Chapter 26, Drill b: Practice using present active participle, all cases.

Each Latin sentence contains an English present participle or participial phrase in parentheses, followed by a short Latin sentence also in parentheses. Change the short Latin sentence into the participial phrase. Word order: when the participle is merely an adjective, it can precede or follow the noun; otherwise, use noun/modifiers/direct object/participle order. When a noun is bracketed, leave it out.

Example:
([The] loving mother) puellam spectabat. (mater amat.) Answer: mater amans or amans mater, nominative because mater is the subject of the sentence.

1. magister (boys writing letters) vidit. (pueri epistolas scribunt.)
2. magister vocavit ([the] waiting boys). (pueri manent.)
3. clamor (of [men] fighting) cives terruerunt. ([viri] pugnant.)
4. Quintus territus erat (by the burning buildings). (aedificia ardent.)
5. conspectus (of senators striking Caesar) Quintum terruit. (senatores Caesarem feriunt.)
6. Quintus periculum ostendit (to [the men] drinking wine). ([viri] vinum bibunt.)
7. Quintus gratias egit (to the spectators showing the way). (spectatores viam ostendunt.)
8. spectatores (the orator speaking about the laws) laudabant. (orator de legibus dicit.)
9. senator salutem (to the visiting clients) dedit. (clientes visunt)
10. puer (laughing) satis vini sumpsit. (puer ridet.)
11. Quintus (soldiers who were standing) in campo vidit. (milites stant.)
12. miles Quintum (standing) prope theatrum vidit. (Quintus stat.)
13. Quintus ad gradus (of the temple standing on the hill) pervenit. (templum in colle stat.)
14. statua deae Athenae in templo erat in conspectu (of all [those who] come). (omnes veniunt.)
15. navis (leaving the shore) ad Italiam navigabat. ([navis] a litore discedit.)
16. Quintus vultum (of [the men] killing Caesar) videre poterat. ([viri] Caesarem interficiunt.)
17. Quintus a (the multitude passing by) fugit. (multitudo praeterit.)
18. Quintus (horses going around the field) vidit. (equi campum circumeunt.)

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