THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, OLD ENGLISH

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-ede; -en; -feald; -full; -iʒ;
1. Verb suffixes Adjective suffixes Noun suffixes None
-ihte; -isc; -lēas; -lic; -sum are:
4 – nominative,
How many and what cases did Old English personal 2 – nominative, 3 – nominative, 3 - nominative,
2. genitive, dative,
pronouns have? genitive genitive, dative genitive, accusative
accusative
How many and what persons did Old English personal
3. 3 – first, second, third 2 – first, second 1 – first None
pronouns have?
How many cases did Old English demonstrative 2 in singular; 3 in singular; 4 in singular; 5 in singular;
4.
pronouns have? 2 in plural 3 in plural 4 in plural 4 in plural
5. How many irregular verbs were there in Old English? 10 8 6 4
How were Old English comparative and superlative
6. -er / -est -ra / -ost (-est) -re / -ste -ere / -este
degrees of comparison (adjectives) formed?
”Ecclesiastical of the
7. What did Bede write? “Hymn” “Beowulf” “Pastoral Care”
English People”
-an / -ian; -ian; -an;
-ed;
8. What endings did Old English weak verbs class I take? -de / -ede / -te; -ode; -de;
-d
- ed / -t / -d -od -d
-an / -ian; -an; -ian;
What endings did Old English weak verbs class III -ed;
9. -de / -ede / -te; -de; -ode;
take? -d
- ed / -t / -d -d -od
10. What gender did Old English r-stem nouns denote? Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Neuter
Strong, weak,
Strong, weak, Strong, weak,
11. What groups can Old English verb be divided into? Strong, weak preterite-present,
preterite-present suppletive
suppletive
12. What is the name for rune “w”? Thorn Yoke Wynn Horn
13. What is the name for rune “ʒ”? Wynn Horn Thorn Yoke
Essex; Mercia; East Anglia Mercia;
14. What kingdoms did Angles form? Sussex; Northumria; Northumria; Northumria;
Wessex Kent Kent East Anglia
What Old English prefix was mainly used to mark
15. ye- ie- y- ʒe-
Participle II?
16. What suffix was Old English Participle I formed by? -ene -ende -ine -inde
17. What types of pronouns did Old English have? Personal; Personal; Personal; Personal;
Demonstrative; Definite; Negative; Demonstrative;
relative Indefinite Relative Definite;
 Indefinite; Negative;
Relative
18. When did Old English begin? 449 469 549 569
19. Where were Celts ousted? North and West South and West South and East North and East
Which Old English dialect is better represented in
20. Sussex Essex Wessex Kentish
writings?
THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MIDDLE ENGLISH
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1. How did “ð” change in Middle English? Ө th s z
2. How did “sc” change in Middle English? s c sh ch
3. How was negation expressed in Middle English? Not Ne Niht Neht
What category did Middle English demonstrative
4. Case Number Gender Each
pronouns retain?
“Peterborough
5. What did Orm write? “King Horn” “William of Palerme” ”Ormulum”
Chronicle”
What equivalent did Old English suffix -tiʒ have in
6. -tyg -tiw -ty -ti
Middle English?
“Le Roman de La “A Life of Saint
7. What is Geoffrey Chaucer most famous for? “Canterbury Tales” “Golden Legend”
Rose” Secilia”
8. What is Middle English form for “must”? Mast Mastan Motan Mostan
9. What language did Scandinavians speak? Scandinavian Old French Old Norse Old English
What new forms of verbs appeared during Middle
10. Modals Auxiliaries Preterite-present Analytical forms
English?
11. What prefix did Old English ʒe- reduce to? y- we- re- ge-
What pronouns did not lose any categories in Middle
12. Demonstrative Interrogative Possessive Personal
English?
What was the approximate number of French settlers
13. 200,000 100,000 50,000 2 million
on the territory of Middle England?
14. What word did article “the” come out of? sē ðata ðæt ðēs
15. When did John Gower die? 1208 1308 1408 1508
16. When were York Plays written? Early 15-th century 14 century 13 century Late 15-th century
Canterbury Town
17. Where was William the Conqueror crowned? Tower of London Westminster Abbey French Louvre
Hall
Which of the following writings belongs to Robert
18. “Brut” ”Rhymed Chronicle” “Polychronicon” “William of Palerme”
Gloucester?
19. Who is considered to be the first Scotland’s poet? Richard Hampole Geoffrey Chaucer Willim Dunbar John Barbour
20. Who wrote “Bruce”? Geoffrey Chaucer John Gower John Barbour Robert de Gloucester
 THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MODERN ENGLISH
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1385 – mid16-th 1400 – mid18-th 1485 – mid17-th
1. How long had Early New English lasted? 1500 – 18-th century
century century century
The verbs that are derived from other parts of speech
2. Regular and irregular Irregular Regular Half regular
are:
3. What language was “Utopia” originally written in? Spanish English French Latin
Indicative;
What moods were there in the Early New English Indicative; Indicative; Imperative;
4. Imperative;
period? Imperative Subjunctive Subjunctive
Subjunctive
What nouns were possessive pronouns my and thy used Beginning with a Beginning with a
5. It doesn’t matter Both
with? vowel consonant
6. What period does the Great Vowel Shift belong to? Old English Middle English Early New English Late New English
What territory was the last stage of the Norman
7. Scotland Ireland Wales England
conquest?
8. What was the English Reformation caused by? Revolution Divorce of the King Political crisis Religion innovation
Borrowed from Borrowed from Old Borrowed from
9. What words do we call grammatical barbarisms? Borrowed from Latin
French Norse Italian
10. When did lexicographic boom take place? 15-th century 16-th century 17-th century 18-th century
11. When did Lindley Murray write “English Grammar”? 1795 1695 1595 1495
12. When did plural possessive case apostrophe appear? 1789 1689 1589 1489
When did the apostrophe as a sign denoting the
13. 1380 1480 1580 1680
possessive case appear?
14. When did the Tudors begin to rule? 1385 1485 1585 1285
15. When was Thomas More’s “Utopia” written? 1716 1616 1516 1416
16. Who did final unification of Scotland belong to? Normans Spanish Tudors Stuarts
17. Who did James I become the King of England after? Mary I Henry VIII Elizabeth I James I
18. Who founded the dynasty of Tudors? Henry VIII Henry V Henry III Henry II
19. Who was Henry VIII’s first wife? Elizabeth I Mary I Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn
Whose name is systematic lexicography associated
20. Samuel Johnson William Baker Robert Cawdrey John Wallis
with?