NLE intro practice

Minerva was the goddess of _____.

• wisdom

• home and hearth

• love and beauty

• hunting

Multī virī et fēminae poētam saepe audiēbant.

• is often listening to

• often used to listen to

• are often listening to

• to listen to often

Answer explanation

The -ba is the tense marker for the imperfect tense. It means was ____ing, were ____ing or used to _____.

Sed dux in forō īrātē clāmābat.

• angry

• anger

• angrily

• to be angry

Answer explanation

a long e on the end of an adjective = -ly in English.

“Quod multās victōriās habeō, laudāte mē!”

• am praising

• praises

• praise

• was praising

Answer explanation

You put -te on the end of a verb when you are telling more than one person to do something (tacete, discipuli!). The exclamation point is the other clue that you are giving a command.

Hodiē virī et fēminae poētam laudāre timent quod dux poētam nōn amat.

• to praise

• are praising

• were praising

• praise

Answer explanation

-re on the end of a verb = to _____ (like ambulare = to walk)

Poēta, quod pecūniam nōn habet, in agrīs labōrat.

• was not having

• not to have

• were not having

• does not have

Agricola et poēta sunt amīcī.

• is

• to be

• were

• are

Agricola semper labōrat quod multōs agrōs habet.

• or

• and

• because

• but

Post trēs annōs agricola poētae agrum dat. A) B) C) D)

• After three years

• Before three years

• For three years

• With three years

“Tū mihi magnum dōnum dās,” poēta clāmat.

• I

• to me

• to you

• you

Answer explanation

"dat" ("gives") is the verb and you always give something TO someone