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WorksheetsLatin Indirect Statements
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
An indirect statement:
Records what someone says using quotes (" ")
Reports "that" someone says something without quotes
In Latin an indirect statement is expressed by:
A factitive with two accusatives
A verb of speaking, thinking, or perceiving + an infinitive
A verb of fearing + ne + a subjunctive verb
A verb of commanding + ut + a subjunctive verb
In the reported speech of an indirect statement, all the words associated with the infinitive are called a:
A noun clause (usually direct object of the main verb)
An adverbial clause (explaining when, where, or how the main clause happened)
An adjectival clause (describing a noun in the sentence)
If the infinitive in an indirect statement has a subject, its case is:
Ablative of Agent
Nominative Subject
Accusative Subject
Dative of Reference
Select the answer where the indirect statement clause has been correctly set apart with brackets:
Caesar Brutum stultum esse dixit
(Caesar said that Brutus was stupid)
(Caesar Brutum stultum esse) dixit
Caesar (Brutum stultum esse dixit)
Caesar (Brutum stultum esse) dixit
Caesar Brutum (stultum esse) dixit
Select the answer where the indirect statement clause is correctly set apart with brackets:
Dominus servum in horto diligenter laborare putat
(The master thinks that the slave works diligently in the garden)
(Dominus servum in horto diligenter laborare) putat
Dominus (servum in horto diligenter laborare) putat
Dominus servum (in horto diligenter laborare) putat
Dominus servum in horto diligenter (laborare putat)
Choose the correct translation:
eōs iussit rēgem prīncipēsque Rēgnēnsium comprehendere et in carcere retinēre
They order the king, princes and Regensi to understand and retain in the prison
They are ordered that the king apprehend the chieftains and Regensi and to hold (them) in prison
He orders the king to seize the princes of the Rengsi and to remain the prison
He ordered that they arrest the king and the chieftain of the Regensi and hold (them) in prison
Copy the following sentence in the answer and place brackets "( )" around the indirect statement (noun clause)"
Ego nugas pullorum edere volo
(I want to eat chicken nuggets)
(a)
Copy the following sentence in the answer and place brackets "( )" around the indirect statement (noun clause)"
discipulos in villis laborare nolle video
I see that the students don't want to work at home
(a)
Translate the following sentence:
iubeo te in culina cibum coquere
I order that you cook food in the kitchen
You demand food to be cooked in the kitchen
I command you in the kitchen to cook food
You want the food in the kitchen cooked
