Andalusia PAU Greek II exam-day guide
Andalusia PAU Greek II · Prepare for the day ahead.
Your checklist
DNI or passport (original, valid)
Bring the original photo ID you registered with. A photocopy or a photo on your phone is normally not accepted. If your ID is expired or being renewed, confirm with your school or the coordinating university before the exam day which alternative document is accepted.
Exam venue and seat/session confirmation
Confirm the exact building, room, and start time with your school or the university coordinating the PAU. Do not rely on memory or on what a classmate says. Arrive with margin for locating the room.
Printed or downloaded exam timetable
The PAU is spread over several days and sessions; Greek II sits in a specific slot. Write down the day, session, and time for Greek II and for every other subject you sit, so you do not confuse sessions.
Black or blue ballpoint pens (at least two)
Bring spare pens of the same ink colour. Pencil is generally not acceptable for answers that are marked; confirm any specific stationery rule with the provider. A pencil may be useful for rough notes only if permitted.
Wristwatch (non-smart)
Exam rooms do not always have a visible clock. A plain analogue or digital watch helps you pace the three parts. Smartwatches and phones are not allowed at the desk.
Clear pencil case with ruler, eraser, pencil sharpener
Keep stationery minimal and visible. Some venues require transparent cases or no case at all; confirm with the provider. Do not bring correction fluid unless you have checked it is permitted.
Water in a clear bottle, no label
Hydration helps in a long session. Labels are often required to be removed and the bottle kept on the floor. Confirm the venue's rule on drinks and food.
Phone switched off and stored as instructed
Turn the phone fully off (not silent) before entering the room and leave it in the designated area, not in your pocket. A phone sounding or being found at the desk can lead to annulment of the exam.
No notes, dictionaries, or annotated texts
Greek II is a text-based exam but does not normally allow a dictionary, grammar, or prepared translation. Bring nothing written except your stationery. If you have an access arrangement, confirm the exact permitted materials with the provider.
Any approved access arrangement documentation
If you have an officially recognised arrangement (extra time, separate room, larger print), bring the document you were issued and confirm in advance how it will be applied on the day. needs_review: the exact documentation and procedure must be confirmed with your school or the coordinating university.
Plan for the gap between sessions
If you sit two subjects on the same day, plan where you will wait, what you will eat, and how you will avoid discussing answers with classmates, which only adds stress.
Mental checklist of the three parts
Before the day, decide your time split across translation, morphology/syntax, and literary commentary or questions, and your order of attack. Write the split on a scrap plan you can recall without notes.
Plan the day
Do a full timed mock under exam conditions: one unseen Greek passage to translate and one set of grammar/syntax and literature questions, in the real time allowance. Mark it against your own criteria and list your three weakest points. Spend the remaining days on those three points only, not on new material.
Re-read your summary sheets for the prescribed authors and works: genre, date, structure, main themes, characters, and stylistic features, plus five or six short quotable phrases per work with their location. In Greek II the literature questions reward precise reference to the text, so memorise short anchors rather than long paraphrases.
Revise the high-frequency grammar and syntax you will be tested on: principal parts of common irregular verbs, case government of prepositions, uses of the subjunctive and optative, genitive absolute, indirect statement with infinitive and accusative, and the main subordinate clause types. Make a one-page table you can review quickly.
Practise translation technique on two short unseen passages: read the whole sentence before writing, identify the main verb, mark subject and object by case, then render clause by clause. Compare with a published translation only after writing your own version, and note the constructions you misread.
Light review only: your one-page grammar table, your literature anchor sheet, and the time split for the three parts. Do not start a new topic or a new work. Check the venue, transport, and start time, and lay out ID, pens, watch, water, and any arrangement documentation in one place.
Sleep a full night. Avoid last-minute cramming of vocabulary lists after midnight; recognition memory for Greek forms is much better after sleep. Eat properly and set two alarms.
Eat a normal breakfast, arrive at the venue well before the call time, and keep away from classmates comparing answers. Re-read only your one-page grammar table and literature anchors, then put everything away before entering the room.
Fill in your identification details exactly as instructed and check the paper has all pages and all parts. Read the whole paper first, then read the translation passage twice before writing anything. Note the clock time when you start so you can enforce your split.
Follow your planned order. For translation, draft in the margin or on rough paper if allowed, then write the fair copy. For grammar and syntax questions, answer precisely with the requested terminology and quote the Greek form. For literature, name the work and author, state your point, and support it with a short quotation or specific reference.
Check that every question has an answer, that no answer is left in rough, that question numbers match, and that your identification is complete. Cross out rough work clearly if the instructions require it. Do not rewrite a translation wholesale at this stage; fix only clear errors.
Rules to check
Bring the original valid DNI or passport you registered with and keep it on the desk if asked. If your document is expired, lost, or being renewed, confirm with your school or the coordinating university, before the exam day, which alternative is accepted; do not assume a photocopy will do.
Phones, smartwatches, and any other electronic device must be switched off and left in the designated area, not on your person or at the desk. A device sounding or being found with you can lead to the annulment of your exam. Confirm the venue's exact storage rule with the provider.
Do not bring dictionaries, grammars, annotated texts, prepared translations, or notes. Use only the stationery and materials the instructions permit. If you have an approved access arrangement, confirm in advance exactly which materials and extra time you are entitled to.
Write in the ink colour and on the paper specified, keep answers in the designated spaces, and label each answer with its question number. Work written outside the permitted areas or on unauthorised paper may not be marked; confirm the rule with the provider.
Follow the invigilators' instructions on when you may start, when you may leave, and whether you may go to the toilet. Do not assume you can leave early or during the session; ask before the exam begins if you need to know.
Do not communicate with other candidates during the session, do not look at another candidate's paper, and do not pass anything between desks. Any suspicion of copying or of helping another candidate is handled under the PAU disciplinary rules.
Marking follows the official criteria for the subject: accuracy and coherence of the translation, correctness and precision of the grammatical and syntactic analysis, and relevance and textual support in the literature answers. Answer the question asked rather than writing everything you know; confirm the weighting of the parts with your teacher.
If you believe there is an error in the paper or a problem in the room, raise it calmly with an invigilator at the time and ask for it to be recorded. Requests for review or complaints after the exam follow the official procedure and deadlines, which you should confirm with the provider.