Programmed Responses – Latin Roots

This program is a drill for students of Latin and Greek. The computer displays the Latin and Greek root and the student types in the correct English version.

Use this technique to write your own programmed drills. Any drill, like math or languages, with predictable answers is suitable. Try adding lines to ask student’s name and use it during the drill. Pete Cone‘s multiplication program (Dec.80) is a good example. Or add PRINT statements rewarding correct answers.

  10 PRINT "AG,AC",
  15 INPUT A$
  20 IF NOT A$="DO" THEN GO TO 10
  25 PRINT "AGR",
  30 INPUT A$
  35 IF NOT A$="FARM" THEN GO TO 25
  40 PRINT "CAD,CAS",
  45 INPUT A$
  50 IF NOT A$="FALL" THEN GO TO 40
  55 PRINT "CANT",
  60 INPUT A$
  65 IF NOT A$="SING" THEN GO TO 55
  70 PRINT "CAP,CEP",
  75 INPUT A$
  80 IF NOT A$="TAKE" THEN GO TO 70
  85 PRINT "CAPIT",
  90 INPUT A$
  95 IF NOT A$="HEAD" THEN GO TO 85
 100 PRINT "CEDE",
 105 INPUT A$
 110 IF NOT A$="GO" THEN GO TO 100
 115 PRINT "CELER",
 120 INPUT A$
 125 IF NOT A$="SPEED" THEN GO TO 115
 130 PRINT "CLUD,CLUS",
 135 INPUT A$
 140 IF NOT A$="CLOSE" THEN GO TO 130
 145 PRINT "CUR",
 150 INPUT A$
 155 IF NOT A$="RUN" THEN GO TO 145
 160 PRINT "DICT",
 165 INPUT A$
 170 IF NOT A$="SAY" THEN GO TO 160
 999 PRINT "END"
Syntactic Sum=-30558,4K 34142,8K