Indirect Statement Practice 1
Multiple-choice exercise
Pick the correct infinitive to complete each sentence. Every choice provides feedback.
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Pluto was informed that Hercules was intending to carry off Cerberus. (Plūtō certior factus est Herculem Cerberum auferre in animō ___.)
- habitūrum esse
- habuisse
- habēre
The king judged that he had been given a better gift by Quintus than by Salvius. (Rēx jūdicāvit sibi dōnum melius ā Quīntō quam Salviō ___.)
- dōnāvisse
- dōnārī
- dōnātum esse
Alexander says that his brother threw the statue into the water. (Alexander dīcit frātrem suum statuam in aquam ___.)
- jactūrum esse
- jacere
- jēcisse
Eurystheus knew that he would never destroy Hercules. (Eurytheus cognōverat sē Herculem numquam ___.)
- dēlēvisse
- dēlētūrum esse
- dēlēre
Titus kept hoping that he would throw "Venus." (Titus spērābat sē Venerem ___.)
- jēcisse
- jactum īrī
- jactūrum esse
We believed that the boy's mother had died at Pompeii. (Crēdidimus mātrem puerī Pompējīs ___.)
- moritūram esse
- mortuam esse
- morī
Mother denies that she sat in the atrium. (Māter negat sē in atriō ___.)
- sedēre
- sessūram esse
- sēdisse
Did Quintus hear that the dog was standing on the table? (Audīvitne Quīntus canem in mēnsā ___?)
- statūrum esse
- stāre
- stetisse
The gladiators shouted that they who were about to die were saluting you. (Gladiātōrēs clāmāvērunt sē moritūrōs tē ___.)
- salūtārī
- salūtāvisse
- salūtāre
Pliny the Younger relates that Mt. Vesuvius erupted. (Plīnius Minor refert Montem Vesuvium ___.)
- ērūpisse
- ēruptum esse
- ērumpere