the stem or root of this noun?

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Once you have found the stem or root of the first declension noun, you add -am to form the accusative singular and -as to form the accusative plural. Thus (these are also our new vocabulary):

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Nominative singular	Genitive  singular	Meaning	Accusative  singular.	Accusative plural.
femina	feminae	woman, female	feminam	feminas
porta	portae	gate	portam	portas
Roma	Romae	Rome	Romam	Romas

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 Here are some more new vocabulary words. See if you can create their
accusative singular and plural forms. When you have typed the two forms
in the spaces indicated, click button to check your answers.
 

Nominative,  Genitive singular	Definition	Accusative  singular	Accusative  plural
Italia, Italiae f.	Italy
Graecia, Graecia f.	Greece
Asia, Asiae f.	Asia
ancilla, ancillae f.	maid
provincia, provinciae f.	province
basilica, basilicae f.	great hall
harena, harenae f.	arena
pecunia, pecuniae f.	money

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Of course, these same rules apply to proper names. Thus what is the accusative singular of Marcia?
What is the accusative singular of Roma?
What is accusative singular of Caeclia?
What is accusative singular of Catilina?