WorksheetsSuburani 12: incendium in Subura
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 21mins
in urbe
incendium per viās tōtīus urbis nunc ruēbat. flammae tabernās popīnās
īnsulās violenter cōnsūmēbant. Subūrānī per viās fūmōsās ruēbant.
mātrōnae līberīs haerēbant. dominī servōs vocābant. omnēs effugere
temptābant.
What rushes through the streets of the city?
incendium
flammae
matronae
domini
What word best descirbes the city streets?
totae
fumosas
omnes
violenter
What is everyone trying to do?
put out the fire
get a drink in the bar
flee the fire
find their children
mātrōnae līberīs haerēbant. dominī servōs vocābant.
predicate
adverb
nominative
accusative
dative
Catia ad popīnam festīnābat. Quārtillam prō popīnā cōnspexit.
‘ubi est īnfāns?’ ancilla perterrita rogāvit.
‘nōnne tū eum cūrās?’ exclāmāvit Catia.
Currāx perterritus fēminās spectāvit. ‘īnfāns in īnsulā dormiēbat …’,
puer susurrāvit.
Catia ferōciter exclāmāvit, et ad iānuam īnsulae cucurrit.
‘tēcum veniō, īnsula est perīculōsa!’ ancilla exclāmāvit. ‘hīc manē, mī fīlī.'
Who sees Quartilla?
Catia
Rufina
Currax
infans
Who is described as terrified?
Catia
Quartilla
infans
Celer
‘nōnne tū eum cūrās?’
weren't you taking care of him?
don't you have him?
isn't he with you?
aren't you taking care of him?
Ubi est infans?
in insula
in via
cum Catia
cum Currax
tēcum veniō
are you coming with me
I am going with you
you come with me
I am staying with you
Who helps Catia?
Currax
Quartilla
Celer
Gisco
Who says 'hic mane, mi fili.'?
Catia
Currax
Quartilla
Gisco
mātrōna et ancilla īnsulam intrāvērunt et per fūmum ascendēbant.
īnsula obscūra erat et fēminae mūrōs cellārum vix vidēre poterant.
lentē prōcēdēbant. in tabulātō secundō prōcēdere nōn potuērunt, quod
trabs conlāpsa erat. flammae nunc ubīque erant. Catia dēspērābat,
sed Quārtilla trabem cum magnā difficultāte sustulit. ‘festīnā!’ Quārtilla
exclāmāvit. Catia breviter dubitāvit, sed clāmōrem īnfantis
audīvit, et ‘nōlī timēre, Quārtilla!’ dīxit, ‘reveniō!’ Catia sub trabem rēpsit,
et in tabulātum tertium festīnāvit. subitō ingēns fragor resonāvit.
Who enters the apartment building?
Catia
Quartilla
Currax
Catia and Quartilla
What can the women not see well?
walls
eachother
the baby
rats
What blocks the path?
flammes
smoke
a beam
a door
Who gives up?
Catia
Quartilla
Gisco
Currax
Why does Catia keep going?
She wants to be brave like Quartilla
The way down is bocked.
She knows the baby is still alive.
She is chased by rats.
Which sentence gives an ominous feeling to the passage?
Catia breviter dubitavit
festina! Quartilla exclamavit
ingens fragor resonavit
in tabluatum teritum festinavit.
in viā Currāx īnsulam ānxiē spectābat. subitō Giscō advēnit et ‘dīc mihi,
ubi est uxor? ubi est fīlius?’ rogāvit.
‘in īnsulā sunt, domine. īnfāns …’, servus dīcere coepit. tum Currāx et
Giscō ingentem fragōrem audīvērunt. Giscō puerum rapuit et celeriter
cucurrit. tōta īnsula in viam cecidit.
Who is in the road?
Currax
Faustus
Rufina
Quartilla
What do the people in the street hear?
a loud crash
a baby crying
Catia shouting
a fire engine arriving
What action does Gisco take?
he grabs the baby and runs
he grabs Currax and runs
he runs into the building and grabs the baby
he stands still and watches as the buring building crashed down on him.
Who arrives?
Currax
Quartilla
Gisco
Rufina
Reorder the following
Catia arrives at the apartment
Quartilla tells her son to wait
Quartilla lifts a beam
Catia hears the baby
Gisco grabs Currax
