Stage VII Verb Practice

Grumio in culinā laborabat. cenam parabat.

• He was preparing

• He prepares

• He is preparing

• He prepared

Answer explanation

parabat is Imperfect

actores in theatro clamabant. fabulam agebant.

• He was acting

• They were acting

• They acted

• He acted

Answer explanation

agebant is Imperfect and plural

Metella non erat in villā. in horto ambulabat.

• She was walking

• He was walking

• She walked

• He walked

Answer explanation

ambulabat is Imperfect, and Metella is the implied subject

liberti in tabernā bibebant. Grumionem salutaverunt.

• They greeted

• They were greeting

• He greeted

• He was greeting

Answer explanation

salutaverunt is Perfect and plural

iuvenis poculum hausit. vinum laudavit.

• He praised

• She praised

• He was praising

• She was praising

Answer explanation

laudavit is Perfect, and the young man is the implied subject

puellae in viā stabant. lupum audiverunt.

• They heard

• She heard

• They were hearing

• She was hearing

Answer explanation

audiverunt is Perfect and plural

_______ per viam festinabat.

• libertus

• servi

• ego

• tu

Answer explanation

festinabat is 3rd person singular, so the subject is a singular noun

_______ pecuniam portabant.

• mercatores

• argentarius

• puella

• mercator

Answer explanation

portabant is 3rd person plural, so the subject is a plural noun

_______ atrium circumspectavit.

• fur

• hospites

• Caecilius et Metella

• ancillae

Answer explanation

circumspectavit is 3rd person singular, so the subject is a singular noun

_______ furem superaverunt.

• pueri

• puella

• iuvenis

• senex

Answer explanation

superaverunt is 3rd person plural, so the subject is a plural noun