NLE Interm Reading Comp Practice Questions

NLE Intermediate Reading Comprehension Practice Questions

In mari placido pirata magnae ferocitatis naves celeres aggreditur. The pirate is:

a) calm b) fierce c) ours d) swift

The genitive case questions often try to confuse you by putting lots of adjectives in various cases. This one is a genitive of description, but genitives of possession are also common for these questions.

Multiple Choice

Corneli hospites ederunt cibum coqui Gallici. Who ate the food?

• Cornelius

• the guests

• the cook

• The Galli

Mercator Graecus Brundisio Romam iter fecit. Where is the merchant now?

a) Graecia b) Brundisium c) Roma

Accusative case on a place/city shows motion towards it.

Ablative case on a place/city shows motion away from it.

Multiple Choice

Let's go to Rome!

• Roma

• Romae

• Romam

• Romis

Pax nobis quaerenda est.

a) of us b) to us c) against us d) by us

Dative has several main uses: to/for (indirect object)

as/for - I hired him as a guard, I got gold as a reward

by - if done by passive person

Multiple Choice

Fortitudo est vobis auxilio.

• to you

• you are

• from you

• with you

Multiple Choice

Cicero tenuerit amicis praesidio in Foro.

• as a guard

• with the guard

• to the guard

• in a guard

Subjunctive questions usually ask you what kind of clause.

Hortatory - wrong vowel, exclamation point. Translate: May or Let

Purpose clause - ut/ne, shows the reason you did something

Result - ut/ut non, needs a word like tantus/tam/talis (so much, so, such a kind), etc, and sounds like "it was so X that Y happened."

Multiple Choice

Venus Aenean tam amavit ut eum spectaret.

• she watched

• she will watched

• in order to watch

• that she watched

Multiple Choice

Magistra inquit, "Discamus bene hodie!"

• we learn

• we have learned

• let us learn

• we will learn

Cums

Questions with Cum often force you to choose if it means "with" or "when."

With needs an ablative next to it (cum uxore)

When needs a subjunctive verb (cum...vidisset)

Multiple Choice

Cum viri convenissent consul adventum nuntiavit.

• when

• with

• while

• although

Multiple Choice

Venimus Hispanias cum amicis and liberis.

• when

• with

• although

• since

Ego alicui qui audiet fabulam narrabo.

a) of anyone b) to anyone

c) about anyone d) from anyone

Aliquis (someone, anyone) uses the Qui Quae Quod chart to change forms. Ex: Aliquem, Aliquas. Aliquid (something) is an exception.

After si, nisi, num, and ne, all the alis fall away!

Multiple Choice

Aliqui di sunt potentiores quam alii.

• whatever gods

• some gods

• the gods

• the same gods

Multiple Choice

Si quis in Colosseo pugnat, certe morietur.

• who

• which

• anyone

• a certain one

Cicero putabat se oratorem esse.

a) was b) would be

c) had been d) will have been

Infinitive questions often challenge you on tenses, or active/passive.

Past infinitives are 3rd pp + isse (amavisse, fuisse, dixisse)

Future infinitives are 4th + urum (amaturum esse, dicturum esse)

Passive Present Infinitives are -ri/-i (amari, dici)

Multiple Choice

Magister scit discipulos amavisse poetam Vergilium.

• love

• are loved

• loved

• were loved

Multiple Choice

Apollo iuvavit se Daphnen amaturum esse.

• would love

• did love

• was loved by

• having been loved

Manete domi, Amici!

a) domo b) domi c) domus d) domum

Locatives are usually for city names, but this exam almost always challenges you for one of these 2 other locatives:

Domi - at home

Ruri - in the country(side)

Humi - on the ground is another one, but I didn't see that one.

Multiple Choice

Agricolae ruri laborabant strenuissime.

• for the country

• in the country

• to the country

• away from the country

Multiple Choice

Nonne domi mansisti?

• to home

• from home

• of home

• at home

Ego fratre iuniori sum.

a) younger b) young

c)youngest d) too young

Comparatives are -ior/-ius and mean more, -er, rather, or too.

Superlatives are -issim-/-errim-/-illim- and mean most, very, -est.

NLE often tries to trick you with the -errimus or illimus forms.

Multiple Choice

Amor est maior odio.

• love is greater than hate

• love defeats hate

• love always surpasses hate

• love is more wonderful than hate

Multiple Choice

Milites impetum fortissime sustinebant.

• bravely

• as brave as possible

• very bravely

• more bravely

Multiple Choice

Difficilius est libros Platonis intellegere.

• difficult

• rather difficult

• very difficult

• as difficult as possible

Cane invento, cives gaudebant.

a) by finding the dog b) in order to find

c)bc the dog was found d)I found the dog

Ablative Absolutes are 1 noun + 1 participle in Ablative case. Translate 4th pp ones like this as "when" "after" or "because." They're passive - when the ___ had been ___ed, or with ___ having been ___ed.

Present tense (-ns/-nt-) are possible but rarer. Like Caesare ducente (with Caesar leading, ...)

Multiple Choice

Navibus visis, signum datum est.

• ships will be seen

• after ships had been seen

• by seeing ships

• while ships are seen

Veritas tibi semper dicenda est.

a) must tell b) have been told

c)want to tell d) is being told

Gerunds (-nd-) usually translate -ing and use Neuter noun endings.

Special case: ad + gerund = to (shows purpose)

causa/gratia + gerund = "for the sake of"

Gerund + verb "to be" = necessity (must be done, should be done).

Multiple Choice

Rex consilium urbis servandae gratia cepit.

• must be saved

• while saving

• for the sake of saving

• by saving

Multiple Choice

Mater credit multa oscula infanti danda esse.

• are being given

• will be given

• had been given

• must be given

Multiple Choice

Carmina pulchra poetis scribenda sunt.

• have been written

• writing

• to write

• must be written

Vidi eundem librum in cubiculo.

a) itself b) a certain c) the same d) each

NLE tries to confuse you between -dam and -dem endings.

-dam means a certain (quidam, quadam, quosdam)

-dem means the same (isdem, eadem, idem)

Multiple Choice

Iuvenis cuidam puellae donum dedit.

• a certain girl

• some girls

• each girl

• the girls themselves

Multiple Choice

Pyramus et Thisbe ad eandem arborem convenere.

• some tree

• the same tree

• each tree

• any tree

Responsum erat vel verum vel falsum.

Every test I saw had at least one correlative.

aut/aut, vel/vel - either or

et/et - both and

sive/sive - either or, whether or

neque/neque - neither no/

Multiple Choice

Sive senatores discedunt sive in Curia manent.

• whether or

• not only but also

• neither nor

• both and