Settings | Multiple Answers | Difficulty Levels
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, such as is found in several exercises in the book. This drill has the added value of offering additional forms as well as the ability to display principal parts, the meaning of the verb, and the paradigm relevant to the form displayed.
The drill contains over 1600 verb forms. Exercise sets from Units 5-42 have been entered as in the book, and 15-25 extra forms have been provided for Unit 5 and for all Units from 8 to 42, with each set tailored to the level of difficulty reached by the relevant Unit.
SETTINGS
In the left panel are two settings for the drill.
Drill for Unit: the numbers from 5 to 42 correspond to Units in the book. If there is a verb form exercise in a unit, the same forms may be drilled by selecting the plain unit number. A number followed by x indicates extra forms tailored to the difficulty level and vocabulary learned by the unit of that number. There are extra forms even for units that have no verb form exercise in the book.
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: 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.
HINTS FOR FORMS WITH MULTIPLE ANSWERS
In the drill by unit 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.
The data set contains classification of each form by its difficulty level, based on its position in the sequence of learning in the book. Here is a listing of the difficulty levels:
5 omega-verbs present active indicative
8 omega-verbs present active imperative (2nd person only)
9 omega-verbs present active infinitive
10 present indicative, imperative (2nd person only), and infinitive of εἰμί, be
11 omega-verbs present middle-passive indicative, imperative (2nd person only), and infinitive
13 e-contract-verbs present indicative, imperative (2nd person only), and infinitive (active and m/p)
16 omega-verbs and e-contract-verbs imperfect (active and m/p), and imperfect of εἰμί
18 omega-futures and e-contract-futures (indicative and infinitive, active and middle), and future of εἰμί
19 strong and weak aorists active and middle indicative, imperative (2nd person only), and infinitive
20 present and imperfect of φημί
23 mi-verb present indicative, infinitive, imperfect (active and m/p); same for εἶμι, go
24 mi-verb aorist indicative and infinitive (active and middle)
26 participles (except a-contract or o-contract present, aorist passive, and perfect active and m/p)
28 perfect and pluperfect indicative, perfect imperative (2nd person only), and perfect infinitive of οἶδα, know
29 all aorist passive indicative, imperative (2nd person only), infinitive and participle, and future passive indicative, infinitive and participle; 2nd-person imperative of mi-verbs
30 a-contract and o-contract verbs present and imperfect indicative, present imperative (2nd person only), present infinitive, participle; future with a-contraction
32 all subjunctive except perfect
33 all optative except perfect
37 all perfect active forms (including pluperfect and future perfect) except imperative
38 all perfect middle-passive forms (including pluperfect and future perfect) except imperative
39 third-person imperatives, perfect imperatives;athematic perfects