Cambridge Preterm Intensive Ancient Greek language pack

checklist of grammar topics for 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 from Reading Greek 1–10 (supplied here)
Section B: Accidence: you will be expected to write down from memory any word-table (or paradigm) of any word listed on this page (you will be
given a starter form—no dual forms are expected): N.B. not every paradigm required has been supplied n the pack
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)
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 Reading Greek vocabulary list (complete list and some tables
supplied in this pack)
• form and use of demonstratives, !"# and !$#, %&'("#, and )&!*#
• form and use of personal, reflexive, and relative pronouns
• form and use of comparatives, including irregulars for +,)-*#, .).*#, .)/*#, 01,)#, and 2%/3#
verbs
• understanding of person, number, tense, voice, and mood in verbs
• understanding of verbal ‘aspect’
• conjugation of thematic (-4) verbs (e.g. /34) in the present, imperfect, aorist, and future (indicative, imperative, and optative only—no subjunctive),
active and middle, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• conjugation of contract verbs in the present and imperfect indicative, active and middle, including participles and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• conjugation of (50" ‘be’, (60$ ‘shall go’, and %6') ‘know’ in the present, past, and future; optative and imperative (no subjunctive), including participles
and infinitives (supplied in pack)
• understanding of contract futures, e.g. 0174 fut. 0(78
• understanding of 1st (= sigmatic) and 2nd aorists (thematic e.g. 9:)/%7 and athematic [= root] e.g. 9:;7)
• root aorists 9:;7 and 9,747, plus infinitives and participles
• conjugation of !)0)$, and '"'40$, plus infinitives and participles
syntax
• understanding of prepositions as occasioned in the Reading Greek vocabulary list (supplied in pack)
• constructions with comparative adjectives
• form and use of participles; understanding of participles used adverbially (= circumstantially)
• understanding of verbs that take participles, e.g. !?,@A74
• understanding of verbs that take infinitives , e.g. :%3/%0)$
• understanding of indirect speech and indirect question
• understanding of optative + B7
N.B. You are not responsible for every form that appears in the tables supplied in the language pack (e.g. dual forms of any word or aorist passives or
the poetic forms of (50" ), only those forms covered by the descriptions above. The tables are meant to be fairly comprehensive and of use for future
reference (e.g. when reading Homer). Note too that you will find many words printed with both iota subscript (e.g. C) and adscript (4$) forms as an
aid to recognition; sometimes long (e.g. D) and short (E) marks have been printed over vowels as an aid in distinguishing certain elements.