Simple Tenses Comparison Exercises For Greek Grammar

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In Greek grammar, tenses are used to describe the timeframe of an action or state of being. Simple tenses in Greek only refer to actions that are complete (past), happening now (present), or will happen (future). The comparison of simple tenses in Greek is a study of how these tenses differ in their formation and use. Learners need to understand this concept to gain proficiency in the language.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Remember to use the correct simple tense.

1. ฮคฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ *_ฯ€ฮฌฮนฮถฮตฮน* (play) ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯƒฮบฯฮปฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ…ฮปฮฎ.
2. ฮฃฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ *_ฮญฯ‡ฯ‰* (have) ฮบฮฑฮฝฮฟฮฝฮฏฯƒฮตฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฌฯ‰ ฯƒฮนฮฝฮตฮผฮฌ ฮผฮต ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮฟฯ…ฯ‚.
3. *_ฮˆฯ†ฮฑฮณฮฑ* (eat) ฮตฮปฮนฮญฯ‚ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮผฮตฯƒฮทฮผฮตฯฮนฮฑฮฝฯŒ ฯƒฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ.
4. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯ‚ *_ฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮตฮน* (write) ฮตฯ€ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮปฮฎ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮนฮฌฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ….
5. *_ฮ•ฮฏฮดฮฑ* (see) ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ ฯŒฮผฮฟฯฯ†ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฯฮณฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯŒฮปฮท.
6. ฮ˜ฮฑ *_ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฯƒฯ‰* (read) ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฯŒฮผฮตฮฝฮท ฮตฮฒฮดฮฟฮผฮฌฮดฮฑ.
7. ฮคฮฟ ฮ”ฮตฮบฮญฮผฮฒฯฮนฮฟ, *_ฯ€ฮฌฯ‰* (go) ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮณฮนฮฑฮณฮนฮฌ ฮผฮฟฯ….
8. ฮ‘ฯฯฮนฮฟ ฮธฮฑ *_ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ‰* (do) ฮณฯ…ฮผฮฝฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮท ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮท ฮผฮฟฯ….
9. ฮ•ฯ‡ฮธฮญฯ‚ *_ฮฎฮผฮฟฯ…ฮฝ* (be) ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ ฮบฮฟฯ…ฯฮฑฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮท ฮบฮฑฮน ฮดฮตฮฝ ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮฟฯฯƒฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฯ‰ ฯ„ฮทฮปฮตฯŒฯฮฑฯƒฮท.
10. ฮฮฟฮผฮฏฮถฯ‰ ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮฎฮผฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮดฮญฮบฮฑ ฮตฯ„ฯŽฮฝ ฯŒฯ„ฮฑฮฝ *_ฮตฯ€ฮนฯƒฮบฮญฯ†ฮธฮทฮบฮฑ* (visit) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฯฯŽฯ„ฮท ฯ†ฮฟฯฮฌ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ‘ฮธฮฎฮฝฮฑ.
11. ฮ— ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ *_ฮผฮฑฮณฮตฮฏฯฮตฯ…ฮต* (cook) ฮบฮฑฮปฮฌ ฯ„ฮฑ ฯˆฮฌฯฮนฮฑ.
12. ฮ˜ฮฑ *_ฯ€ฮฌฯ‰* (go) ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮดฮฟฯ…ฮปฮตฮนฮฌ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯ„ฯŒ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯฯฮนฮฟ.
13. ฮŒฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮฎฮผฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮผฮนฮบฯฮฎ, ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ *_ฯ†ฮฟฮฒฯŒฮผฮฟฯ…ฮฝ* (fear) ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฮบฮฟฯ„ฮฌฮดฮน.
14. ฮ˜ฮฑ *_ฮฑฮณฮฟฯฮฌฯƒฯ‰* (buy) ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฝฮญฮฟ ฯ†ฯŒฯฮตฮผฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮณฮฌฮผฮฟ .
15. ฮœฮตฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ‡ฮฟฮปฮฎ, ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ *_ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฮถฮฑ* (study) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯŽฯฮตฯ‚.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Ensure the tense matches that of the given sentence.

1. ฮ ฯฮนฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฮดฯฮฟ ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮนฮฑ *_ฮญฮผฮฑฮธฮฑ* (learn) ฮ•ฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ.
2. ฮฃฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮญฯ‡ฮตฮนฮฑ, ฮตฮฏฮผฮฑฮน ฯƒฮฏฮณฮฟฯ…ฯฮฟฯ‚ ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮธฮฑ *_ฮฝฮนฯŽฯƒฯ‰* (feel) ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ.
3. ฮคฮฟ ฮตฯ€ฯŒฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฮบฮฑฮฏฯฮน, ฮตฮณฯŽ ฮธฮฑ *_ฯ€ฮฌฯ‰* (go) ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ™ฯƒฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฏฮฑ.
4. ฮšฮฌฮธฮต ฮฃฮฑฮฒฮฒฮฑฯ„ฮฟฮบฯฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฟ, ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ *_ฯ€ฮทฮณฮฑฮฏฮฝฯ‰* (go) ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮฒฯŒฮปฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฌฯฮบฮฟ.
5. ฮ ฮญฯฯ…ฯƒฮน *_ฮดฮนฮฌฮฒฮฑฯƒฮฑ* (read) ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ, ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮดฮตฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฑฮปฮฑฮฒฮฑฮฏฮฝฯ‰.
6. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ„ฮนฮณฮผฮฎ, ฮตฮณฯŽ *_ฯ€ฮฏฮฝฯ‰* (drink) ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮญ.
7. ฮˆฯ‡ฯ‰ ฮผฯŒฮปฮนฯ‚ *_ฮฑฮณฮฟฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮน* (buy) ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮญฮฑ ฮตฯ„ฮฑฮนฯฮตฮฏฮฑ.
8. ฮคฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฯŒฮผฮตฮฝฮท ฮ ฮญฮผฯ€ฯ„ฮท, ฮตฮณฯŽ ฮธฮฑ *_ฮณฯ…ฯฮฏฯƒฯ‰* (return) ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ€ฮฏฯ„ฮน.
9. ฮ•ฮดฯŽ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮปฮฏฮณฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮนฯฯŒ, ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒฯ‚ *_ฮญฮถฮทฯƒฮต* (live) ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ.
10. ฮ‘ฯฯฮนฮฟ ฮธฮฑ *_ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮผฮตฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต* (stay) ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ€ฮฏฯ„ฮน ฯŒฮปฮท ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ.
11. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฃฮฌฮฒฮฒฮฑฯ„ฮฟ, ฮตฮณฯŽ ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ *_ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ‰* (do) ฯˆฯŽฮฝฮนฮฑ.
12. ฮ•ฮณฯŽ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ„ฮนฮณฮผฮฎ *_ฮผฮฑฮณฮตฮนฯฮตฯฯ‰* (cook) ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯƒฮฑฮปฮฌฯ„ฮฑ.
13. ฮคฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮทฮณฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฮบฮฑฮฏฯฮน, ฮตฮณฯŽ *_ฮตฯ€ฮนฯƒฮบฮญฯ†ฯ„ฮทฮบฮฑ* (visit) ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮŸฯ…ฮณฮณฮฑฯฮฏฮฑ.
14. ฮ— ฮšฯ…ฯฮนฮฑฮบฮฎ, ฮตฮณฯŽ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฎฮธฯ‰ฯ‚ *_ฮทฯฮตฮผฯŽ* (calm down).
15. ฮ•ฮฏฯ‡ฮฑ *_ฯ†ฯ„ฮฌฯƒฮตฮน* (arrive) ฯ„ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฯ„ฮตฮปฮนฮบฯŒ ฯƒฯ„ฯŒฯ‡ฮฟ ฮผฮฟฯ….

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