Indirect Statement Grammatica

Answer Key for Indirect Statement Worksheet

Word order is not important for this exercise, but check the endings of all nouns and adjectives to be sure appropriate changes have been made.
  1. Sextus est puer temerarius. Quid dicis?
    Dico Sextem puerum temerarium esse.

  2. Pater Marci est crudelis. Quid putat Sextus?
    Sextus putat patrem Marci crudelem esse.

  3. Cornelius est senator Romanus. Quid dicitis?
    Dicimus Cornelium senatorem Romanum esse.
    Notice that the verb "to be" is a linking verb, and so the predicate 'senator' is nominative in the direct statement and accusative in the indirect statement. The predicate must 'agree' with its subject.

  4. Adstantes furem ex aquá extrahunt. Quid vides?
    Video adstantes furem ex aquá extrahere.
    Adstantes only looks like it hasn't changed because it has the same form in both accusative and nominative plural. Furem is the direct object of extrahunt and extrahere and so remains in the accusative form.

  5. Puer exclamat, "Aqua non frigida est." Quid exclamat puer?
    Puer exclamat aquam non frigidam esse.

  6. Cornelius iratus ad pueros venit. Quid pueri vident?
    Pueri vident Cornelium iratum ad pueros venire.

  7. Sextus canem capit. Quid Eucleides videt?
    Eucleides videt Sextum canem capere.

  8. Cornelia in arena currit. Quid Sextus credit?
    Sextus credit Corneliam in arena currere.

  9. Pueri molestissimi sunt. Quid Eucleides sentit?
    Eucleides sentit pueros molestissimos esse.
    Note here that the addition of -issimi, -issimos to the root of molestus creates a superlative form that can be translated as 'very pesty' or 'most troublesome' and so on. Try creating superlatives with longus, brevis, altus, and ferox by adding -issimus/-a/-um to the root. It does not matter what declension the original adjective belongs to, because a superlative adjective is ALWAYS in the first/second declensions.

  10. Pueri magna voce clamant. Quid Flavia et Cornelia audiunt?
    Flavia et Cornelia audiunt pueros magna voce clamare.
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