Indirect Statement Practice 2
Multiple-choice exercise
Pick the correct infinitive to complete each sentence. Every choice provides feedback.
It is said that the Amazons consisted totally of women. (Dīcitur Amāzonēs omninō ex mulieribus ___.)
- cōnstitisse
- cōnsistere
We think that the young man was captured by pirates. (Arbitrāmur adulēscentem ā pīrātīs ___.)
- captum esse
- cēpisse
- capere
- captūrum esse
Juno didn't know that Hercules would strangle the serpents. (Jūnō nescīvit Herculem serpentēs ___.)
- strangulātūrum esse
- strangulāre
- strangulāvisse
They say that the Belgians are the bravest of all the Gauls. (Ferunt Belgās fortissimōs ex omnibus Gallīs ___.)
- esse
- fuisse
- futūrōs esse
Romulus believed that the new city should be called after his own name. (Rōmulus crēdidit urbem novam dē nōmine suō ___.)
- appellārī dēbēre
- appellāre dēbēre
- appellāvisse dēbēre
The inhabitants of the city didn't know that the strangers had been gods. (Incolae urbis nescīvērunt advenās deōs ___.)
- fuisse
- esse
- futurōs esse
Arachne kept boasting that she would weave a tapestry better than Minerva. (Arachnē sē jactābat sē tapetem melius Minervā ___.)
- tēxtūram esse
- texere
- tēxuisse
Semele didn't know that she had loved Jupiter. (Semelē nescīvit sē Jovem ___.)
- amāvisse
- amātam esse
- amāre
The people heard that Hercules was gathering troops. (Populus audīvit Herculem copiās ___.)
- cōgere
- cōgī
- coēgisse
Hercules did not know that Pholus would suffer on account of his poisoned arrows. (Herculēs nescīvit Pholum venēnātās ob sagittās ___.)
- passūrum esse
- passum esse
- patī