Here is a practice exercise for using adjective/noun pairs. It will also help you practice prepositional phrases. If you do not remember the case taken by a preposition, look in the glossary at the back of the textbook.

Using the nouns and adjectives below, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the noun/adjective pair.

EXAMPLE:  Rūsticī in vehiculum tardum cadunt.  (The peasants are falling into the slow vehicle.) accusative case (“into”) with in.

Canēs prope ______________________________ sedēbant. (The dogs were sitting near the large trees.)


Rōmānī perterritī ex __________________________ currēbant. (Terrified Romans were running out of all the houses.)


Cornēliī _____________________________ , quī valdē senex est, vident. (The Cornelians see the shaky innkeeper, who is very old.)


Māter cum ___________________________ ambulābat. (The mother walked with the terrified brothers.)


Tandem _________________________ ad caupōnam adveniunt. (At last the weak travelers arrive at the inn.)


In ______________________________ pernoctātis, viātōrēs?  (In what sort of inn are you staying, travelers?)


Cornēlia ad _____________________________ appropinquābat. (Cornēlia approached her brave friend.)



__________________________ per ___________________________ ambulābant. (The terrified travelers walked through the shaky inn.)




vīlla, -ae, f.    arbor, arboris, f.    frāter, frātris, m.    caupō, caupōnis, m.   
 viātor, viātōris, m.    amīca, -ae, f.     caupōna, -ae, f.

magnus, -a, -um    īnfirmus, -a, -um    perterritus, -a, -um      tardus, -a, -um

omnis, -is, -e      fortis, -is, -e      quālis, -is, -e     

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