Review of Accusative and Ablative Temporal Constructions

1 Choose the best translation for the following sentence: tres horas librum legebamus.
We read the book in three hours.
After three hours we were still reading the books.
In three hours we will read the book.
We were reading the book for three hours.
2 Choose the best translation for the following sentence: prima luce ignis magnus in silvâ fuit.
At dawn he started a fire in the forest.
There was a great fire in the forest at sunrise.
She ran into the forest when she saw the first light of the fire.
For the whole morning a great fire raged in the forest.
3 Choose the best translation for the following sentence: totam hiemem diligenter studebat.
She studied carefully for the whole winter.
In one winter he studied everything.
He carefully studied the winter all the time.
After the winter was finished, she studied hard.
4 Choose the best translation for the following sentence: duas horas orationem habebat.
He gave his speech in two hours.
He gave a speech for two hours.
She gave a speech after two hours.
She gave two speeches in one hour.
5 Choose the best translation for the following sentence: nono die Flaccus flevit.
Flaccus cried nine times a day.
Flaccus cried on the ninth day.
Flaccus cried for nine days.
Flaccus was crying within nine days.

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