Verbs

Indirect Statements - KEY

Part I

1. Eucleides says that the game is the best.
2. I know that Cornelius is a Roman senator.
3. We know that Cornelia is a Roman girl.
4. I think that Sextus is a rash (headstrong) boy.
5. I heard that Cornelia went to the shop.
6. I see that the path (road) is long.
7. We thought that the slaves worked in the fields.
8. He/she was hearing that the slaves were shouting in the kitchen.
9. I believe (perceive) that Aurelia is going into the city.
10. They said that Marcus was sleeping.
11. Cicero heard that Milo had killed Clodius.
12. Octavian says that he will become emperor.

Did you get the right order of the infinitive in the last two? Did you get the English translation of the infinitive in the correct tense? Did it correspond with the primary verb of saying, knowing, thinking or perceiving?

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