LH2: Lesson - Indirect Speech Final Review

Indirect Speech Final Review

Download the Indirect Forms Handout Links to an external site. - complete this handout using what you have learned in this module. The chart and practice exercise below serve as a review for the material on the handout. Please be sure you have completed the handout before moving ahead in the course.

Indirect Speech Acts
Type Structure Direct Version - English Indirect Version - English Indirect Version - Latin
Statement Reports a statement
Accusative subject + infinitive verb
He says, "I did it." He says that he did it. Dicit se id fecisse.
Question Reports a question
Interrogative + subjunctive verb
He wonders, "Who did it?" He wonders who did it. Miratur quis id fecerit.
Command Reports a command
ut/ne + subjunctive verb
He says, "Let them do it." He tells us to do it. Imperat nobis ut id faciamus.

Practice Activity

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