Lesson 3 | Present Participles
Guided Practice 1: Mark 1:4
You have now learned how present participles form and function. We looked together at several examples from the Greek NT. Now, it is time for you to practice. Before we start translating , let’s practice parsing participles first. Use the quizlet below to practice parsing present participles from the verbs you already know.
Now, let’s practice translating verses from the Greek NT that contain present participles. Use our five-step translation process.
Read the text aloud
Diagram and translate the text by using our five-step process
Clauses: Divide the text into clauses. I usually divide adverbial participles into their own clauses.
Main Verb: Identify the main verb
Subject: Identify the verb’s subject
Object: Identify the verb’s object (or predicate nominative)
Extras: Identify and diagram the remaining parts
Watch the video to check your work.
We colored and highlighted the main verbs in each sentence according to their tense-form. (You will learn more about this coloring scheme as we go along.) If you do not know a word or cannot remember how to parse it, click on the verse number and then on the word in the Greek verse at the bottom of the popup window. However, avoid doing this whenever possible. We suggest that you work with a piece of paper so that you can write down the parsing for each word.
(1) Read aloud. (2) Diagram & translate with the 5 Steps.
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