Lesson 4 | Aorist Indicatives

Grammar Quiz

In Lessons 1 and 2, we learned about the indicative verbs with imperfective aspect: present and imperfect indicatives. In this lesson, we will learn about an indicative verb with perfective aspect: aorist indicatives. But first, the quiz below gives you one more opportunity to strengthen what you learned about the imperfective indicative verbs. If you answer less than 8/10 correctly, you should review Lessons 1 and 2 before moving on.

The first questions explore the basics of the present and imperfect tenses.

What is the major difference between the imperfect and present tenses?

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What should seeing an augment on an indicative verb make you think?

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Present tense verbs use endings, while imperfect tense verbs use endings.

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The next four questions ask you to parse verbs you’ve learned in your vocab in Greek II and III.

ἀναβαίνεις

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ηὔρισκε

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ἐδύνασθε

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πληροῦμεν

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The last set of questions focuses on the following sentence. Choose the best answer for each question.

Ποταπός (what sort of man) ἐστιν οὗτος ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἄνεμοι (the winds) καὶ ἡ θάλασσα αὐτῷ ὑπακούουσιν (obey);

Parse ἐστιν

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Parse ὑπακούουσιν

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Choose the best translation:

Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.

Greek III