Settings | Hints for Multiple Answers
The rapid and accurate recognition of verb forms is a key skill that contributes to reading Greek fluently. This module provides drill in the identification of verb forms, customizable by type of form. This drill has the added value of the ability to display principal parts, the meaning of the verb, and the paradigm relevant to the form displayed.
The database contains over 1600 verb forms.
SETTINGS
In the left panel are settings for the drill.
Use Vocabulary from: the choices are quarters of the book, halves of the book, or the whole book.
Select forms from: use this to determine what kind of form you wish to be confronted with in the drill. The default setting allows forms of all kinds to appear, but you may pick several narrower categories. NOTE: certain combinations of pool size, vocabulary chapter range, and type of form may produce a message that the criteria are too narrow to produce a pool of the size requested. You may either work with the small pool presented or redefine the criteria to start over.
Select pool size: you may select the size of the random set to be generated, from 15 to 40, with 25 as the default size.
Show Answer After: use the pop-up button to set the number of tries you want to make at the correct answer before the answer is given in full. After each trial, click the Check/Show Answer button, and correct choices will change from black to yellow, while incorrect choices will remain black. If your answer is partially correct, then the black will change to light yellow while the correct choice is shown in yellow (for instance, if you identify a form as middle when it is middle-passive, this will be accepted as a correct response, with middle-passive turning yellow and middle turning light yellow). On the last try all answers will be shown.
If you would like to use the drill for mental practice or study without clicking the choices, set Show Answer After to 1 and simply click Start/Next Action when you wish to see the answer or the next form.
Operation of the drill: when a form is displayed, always decide first whether the form is finite, infinitive, or participle and click on the appropriate label. This choice makes visible the other labels, so that you may then have the proper choices for selection. Only one button in a column can be highlighted at a time, and the buttons in a column are disabled once a correct choice has been verified with the yellow color.
Additional information: buttons allow you to see the first principal part, all the principal parts, or the definition of the verb from which the particular form comes. The paradigm button opens the Paradigms module in a separate screen and displays the particular paradigm that illustrates the current form.
In the drill by type of form you may be presented with a form that has more than one possible identification. Since such forms have multiple entries in the whole database with one correct answer expected for each entry, this module provides a hint as to which identification will be recognized as completely correct. For instance, "τιμᾶτε (subj)" will be offered to indicate that the expected mood for this item is subjunctive rather than indicative or imperative. "βουλεύσῃ (ind)" hints that the correct identification is as 2nd singular future middle indicative, as opposed to "βουλεύσῃ (act)" hinting at 3rd singular aorist active subjunctive or "βουλεύσῃ (aor mid)" hinting at 2nd singular aorist middle subjunctive.