Chapter 9 Grammar: The Ablative

What is a prepositional phrase? Select ALL correct answers.

• a phrase that includes a preposition (in, sub, ex, per)

• a phrase that describes where the action of the verb takes place

• a phrase that describes with whom the action of the verb takes place

• the past tense forms of verbs

Choose the answer with ONLY prepositions.

• arbore, in, ab, sed

• et, trans, parat, ad

• in, sub, ex, per

• ad, in, sub, quod

Find the object of the preposition: Hodie pueri sub ramis sedent.

• sedent

• sub

• pueri

• ramis

Find the object of the preposition: Servi in agris diu laborant.

• servi

• agris

• diu

• in

What case(s) can be used in prepositional phrases? If there is more than one correct answer, select both.

• nominative

• accusative

• vocative

• ablative

Which of the following prepositions would NOT be used with the ablative case?

• in

• ex

• sub

• per

Which of the following prepositions would NOT be used with the accusative case?

• ad

• per

• sub

• prope

Translate: Postquam puellae in silvam ambulant, prope rivum sedent.

• After the girls walk in the woods, they sit by the stream.

• After the girl walks in the woods, she sits near the stream.

• After the girls walked into the woods, they sat near the stream.

• After the girls walk into the woods, they sit near the stream.

Translate: Iam puer per agros ad villam currit.

• Now the boy runs through the fields to the country house.

• Now the boys run through the field to the country houses.

• Now the boy ram through the fields to the country houses.

• The boy already ran through the fields to the country house.

Form: into the city

• in urbem

• ad urbem

• in urbe

• per urbem