Cambridge Preterm Non-Intensive Ancient Greek language pack

checklist of grammar topics for Non-Intensive Greek students
On arriving at Cambridge you will be assessed on the following topics. The assessment will fall into four parts (in each part you will be
given some choice):
Section A: Vocabulary: you will be expected to know the vocbulary of the AS Level list (supplied here)
Section B: Accidence: you will be expected to write down from memory any word-table (or paradigm) of any word supplied in the
pack (you will not be tested on Ionic or Homeric forms)
Section C: Principal Parts: you will be expected write down from memory the principal parts of the verbs in the list included in
this pack (you will be given a starter form and you will not be tested on Ionic or Homeric forms)
Section D: Syntax: you will be expected to translate from Greek into English a few sentences that exhibit the points of syntax as
specified below
The assessment will take form as an hour-long online test. Many elements of the test will be generated
randomly by computer, so each test will be unique. Some elements will be very simple and some will be
more challenging. The test will be marked out of 100 points and only you and your Director of Studies will
be given the results. The test is merely designed as a diagnostic tool and will not count towards any final
mark or grade at all.
adjectives and nouns, etc.
• understanding of gender, case, and number in nouns and adjectives
• declension and use of the definite article
• noun and adjective declension of all three patterns of the words that appear in the AS vocabulary list
• form and use of demonstratives, !"# and !$#, %&'("#, and )&!*#
• form and use of personal, reflexive, and relative pronouns
• form and use of comparatives, including irregulars for +,)-*#, .).*#, .)/*#, 01,)#,and 2%/3#, etc.
• form and use of gerunds and gerundives
verbs
• understanding of the formation and function of person, number, tense, voice and mood in verbs
• understanding of verbal ‘aspect’
• conjugation of thematic (-4) verbs (e.g. /34) in all tenses, voices and moods, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• conjugation of contract verbs in in all tenses, voices and moods, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• full conjugation of (50" ‘be’, (60$ ‘shall go’, and %6') ‘know’, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• full conjugation of athematic verbs such as '"'40$, plus infinitives and participles
• understanding of aorist, perfect, and future tense forms in all moods and voices, including participles and infinitives
syntax
• understanding of case usage and prepositions (documents supplied in pack)
• constructions with comparative expressions
• form and use of participles, including participles used adverbially (= circumstantially or predicatively)
• understanding of verbs that take participles, e.g. !7,89:4
• understanding of verbs that take infinitives , e.g. ;%3/%0)$
• understanding of independent mood usage, such as the indicative or optative with or without ) and short (?) marks have been printed over vowels as an aid in distinguishing certain elements.