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Practice Translation: Antony and Cleopatra

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Practice Translation: Antony and Cleopatra

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  1. In this lesson, we will practise irregular verbs by translating a story about Cleopatra and her relationship with Mark Antony.

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9 Questions

Q1.
1. Match 'vis' to the English translation.
He/she/it wants
I want
Correct answer: You (s) want
Q2.
1. Match 'vult' to the English translation.
Correct answer: He/she/it wants
I want
You (s) want
Q3.
2. Match 'volunt' to the English translation.
Correct answer: They want
We want
You (pl) want
Q4.
2. Match 'volumus' to the English translation.
They want
Correct answer: We want
You (pl) want
Q5.
3. Match 'nolo' to the English translation.
Correct answer: I do not want
They do not want.
We do not want
You (pl) do not want
You (s) do not want
Q6.
3. Match 'non vis' to the English translation.
I do not want
They do not want.
We do not want
You (pl) do not want
Correct answer: You (s) do not want
Q7.
4. What does the following sentence mean: dicere nolunt.
Correct answer: They do not want to speak.
They want to speak.
Q8.
5. What does the following sentence mean: scribere volebamus.
We did not want to write.
We do not want to write.
We want to write.
Correct answer: We wanted to write.
Q9.
6. What does 'visne' mean?
Did you (s) want?
Do you (pl) want?
Correct answer: Do you (s) want?
You (s) want.

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9 Questions

Q1.
What does 'volo' mean?
Correct answer: I want
She wanted/was wanting
You (s) want
Q2.
What does 'vis' mean?
I want
She wanted/was wanting
Correct answer: You (s) want
Q3.
What does 'volebat' mean?
I want
Correct answer: She wanted/was wanting
You (s) want
Q4.
What does 'nolo' mean?
Correct answer: I do not want
She did not want
She does not want
You (s) do not want
Q5.
What does 'non vult' mean?
I do not want
She did not want
Correct answer: She does not want
You (s) do not want
Q6.
What does 'nolebat' mean?
I do not want
Correct answer: She did not want
She does not want
You (s) do not want
Q7.
What does the following sentence mean: cenam consumere volebam?
I want to eat dinner.
Correct answer: I wanted to eat dinner.
She wanted to eat dinner.
Q8.
What does the following sentence mean: visne pecuniam tradere?
Correct answer: Do you want to hand over the money?
You (s) want to hand over the money.
You wanted to hand over the money?
Q9.
Cleopatra's most expensive dinner ever did not taste very nice. Why?
Correct answer: She dissolved and drank a very expensive pearl.
She forced Antony to eat gold.
There was so much food.