Elementary New Testament Greek, 2014a

10: Imperfect Tense
4) Working with the verb:
a) μ μ .
b) μ μ .
c) μ μ .
d) μ μ .
5) Working with the verb: μ
a) μ μ.
b) μ μ.
c) μ .
d) μ .
6) Working with the verb:
Solutions to Exercise II
a) μ.
b) μ.
c) μ.
d) μ
1) a) . I am saving the books. (Present Active Indicative, 1st Sing)
b) . I was saving the books. (Imperfect Active Indicative, 1st Sing)*
c) μ . I am being saved by God. (Present Mid/Pass Indicative, 1st
Sing)
d) μ . I was being saved by God. (Imperfect Mid/Pass Indicative, 1st
Sing)
2) a) . You are teaching the apostles. (Present Active Indicative,
2nd Sing)
b) . You were teaching the apostles. (Imperfect Active
Indicative, 2nd Sing)
c) . You are being taught by the apostles. (Present Mid/Pass
Indicative, 2nd Sing)
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d) . You were being taught by the apostles. (Imperfect
Mid/Pass Indicative, 2nd Sing)
3) a) . The child is writing the book. (Present Active Indicative, 3rd
Sing)
b) . The child was writing the book. (Imperfect Active Indicative,
3rd Sing)
c) . The book is being written by the child. (Present Mid/
Pass Indicative, 3rd Sing)
d) . The book was being written by the child. (Imperfect
Mid/Pass Indicative, 3rd Sing)
4) a) μ μ . We are preaching the gospel. (Present Active Indicative,
1st Plural)
b) μ μ . We were preaching the gospel. (Imperfect Active
Indicative, 1st Plural)
c) μ μ . We are being sent by the gospel. (Present Mid/Pass
Indicative, 1st Plural)
d) μ μ . We were being sent by the gospel. (Imperfect Mid/
Pass Indicative, 1st Plural)
5) a) μ μ. You are judging the world. (Present Active Indicative, 2nd Plural)
b) μ μ. You were judging the world. (Imperfect Active Indicative, 2nd
Plural)
c) μ . You are being judged by the apostles. (Present Mid/
Pass Indicative, 2nd Plural)
d) μ . You were being judged by the apostles. (Imperfect
Mid/Pass Indicative, 2nd Plural)
6) a) μ. The teachers are destroying sin. (Present Active
Indicative, 3rd Plural)
b) μ The teachers were destroying sin. (Imperfect Active
Indicative, 3rd Plural)*
c) μ. The teachers are being killed by sin. (Present
Mid/Pass Indicative, 3rd Plural)
d) μ The teachers were being killed by sin.
(Imperfect Mid/Pass Indicative, 3rd Plural)
*Note: Remember that the forms (blue family) of the First Person Singular and Third Person Plural
are identical () in the Imperfect Active Indicative. Only the context of the Greek sentence can
guide you in deciding how to parse the form. There may be occasions when the context itself could
be ambiguous, and interpretations of the passage would then differ.