Latin Beyond GCSE Chapter 4

Question 1

I sent a slave to help the old man.

Answer 1

servum misi qui senem adiuvaret.

Question 2

When you receive this letter, come home at once.

Answer 2

ubi hanc epistulam acceperis, domum statim veni.

Question 3

We all want to find out what happened here yesterday.

Answer 3

omnes cognoscere volumus quid heri hic acciderit.

Question 4

If the envoys had not been killed, the general would not have attacked the town

Answer 4

nisi legati interfecti essent, imperator oppidum non oppugnavisset.

Question 5

They threw the boy’s book into the fire so that it could not be read

Answer 5

librum pueri in ignem iniecerunt ne legeretur.

Question 6

Tomorrow I shall walk to the city in order to see the new temple.

Answer 6

ad urbem cras ambulabo ut novum templum videam.

Question 7

Do not ask me where I hid the money!

Answer 7

noli me rogare ubi pecuniam celaverim.

Question 8

Since my sister had arrived, we bought more food.

Answer 8

cum mea soror advenisset, plus cibi emimus.

Question 9

The art of writing is taught very well here.

Answer 9

ars scribendi hic optime docetur.

Question 10

If we were rich, we should not be living in this part of the town.

Answer 10

si divites essemus, in hac parte oppidi non habitaremus.

Question 11

Surely you do not believe the messenger’s words, master?

Answer 11

num verbis nuntii credis, domine?

Question 12

I was afraid that you would all be captured by the enemy.

Answer 12

verebar ne omnes ab hostibus caperemini.

Question 13

This girl is unwilling to tell me where her friends have gone.

Answer 13

haec puella mihi dicere non vult quo amici iverint.

Question 14

By walking quickly, we hoped to arrive before dinner.

Answer 14

sperabamus nos celeriter ambulando ante cenam adventuros esse.

Question 15

The woman asked the boys to work silently.

Answer 15

femina pueros rogavit ut tacite laborarent.

Question 16

My friend promised to show me his new horse.

Answer 16

amicus promisit se novum equum suum mihi monstraturum esse.

Question 17

This woman is said to have been loved by the emperor.

Answer 17

haec femina ab imperatore amata esse dicitur.

Question 18

Do not shout, children, so that you may not be heard by the senators!

Answer 18

nolite clamare, liberi, ne a senatoribus audiamini.

Question 19

Having opened the gates, our men marched into the middle of the city.

Answer 19

portis apertis, nostri in mediam urbem contenderunt.

Question 20

I am still seeking an opportunity to escape.

Answer 20

occasionem effugiendi adhuc peto.

Question 21

After he returned to Rome, my brother stayed with me for seven days.

Answer 21

frater postquam Romam rediit apud me septem dies mansit.

Question 22

It pleased the king to see the citizens rejoicing.

Answer 22

regi placuit cives gaudentes videre.

Question 23

Did you order my slave to give you that book?

Answer 23

iussistine servum meum tibi illum librum dare?

Question 24

The girl who had received the prize decided to buy new clothes.

Answer 24

puella quae praemium acceperat novas vestes emere constituit.

Question 25

We were all hurrying to the harbour in order to see the ships.

Answer 25

omnes ad portum festinabamus ut naves videremus.

Question 26

I was afraid that you would not arrive today.

Answer 26

timebam ne hodie non advenires.

Question 27

The city has so many gates that the citizens were able to leave very quickly.

Answer 27

urbs tot portas habet ut cives celerrime discedere potuerint.

Question 28

If you find the money, do not lose it again!

Answer 28

si pecuniam invenies, noli iterum amittere.

Question 29

I became wise by reading books.

Answer 29

libris legendis sapiens factus sum.

Question 30

This girl says that she has never seen the sea.

Answer 30

haec puella negat se mare umquam vidisse

Question 31

Surely you understand that the words always need to be learned?

Answer 31

nonne intellegis verba semper discenda esse?

Question 32

The old man to whom I gave food yesterday is poor.

Answer 32

senex cui cibum heri dedi pauper est.

Question 33

The general urged his men to march through the wood as quickly as possible.

Answer 33

imperator suos hortatus est ut per silvam quam celerrime contenderent.

Question 34

The women ran to the shore in order to greet their husbands.

Answer 34

feminae ad litus cucurrerunt ut maritos salutarent.

Question 35

When the bridge had been destroyed, we were safe at last.

Answer 35

ponte deleto, tuti tandem eramus.

Question 36

Do you see that woman hurrying along the street?

Answer 36

videsne illam feminam per viam festinantem?

Question 37

I admire the house so much that I am going to buy it.

Answer 37

domum adeo miror ut eam empturus sim.

Question 38

We hope that we shall finish the work within three days.

Answer 38

speramus nos opus tribus diebus confecturos esse.

Question 39

The boys were walking more slowly than the girls.

Answer 39

pueri lentius ambulabant quam puellae.

Question 40

I was often warned by my father not to go there alone at night.

Answer 40

a patre saepe monebar ne eo solus nocte irem.

Question 41

The old man hid the money so that it would never be found.

Answer 41

senex pecuniam celavit ne umquam inveniretur.

Question 42

Do not trust such a messenger, citizens!

Answer 42

nolite tali nuntio confidere, cives.

Question 43

The river is so wide that we cannot build a bridge.

Answer 43

flumen tam latum est ut pontem aedificare non possimus.

Question 44

The boy said that he had lost the book which his father had sent.

Answer 44

puer dixit se librum perdidisse quem pater misisset.

Question 45

If you listen carefully, you will understand my plan.

Answer 45

si diligenter audiveris, consilium meum intelleges.

Question 46

I finally persuaded the young man to show me the senator's letter.

Answer 46

iuveni tandem persuasi ut epistulam senatoris mihi monstraret.

Question 47

The woman believed that she would soon find the true cause of the disease.

Answer 47

femina credebat se veram causam morbi mox inventuram esse.

Question 48

Although my son could not be seen, he himself saw everything.

Answer 48

quamquam filius meus videri non poterat, tamen ipse omnia vidit.

Question 49

The citizens were afraid that all the temples would be destroyed by fire.

Answer 49

cives verebantur ne omnia templa igne delerentur.

Question 50

Before he died, the old man told his wife where the silver had been hidden.

Answer 50

antequam mortuus est, senex uxori dixit ubi pecunia celata esset.

Question 51

The soldier said that the journey had not been difficult.

Answer 51

miles negavit iter difficile fuisse.

Question 52

In order not to be sent home, I worked silently for many hours.

Answer 52

ne domum mitterer, multas horas tacite laborabam.

Question 53

The slave was away for so long that he needs to be punished.

Answer 53

servus tam diu aberat ut puniendus sit.

Question 54

My brother and I stayed in the city until we saw the emperor.

Answer 54

ego et frater in urbe mansimus dum imperatorem videremus.

Question 55

Did the girl understand what the teacher had written?

Answer 55

puellane intellexit quid magister scripsisset?

Question 56

The envoys told the consul that the enemy's city had been captured.

Answer 56

legati consuli dixerunt urbem hostium captam esse.

Question 57

The boy climbed the tree in order to see the fight.

Answer 57

puer arborem ascendit ut pugnam videret.

Question 58

Unless you wear more clothes, you will suffer from the cold.

Answer 58

nisi plures vestes geres, frigore patieris

Question 59

So many merchants had come into the city that the marketplace was full.

Answer 59

tot mercatores in urbem venerant ut forum plenum esset.

Question 60

The general asked me whether I had seen his horse.

Answer 60

imperator me rogavit num equum suum vidissem.

Question 61

The children were hiding so that they would not be seen by their parents.

Answer 61

liberti se celabant ne a parentibus viderentur.

Question 62

The teacher asked me how many books I had read in the previous year.

Answer 62

magister me rogavit quot libros proximo anno legissem.

Question 63

If you give me money, I shall try to buy more food.

Answer 63

si pecuniam mihi dederis, plus cibi emere conabor.

Question 64

After he returned to the city, he was made consul again.

Answer 64

postquam ad urbem rediit, consul iterum factus est.

Question 65

We shall be able to sail around the island within three hours.

Answer 65

circum insulam tribus horis navigare poterimus.

Question 66

I am reading these books in order to learn about men and gods.

Answer 66

hos libros lego de hominibus deisque discendi causa.

Question 67

If you had not seen the flames, the city would have been destroyed.

Answer 67

nisi flammas vidisses, urbs deleta esset

Question 68

While this war was being waged, another disaster was announced.

Answer 68

dum hoc bellum geritur, alia clades nuntiata est.

Question 69

I will ask that girl how she found the way.

Answer 69

illam puellam rogabo quomodo viam invenerit.

Question 70

The mountain is so high that no-one can climb it.

Answer 70

mons tam altus est ut nemo ascendere possit.

Question 71

The horse was so tired that it could hardly carry me.

Answer 71

equus tam fessus erat ut me vix portare posset.

Question 72

Whose speech do you believe to be best?

Answer 72

cuius orationem optimam esse credis?

Question 73

As soon as they heard about the victory, the women began to rejoice.

Answer 73

simulac de victoria audiverunt, feminae gaudere coeperunt.

Question 74

No-one knows how many soldiers were killed there.

Answer 74

nemo scit quot milites ibi interfecti sint.

Question 75

Fearing that the prisoners would escape, the general summoned more guards.

Answer 75

veritus ne captivi effugerent, imperator plures custodes arcessivit.

Question 76

Why did you not tell me what you wanted to do?

Answer 76

cur mihi non dixisti quid facere velles?

Question 77

The gifts sent by the allies will be a help to our citizens.

Answer 77

dona a sociis missa civibus nostris auxilio erunt.

Question 78

The slaves ran away so quickly that no-one was caught.

Answer 78

servi tam celeriter fugerunt ut nemo captus sit

Question 79

Do you know why the women tried to burn the ships?

Answer 79

scisne quare feminae naves incendere conatae sint?

Question 80

The girl told her companions to follow her.

Answer 80

puella comites se sequi iussit

Question 81

If the teacher were here, he would be trying to teach us.

Answer 81

si magister adesset, nos docere conaretur

Question 82

The women wanted to find out what had happened.

Answer 82

feminae cognoscere volebant quid accidisset.

Question 83

They hurried to the gates of the city in order to wait for messengers.

Answer 83

ad portas urbis festinaverunt nuntios exspectandi causa.

Question 84

We hope that our friends will arrive on the third day.

Answer 84

speramus amicos tertio die adventuros esse.

Question 85

The sailors whom we saw yesterday left the city as quickly as possible.

Answer 85

nautae quos heri vidimus ex urbe quam celerrime discesserunt.

Question 86

If the money is not given back, you will all be punished.

Answer 86

nisi pecunia reddetur, omnes puniemini.

Question 87

Did you not send a boy to find the horse?

Answer 87

nonne puerum misisti qui equum inveniret?

Question 88

My brother has become so rich that he is able to buy a country house.

Answer 88

frater meus tam dives factus est ut villam emere possit.

Question 89

The old man did not know what he should do.

Answer 89

senex nescivit quid facere deberet.

Question 90

The women and children were ordered to go out into the fields.

Answer 90

feminae liberique in agros exire iussi sunt.

Question 91

You will soon see what is happening if you hurry.

Answer 91

si festinabis, mox videbis quid accidat.

Question 92

I am afraid that the money may be stolen.

Answer 92

vereor ne pecunia auferatur.

Question 93

We received into our city those who had suffered serious wounds in the war.

Answer 93

in urbem nostram accepimus eos qui vulnera gravia in bello passi erant.

Question 94

The woman said that she had stolen the food so that we could eat.

Answer 94

femina dixit se cibum abstulisse ut nos ederemus.

Question 95

If the soldiers had obeyed the general, they would not have fallen into the ambush.

Answer 95

si milites imperatori paruissent, in insidias non cecidissent.

Question 96

They went away to found a city with the help of the gods.

Answer 96

abierunt urbem auxilio deorum conditum.

Question 97

When do you hope to return to your homeland?

Answer 97

quando speras te ad patriam rediturum esse?

Question 98

The young man wanted to know where the girl had been sent to

Answer 98

iuvenis scire volebat quo puella missa esset.

Question 99

Our men are accustomed to say that they do not fear the enemy

Answer 99

nostri se hostes timere negare solent.

Question 100

Let us praise all those by whom we have been taught!

Answer 100

laudemus omnes a quibus docti sumus.