ER 44 Ablative Absolute Matching

Match each ablative absolute to its correct translation:

_________________, praemium prōmissum est.

_________________, a reward was promised.

• With the sailor helping the captain

• Nautā magistrum adiūtūrō

• With the sailor helped by the captain

• Magistrō ā nautā adiūtō

• With the captain helping the sailor

• Nautā magistrum adiuvante

• With the captain helped by the sailor

• Nautā ā magistrō adiūtō

• With the sailor about to help thecaptain

• Magistrō nautam adiuvante

Match each ablative absolute to its correct translation:

_________________, Sextus clāmābat.

_________________, Sextus was shouting.

• With the thief grabbing the clothes

• Vestīmentīs ā fūre arreptīs

• With the clothes grabbed by the thief

• Fūre vestīmenta arreptūrō

• With the thief about to grab the clothes

• Fūre vestīmenta arripiente

Match each ablative absolute to its correct translation:

_________________, adstantēs spectābant.

_________________, the bystanders were watching

• With Sextus catching the thief

• Fūre ā Sextō captō

• With the thief caught by Sextus

• Sextō fūrem capientibus

• With Sextus about to capture the thief

• Sextō fūrem captūrō

Match each ablative absolute to its correct translation:

_________________, Eucleidēs in apodyteriō nōn erat.

_______________, Eucleides was not in the changing room.

• With the thief seeing Sextus

• Fūre Sextum vidente

• With Sextus seen by the thief

• Sextō ā fūrē vīsō

• With the Sextus about to see the thief

• Fūre ā Sextō vīsō

• With the thief seen by Sextus

• Sextō ā fūre vidente

• With Sextus seeing the thief

• Sextō fūrem vīsūrō

Match each ablative absolute to its correct translation:

_________________, adstantēs spectābant.

_________________, the bystanders were watching.

• With Sextus pursuing the thief

• Sextō fūrem insecūtō

• With Sextus about to pursue the thief

• Sextō fūrem insequente

• With Sextus having pursued the thief

• Sextō fūrem insecūtūrō