Week 8 Assignments

  • Record the reading practice and submit.
  • Practicing the cloze exercise. Your goal is to be able to read through the text and correctly predict what words are missing from the blanks.
  • Answer the comprehension questions. Do the exercise as often as you need to for practice.
  • Read the article An Introduction To Aspect and review the Imperfect Active Indicative Charts.

Reading Practice

περὶ τοῦ δράκοντος

ἀνήρ τις περιεπάτει ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, καὶ ἰδού, δράκων κείμενος ὑποκάτω δένδρου. ἥψατο ὁ ἀνὴρ τοῦ δράκοντος. ὁ δὲ δράκων ἠγέρθη καὶ ἐδίωξεν τὸν ἄνδρα. ἤγγισεν τῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ ἔβαλεν πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ ἔφυγεν τάχιον τοῦ δράκοντος καὶ ἐκρύβη ἐν ὕλῃ.

Comprehension

τὸ διήγημα καὶ ἐρωτήματα

Practice by typing the correct answer into the blanks, or by clicking on the correct word in the word bank to send it to the focused input.

1. ὑποκάτω τίνος ἔκειτο ὁ δράκων; ὑποκάτω {δένδρου} ἔκειτο ὁ δράκων.
2. τίνος ἤψατο ὁ ἀνήρ; τοῦ {δράκοντος} ἤψατο ὁ ἀνήρ.
3. τίνι ἤγγισεν ὁ δράκων; τῷ {ἀνδρὶ} ἤγγισεν ὁ δράκων.
4. ἐκ τίνος ἔβαλεν πῦρ ὁ δράκων; ἐκ τοῦ {στόματος} ἔβαλεν πῦρ ὁ δράκων.
5. τάχιον τίνος ἔφυγον ὁ ἀνήρ; τάχιον τοῦ {δράκοντος} ἔφυγον ὁ ἀνήρ.
6. τίς ἐκρύβη ἐν ὕλῃ; ὁ {ἀνὴρ} ἐκρύβη ἐν ὕλῃ.

Vocabulary Review

imperfective indicative

ἀπαρέμφατος (infinitive)
perfective / imperfective
παραδείγματα
(paradigms)
ὑποδείγματα (examples)ὃ μεθερμηνευμένον
(which is translated)
περιπατῆσαι / περιπατεῖνπεριεπάτουν
περιεπάτεις
περιεπάτει
περιεπάτει ὁ ἀνὴρ
ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.
The man was walking
in the path..

active perfective (aorist) indicative

ἀπαρέμφατος (infinitive)
perfective / imperfective
παραδείγματα
(paradigms)
ὑποδείγματα (examples)ὃ μεθερμηνευμένον
(which is translated)
ἐγγίσαι / ἐγγίζεινἤγγισα
ἤγγισας
ἤγγισεν
ἤγγισεν ὁ δράκων
τῷ ἀνδρί.
The dragon drew near
to the man.
βαλεῖν / βάλλεινἔβαλον
ἔβαλες
ἔβαλεν
ἔβαλεν πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ
στόματος αὐτοῦ.
He threw fire out
of his mouth.

passive perfective (aorist) indicative

ἀπαρέμφατος (infinitive)
perfective / imperfective
παραδείγματα
(paradigms)
ὑποδείγματα (examples)ὃ μεθερμηνευμένον
(which is translated)
ἐγερθῆναι / ἐγείρεσθαιἠγέρθην
ἠγέρθης
ἠγέρθη
ἠγέρθη ὁ δράκων.The dragon got up.
φοβηθῆναι / φοβεῖσθαιἐφοβήθην
ἐφοβήθης
ἐφοβήθη
ἐφοβήθη ὁ ἀνήρ.The man was afraid.