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EXERCISES
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124.
DIALOGUE
The Boys Sextus and Marcus
First learn the special vocabulary, p. 287.
- S. Ubi es, Mārce? Ubi est Quīntus? Ubi estis, amīcī?
- M. Cum Quīntō, Sexte, in silvā sum. Nōn sōlī sumus; sunt in silvā multī aliī puerī.
- S. Nunc laetus es, sed nūper nōn laetus erās. Cūr miser erās?
- M. Miser eram quia amīcī meī erant in aliō vīcō et eram sōlus. Nunc sum apud sociōs meōs. Nunc laetī sumus et erimus.
- S. Erātisne in lūdō hodiē?
- M. Hodiē nōn erāmus in lūdō, quod magister erat aeger.
- S. Eritisne mox in lūdō?
- M. Amīcī meī ibi erunt, sed ego (I) nōn erō.
- S. Cūr nōn ibi eris? Magister, saepe irātus, inopiam tuam studī dīligentiaeque nōn laudat.
- M. Nūper aeger eram et nunc īnfīrmus sum.
125.
EXERCISE
- You are, you were, you will be, (sing. and plur.).
- I am, I was, I shall be.
- He is, he was, he will be.
- We are, we were, we shall be.
- They are, they were, they will be.
- Why were you not in school to-day? I was sick.
- Lately he was a sailor, now he is a farmer, soon he will be a teacher.
- To-day I am happy, but lately I was wretched.
- The teachers were happy because of the boys’ industry.
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