Lesson 5 | Aorist Participles

Grammar Quiz

In this lesson, we will learn about aorist participles. Before you move on to this lesson, make sure that you understand what we learned in Lessons 1 and 3: (1) the basic parts of Greek verbs, (2) verbal aspect, and (3) the form and function of present participles. The following quiz will help you assess if you are ready to move on to this lesson on aorist participles. If you do not answer at least 12/15 correctly on the first try, you should review the previous lesson before moving on to this one.

The following questions relate to the basic parts of a verb and verbal aspect. Choose the best answer for each question.
What is verbal aspect?
How the speaker portrays the verb's relationship to reality
The verb's lexical core that communicates its meaning
The view or perspective that the speaker gives us of the verb's action
The subject's relationship to the verb's action
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Which aspect would an author use to portray an action as it is happening?
Stative aspect
The subjunctive mood
Perfective aspect
Imperfective aspect
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Which aspect would an author use to summarize the whole action from start to finish?
Stative aspect
The subjunctive mood
Perfective aspect
Imperfective aspect
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Which aspect would an author use to focus on the results of a verb's action?
Stative aspect
The subjunctive mood
Imperfective aspect
Perfective aspect
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When do Greek verbs communicate time as well as aspect?
Only in the indicative mood
Always
Only when they are participles
Never
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The next questions each contain one present participle. Choose the correct parsing and translation for each participle.
λύοντες
Present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural from λύω: "while untying"
Present, active, participle, accusative, masculine, plural from λύω: "while untying"
Present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural from λύω: "while being untied"
Present, passive, participle, accusative, masculine, plural from λύω: "while being untied"
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λέγων
Present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, plural from λέγω: "while saying"
Present, active, participle, nominative, neuter, singular from λέγω: "while saying"
Present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular from λέγω: "while saying"
Present, active, participle, dative, neuter, plural from λέγω: "while saying"
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ἀγαπῶντι
Present, passive, participle, dative, masculine or neuter, singular from ἀγαπάω: "while being loved"
Present, active, participle, dative, masculine or neuter, singular from ἀγαπάω: "while loving"
Present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural from ἀγαπάω: "while loving"
Present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural from ἀγαπάω: "while being loved"
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λύουσα
Present, active, participle, nominative or accusative, neuter, plural from λύω: "while untying"
Present, passive, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from λύω: "while being untied"
Present, passive, participle, nominative or accusative, neuter, plural from λύω: "while being untied"
Present, active, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from λύω: "while untying"
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πιστευομένη
Present, active, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from πιστεύω: "while being believed"
Present, active, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from πιστεύω: "while believing"
Present, middle or passive, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from πιστεύω: "while being believed"
Present, middle or passive, participle, nominative, feminine, singular from πιστεύω: "while believing"
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The last set of questions focuses on the following sentence. Choose the best answer for each question.
οὗτος ἐστιν (is) ὁ βαπτίζων ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.
How is the participle functioning in this sentence?
As an adjectival participle
As an adverbial participle
As a substantival participle
There is not a participle in this sentence.
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What kind of word is οὗτος?
A noun
A pronoun
A participle
An adjective
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Parse βαπτίζων
Present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, plural from βαπτίζω
Present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular from βαπτίζω
Present, passive, participle, genitive, masculine, plural from βαπτίζω
Present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular from βαπτίζω
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What kind of adjective is ἁγίῳ?
A predicate adjective
An attributive adjective
A substantival adjective
It is not an adjective.
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Choose the best translation:
This man is in the Holy Spirit. He is baptizing.
This man is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
This man is in the Holy Spirit. He is being baptized.
This man is the one who was baptized in the Holy Spirit.
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