"Spot the Present Participle" — Parsing Exercise

Chapter 27 — Imperfective (Present) Adverbial Participles

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A 15-item parsing drill using present participle forms drawn from and modeled on GNT passages. Students parse each form (tense / voice / case / number / gender / lexical form), identify the use (adverbial, adjectival, or substantival), and provide a translation. Items 1–10 are clear adverbial or adjectival uses; items 11–15 include substantival participles and the participle of εἰμί. An answer key is embedded in all three formats.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 λύων Act Mid Mid/Pass Acc Dat Gen Nom Pl Sg Adjectival Adv Gen. Abs. Adverbial Substantival ▶

A: 1 λύων Pres Act Nom Sg Masc λύω Adverbial While loosing the slaves, he said to them.

Q2. 2 ἀκούων Act Mid Mid/Pass Acc Dat Gen Nom Pl Sg Adjectival Adv Gen. Abs. Adverbial Substantival ▶

A: 2 ἀκούων Pres Act Nom Sg Masc ἀκούω Adverbial But Jesus, hearing [this], answered them.

Q3. 3 πορευόμενοι Act Mid Mid/Pass Acc Dat Gen Nom Pl Sg Adjectival Adv Gen. Abs. Adverbial Substantival ▶

A: 3 πορευόμενοι Pres Mid Nom Pl Masc πορεύομαι Adverbial As you go, preach saying the kingdom is near.