Case Uses: Accusative

Question 1

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Puer librum in scholā legit.

Answer 1

Direct Object

The boy reads the book in school.

Question 2

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

**Lepus sub arbore multās hōrās dormīverat.

Answer 2

Duration of Time

The hare had slept under the tree for many hours.

Question 3

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mīlle pedum ambulāvī

Answer 3

Extent of Space

I walked for one thousand (of) feet.

Question 4

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Puella ad forum cum amīcīs ambulat.

Answer 4

Place to Which

The girl walks to the forum with her friends.

Question 5

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Nautae in portum nāvigābant.

Answer 5

Place to Which

The sailors sailed into the harbor.

Question 6

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Magister discipulās laudāvit.

Answer 6

Direct Object

The teacher praised the students.

Question 7

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Puer centum passūs ad flūmen cucurrit.

Answer 7

Extent of Space

The boy ran one hundred feet to the river.

Question 8

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Līberī tōtam diem cum suō cane lūdēbat.

Answer 8

Duration of Time

The children played with their dog for the whole day.

Question 9

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Fēmina ad templum sacrum cum familiā venit.

Answer 9

Place to Which

The woman comes to the sacred temple with her family.

Question 10

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Rēx mēnsem ūnum in urbe mānsit.

Answer 10

Duration of Time

The king stayed in the city for one month.

Question 11

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Via mīlle passūs ad oppidum dūcit.

Answer 11

Extent of Space

The road leads one thousand steps (one mile) to the town.

Question 12

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Fēmina pictūram in mūrō pīnxit.

Answer 12

Direct Object

The woman painted a picture on the wall

Question 13

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Equus ducentōs pedēs in circō quam celerrimē festīnābat.

Answer 13

Extent of Space

The horse hastened in the circus for two hundred feet as quickly as possible.

Question 14

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mīlitēs ad castra hostium diū iter faciēbant.

Answer 14

Place to Which

The soldiers marched for a long time to the camp of the enemies.

Question 15

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Viātōrēs trēs hōrās prope flūmen quam celerrimē currēbant.

Answer 15

Duration of Time

The travelers ran for three hours near the river as quickly as possible.

Question 16

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Magister librōs discipulīs dat.

Answer 16

Direct Object

The teacher gives books to the students.

Question 17

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mercātor et sua uxor in oppidum novum venient.

Answer 17

Place to Which

The merchant and his wife will come into a new city.

Question 18

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mīlitēs tria milia passuum per silvam prōcessērunt.

Answer 18

Extent of Space

The soldiers proceded for three miles through the forest.

Question 19

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Poētae paucās hōrās cantābant.

Answer 19

Duration of Time

The poets sang for a few hours.

Question 20

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Magister verba sapientiae discipulīs dīxit.

Answer 20

Direct Object

The teacher said words of wisdom to the students.

Question 21

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mīlitēs fortēs urbem hostium multōs diēs oppugnāvērunt.

Answer 21

Direct Object

The strong soldiers attacked the city of the enemies for many days.

Question 22

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mīlitēs castra trecenta passūs ā rīpā posuērunt.

Answer 22

Extent of Space

The soldiers pitched camp three hundred steps from the riverbank.

Question 23

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Mercurius ad montem volāvit et Paridem vīdit.

Answer 23

Place to Which

Mercury flew to the mountain and saw Paris.

Question 24

Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence:

Fēmina vīgintī annōs suum marītum exspectābat.

Answer 24

Duration of Time

The woman waited for her husband for twenty years.

Question 25

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Agricola _agrōs_ magnō cum labōre coluit.**

Answer 25

Direct Object ## Footnote The farmer tilled _the fields_ with great labor.

Question 26

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Mīlitēs _quīnque mēnsēs_ ante bellum ā duce parābantur.**

Answer 26

Duration of Time ## Footnote The soldiers were prepared by their leader _for five months_ before the war.

Question 27

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Caesar _Rōmam_ trāns flūmen iter fēcit.**

Answer 27

Place to Which ## Footnote Caesar marched _to Rome_ across the river.

Question 28

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Poēta _multa carmina_ stylō suō scrīpsit.**

Answer 28

Direct Object ## Footnote The poet wrote _many poems_ with his own pen.

Question 29

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Venīte _domum_, libērī! Tempus cēnāre est!**

Answer 29

Place to Which ## Footnote Come _home_, children! It is time to eat!

Question 30

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Veiī _decem annōs_ ā Rōmānīs obsīdēbātur.**

Answer 30

Duration of Time ## Footnote Veii was besieged by the Romans _for ten years_.

Question 31

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Nautae _tempestātem_ propter magnōs ventōs metuērunt.**

Answer 31

Direct Object ## Footnote The sailors feared _the storm_ because of the great winds.

Question 32

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Currēmus _rūs_ et diū lūdēmus.**

Answer 32

Place to Which ## Footnote We will run _to the countryside_ and play for a long time.

Question 33

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Līberī dīligentissimē _ūnam hōram_ labōrāvērunt.**

Answer 33

Duration of Time ## Footnote The students worked very diligently _for one hour_.

Question 34

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Bellum contrā Carthāginem _duodēvīgintī annōs_ gestum erat.**

Answer 34

Duration of Time ## Footnote The war against Carthage was waged _for eighteen years.

Question 35

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Imperātor ad _rīpam_ flūminis cum exercitū magnō prōcessit.**

Answer 35

Place to Which ## Footnote The emperor proceded _to the bank_ of the river with a great army.

Question 36

# Give the use of the Accusative of the underlined word in this sentence: **Senex _fābulam longam_ dē mȳthologiā discipulīs nārrābat.**

Answer 36

Direct Object ## Footnote The old man told _a long story_ about mythology to the students.