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Lesson Ten


 

   

Noun Accent
First and Second Declension Noun Accent
Morphology: The Nominal System (Part 5)

Contents
 

10.0 Introduction, 10-1
10.1 General Introduction to Accents, 10-2
10.2 General Rules of Accent, 10-6
10.3 First and Second Declension Noun Accent, 10-9
10.4 Accent Nomenclature, 10-21
10.5 Summary of First and Second Declension Accents, 10-23
10.6 The Accent and the Article, 10-30
10.7 Vocabulary Study, 10-31
Study Guide, 10-33
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Synopsis

Ancient Greek grammarians desired to preserve their phonetic language because of the influx of foreigners who needed to learn it because of commerce or conquest.  Therefore, a prescriptive system of intonated accents was developed: the acute (rising pitch), the grave (falling pitch) and the circumflex (combination of both).  This is the focus of Lesson Ten.  Sixteen MP3 audio files are used in conjunction with this lesson to guide toward a consistent pronunciation of Greek vowels, consonants and words.  At the conclusion of the lesson a study guide integrates the principles presented in this lesson.

Study Aids

The following study aids are designed to reinforce the material presented in Lesson Ten.  An "answer key" is provided when necessary.  The different levels represent an escalating level of difficulty.  It is recommended to begin with the least difficult exercises in Level One and proceed through Level Three to receive the maximum benefit from the exercises.  All PDF links open in a new window. 

You may download all the paginated study aids for Lesson Ten in a ZIP file by clicking here.

LEVEL ONE Title, Link and Description
Study Guide Answer Key [PDF]  Instruction
This is the answer key for Lesson Ten Study Guide.  It is important to answer all of the lesson's exercises to the best of your ability before consulting this answer key.  SA10:1-10

Vocabulary Study Practice [Audio PDF] Work Sheets
Practice writing the sixteen new vocabulary words from Lesson Ten on these pages.  SA10:11-12

Vocabulary Paradigms [PDF] Instruction
All the vocabulary words for Lesson Ten are declined.  This lesson aid should help to determine the correct accent for the new vocabulary words.  SA10:13-18

Vocabulary Match [PDF]  Exercise
Many words in Lesson Ten’s vocabulary are used as words or as a part of a compound word in the English language.  Select from a list of English words that correctly corresponds (or matches) with the Greek vocabulary word.  SA10:19-20

English-Greek Vocabulary Match [PDF]  Exercise
Select the appropriate Greek vocabulary word from several possibilities that matches the English definition.  SA10:21-26

Quiz  [PDF]  Test
Ten true or false questions tests over general principles about first and second declension nouns.  SA10:27-28

LEVEL TWO

Title, Link and Description

Missing Letters [Audio PDF]  Exercise
Fill in
the missing vowel or vowels and consonants in words from the lesson’s vocabulary.  SA10:29-30

Lexical Study [PDF]  Exercise
Give the definite article, definition, and declension-paradigm for the vocabulary words in Lesson Ten.  SA10:31-32

 Grammatical Concord [PDF]  Exercise
Place the proper article before first and second declension inflected nouns.  There are forty-two inflected nouns in this exercise.  SA10:33-34

Paradigms and Accents [PDF]  Exercise
Accent the inflected forms of first and second declension nouns.  The accent for the lexical form (the nominative singular) is given in aiding to accent the remaining inflected forms.  SA10:35-40

Quiz [PDF] Test
The exercise contains twenty true or false statements which covers the essentials concerning first and second declension noun accents.  In addition, twelve multiple choice questions challenge cover the first and second declension noun accent rules.  SA10:41-48

LEVEL THREE

Title, Link and Description

Vocabulary Accents [PDF]  Exercise
Forty-four vocabulary words are selected to accent the nominative singular form.  This exercise tests knowledge of first and second declension noun lexical form accents.  SA10:49-50

Crossword Puzzle [PDF]  Exercise
Technical terms and transliterated vocabulary words from Lesson Ten and previous lessons were used to construct this puzzle.  Twenty-seven clues help to solve the puzzle.  This puzzle was designed with the aid of Discovery School.  SA10:51-52

Substitution [PDF]  Exercise
Choose
from four choices that properly substitute for the correct case of the underlined English noun.  Fourteen short excerpts from the NTGreek text are cited in this exercise.  SA10:53-58

Accent Phrases [PDF]  Exercise
Accent these twenty short phrases.  Whereas previous exercises emphasized accenting individual words, this exercise requires accentuation of contiguous words.  Both first and second declension nouns are used for this exercise.  SA10:59-60

Quiz [PDF]  Quiz
This quiz is divided into six parts, including "true" or "false" questions, multiple choice questions, and intensive questions concerning the Greek article, and first and second declension noun accents.   SA10:61-72

 

 

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