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Grammar Sentence Practice
Nomen: _________________________
English Sentences
Dies: ____________________________
The poet greeted the women.
a. fēmina
b. fēminae
c. fēminam
d. fēminās
7. We are praising the gladiator.
a. sumus
b. est
c. eramus
d. sum
2. The merchants are not busy.
a. occupātus
b. occupātī
c. occupātōs
d. occupātīs
8. I was inspecting the picture on the wall.
a. inspiciebat
b. inspicimus
c. inspiciēbam
d. inspexī
3. The boys favored Quintus.
a. Quintō
b. Quintus
c. Quintum
d. Quintī
9. The citizens were rushing through the city.
a. urbe
b. urbem
c. urbēs
d. urbīs
4. The dog slept in the road.
a. viae
b. viā
c. viam
d. via
10. Y’all are preparing dinner.
a. parātis
b. parās
c. parāvistis
d. parāvistī
5. Read the book students!
a. legī
b. lege
c. legete
d. legite
11. The brothers reclined on the couches.
a. recumbunt
b. recubuit
c. recuvērunt
d. recubuērunt
6. The master was dining with the guests.
a. hospitis
b. hospite
c. hospitibus
d. hospites
12. Slave! Come here!
a. serve
b. servus
c. servī
d. servō
13. Metella was watching the actors on the stage.
a. actoribus
b. actorae
c. actorēs
d. actorem
16. Grumio is a very lazy slave.
a. ignavissimus
b. ignavior
c. ignavissimī
d. ignavus
14. The young men listened to the teacher.
a. iuvenis
b. iuvenēs
c. iuvenōs
d. iuvenem
17. The men believed the merchants.
a. mercatorēs
b. mercatore
c. mercatoribus
d. Mercator
15. Does it please you?
a. tū
b. tibi
c. tē
d. tuus
18. Milo! Hand me the disucs!
a. mē
b. mihi
c. mecum
d. meus
Answers on the next page!
Answers to Grammar Questions- English sentences
1. D- feminās- women is the direct object, so you need accusative plural. femina (a) is nominative
singular, feminae (b) is either dative singular or nominative plural, and feminam (c) is accusative
singular.
2. B- occupatī- Busy is a predicate nominative describing merchants, so you need nominative plural.
Occupatus (a) is nominative singular, occupatōs (c) is accusative plural, and occupatīs (d) is
dative or ablative plural.
3. A- Quintō- faveo is a dative taking verb, so you need dative singular. Quintus (b) is nominative
singular, Quintum (c) is accusative singular, Quintī (d) is nominative plural.
4. B- viā - in meaning in or on takes the ablative case. viae (a) is dative singular or nominative plural;
viam (c) is accusative singular, and via (d) is nominative singular.
5. D- legite- Read is a positive command given to more than one person; lego is a third conjugation
verb, so the e changes to an i- legite. legī (a) is 1st singular, perfect tense- I read; lege (b) is the
singular command, and legete (c) is spelled incorrectly.
6. C- hospitibus- cum takes the ablative case, and guests are plural. Hospitis (a) is genitive singular,
hospite (b) is ablative singular, and hospites (d) is nominative or accusative plural.
7. A- sumus- We are is 1st person, plural, present tense- sumus is the correct form of the irregular
verb “to be.” est (b) is 3rd singular present- he is; eramus (b) is 1st plural imperfect tense
(we were) and sum (d) is 1st singular present (I am)
8. C- inspiciēbam- the verb needs to be 1st person singular imperfect tense. Inspiciebat (a) is 3rd singular
imperfect tense (he was inspecting); inspicimus (b) is 1st plural present (we are inspecting) and
inspexi (d) is 1st singular perfect (I inspected).
9. B- urbem- the preposition through (per) takes the accusative and city is singular. urbe (a) is ablative
singular; urbēs (c) is nominative or accusative plural, and urbīs (d) is not a form that exists in
Latin.
10. A- Paratis- Ya’ll is second person plural (tis) and the word is present tense. parās (b) is 2nd singular
present (You prepare); paravistis (c) is 2nd plural perfect (y’all prepared), and paravisti (d) is
second singular perfect (You prepared).
11. d- recubuerunt- Brothers, the subject, are 3rd person plural. The verb is also perfect tense.
Recumbunt (a) is 3rd person plural (The brothers are reclining); recubuit (b) is 3rd singular
perfect (The brother reclined). recuverunt (c) is built off a stem that doesn’t exist.
12. a- serve This sentence requires a vocative because you are addressing the slave directly. 2nd
declension words ending in us or ius change their nominative forms. us e and ius ->ī.
Servus (a) is nominative singular, servī (c) is nominative plural, and servō (d) is either dative
or ablative plural.
13. c- actorēs. The actors are the direct object and need to be accusative plural. actoribus (a) is dative
or ablative plural; actorae (b) is a form that does not exist; and actorem (d) is accusative plural.
14. b- iuvenēs- The young men are the subject of the sentence and thus needs to be nominative plural.
iuvenis (a) is nominative singular, iuvenōs (c) does not exist in Latin, and iuvenem (d) is
accusative singular.
15. b- tibi- The verb “to please” is a dative taking verb and requires a dative object. tu (a) is nominative
singular; tē (b) is either accusative or ablative, and tuus (d) is the adjective meaning yours.
16. a- ignavissimus- very lazy is superlative and describes Grumio, so must be nominative singular.
ignavior (b) is comparative (lazier), ignavissimi (c) is superlative but nominative plural, and
ignavus (d) is positive (lazy)
17. c- mercatoribus – the verb “to believe) is dative taking and merchants is plural. mercatores (a) is
nominative or accusative plural; mercatore (b) is ablative singular, and Mercator (d) is
nominative singular
18. b- mihi- In this sentence, the disc is being handed to me, so me is the indirect object and needs to
be in the dative case. me (a) is accusative or ablative, mecum (c) means with me, and meus (d)
is the adjective meaning mine.