Sequence of Tenses Quiz 1
Multiple-choice exercise
Check your understanding of the sequence of tenses for subjunctive constructions. For each item, choose the single correct response.
Spectātōrēs sē rogābant cūr leō servum nōndum _____.
- petīverit
- petīvisset
Tot hospitēs convēnērunt ut viae plēnae hominum _____.
- sint
- essent
Dominus servīs dīxit ut fercula _____.
- afferant
- afferrent
Discipulī per viās celeriter currunt nē grammaticus eōs _____.
- verberet
- verberāret
Mātrōnae ōrant ut ūna uxor duōs virōs _____.
- habeat
- habēret
Nēmō scīvit quandō Valerius reditūrus _____.
- sit
- esset
Raedārius explicāre nōn potest quōmodo raedam in fossam _____.
- dēverterit
- dēvertisset
Scīmusne quot hominēs pīrātae necātūrī _____?
- sint
- essent
Ad forum cucurrimus ut equōs _____.
- videāmus
- vidērēmus
Puellae parentibus nōn dīcunt quō _____.
- eant
- īrent
Audīvimus quid _____.
- faciātis
- facerētis
Cornēlius servō dīxit ut patruō Titō frusta _____.
- det
- daret
Nēmō scit quālem cibum coquus novus _____.
- parāverit
- parāvisset
Dux ēnūntiāvit quot Iūdaeī _____.
- perierint
- periissent
Potesne grammaticō respondēre quōs versūs Vergilius _____?
- lēgerit
- lēgisset
They asked what you were doing.
- faciās
- facerēs
Rewrite the sentence based on the change to the first verb.
Rogat ubi tū habitēs.
Rogāvit ubi tū _____.
- habitēs
- habitārēs
- habitāveris
- habitāvissēs
Nescīvitne rēx Solomōn quōmodo ūnum īnfantem inter duās fēminās _____?
- dīvidat
- dīvideret
They did not tell us where they had been.
- fuerint
- fuissent
Sextus was so annoying that Cornelia did not like him.
- Sextus tam molestus erat ut Cornēlia eum nōn amet.
- Sextus tam molestus erat ut Cornēlia eum nōn amāret.
"Quālem gustātiōnem amat pater tuus?"
Hospes rogat quālem gustātiōnem pater meus _____.
- amet
- amāret
The slaves do not know if Uncle Titus drank the wine.
- biberit
- bibisset
I am so angry that I will die. (2 possibilities, depending on how precise you wish to be)
- Adeō īrāscor ut moriar.
- Adeō īrāscor ut morerer.
- Adeō īrāscor ut moritūrus sim.
- Adeō īrāscor ut moritūrus essem.
We went to the forum to watch the teams.
- Ad forum īvimus ut factiōnēs spectārēmus.
- Ad forum īvimus ut factiōnēs spectēmus.
Tam magnus est strepitus ut prīncipem nōn _____.
- audiam
- audīrem
- audīverim
- audīvissem