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Stage 27 Direct and indirect commandsIn each sentence:

• underline the clause which makes up the indirect command,• circle the correct verb,• translate the entire sentence, • write in the bubbles in English what the direct command would have been.

Direct commands Indirect commands

1   rēx Cogidubnus spectātōribus imperāvit ut saltātrīcī (plauserant, plauderent).

2   Lūcia Clāram ōrāvit ut alterum leōnem (pīnxerat, pingeret).

3   architectus fabrō persuādere temptābat ut labōrāre (dēsineret, dēsinēbat).

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Direct commands Indirect commands

4   Modestus Strȳthiōnem monēbat ut sub horreō sē (cēlābat, cēlāret).

5   Valerius mīlitibus imperābat ut fugitīvōs (quaererent, quaesīvērunt).

6   Vercobrix Britannīs persuādēbat ut impetum (fēcērunt, facerent).