OLD
HOW MANY YEARS DOES THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD CONTAIN?
Old English Period (500-1100)
HOW MANY YEARS DOES THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD CONTAIN?
Middle English Period (1100-1500)
HOW MANY YEARS DOES THE MODERN ENGLISH PERIOD CONTAIN?
Modern English Period (1500-present)
Alex is Charlie's father.
Who of them was born later?
Charlie
WHICH WERE THE THREE GERMANIC TRIBES IN THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD?
the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
What was the word order in the Middle English period?
while Old English tended toward using V2 word order in main clauses and VF in sub-clauses, Middle English tends to be very similar to Present-Day English word order.
What are the three main categories of nouns in modern English?
common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns.
I make two people out of one.
What am I?
mirror
The order of words in the OE sentence was relatively free. The position of words in the sentence was often determined by ... and ... factors rather than by grammatical constraints.
logical and stylistic factors
bonus mark
300
Is Modern English the same as Middle English?
Middle English is significantly different from Modern English. It contains written characters that are no longer used, and retains many German influences that have been reduced in Modern English. Modern readers can read Middle English only with difficulty.
The giraffe is taller than the kangaroo but shorter than the palm.
Which animal is the tallest?
giraffe
The verb-predicate agreed with the subject of the sentence in two grammatical categories:what are they?
number and person.
Which writer lived in Middle English?
Geoffrey Chaucer
bonus mark
400
Today is neither Sunday nor Wednesday.
Tomorrow is not Sunday or Wednesday.
Yesterday was not Friday.
Monday was not the day before yesterday, neither was Sunday.
Which day of the week is today (Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday) if one of the statements is false?
Sunday
Verner's law explains why some verbs in Old English changed their root consonant in the past tense and in the Participle II - originally, these grammatical forms had the stress on the second syllable.
What suffix is added to form the plural of nouns in middle English
es, -en,
What influenced the Modern English language?
Modern English is the result of many influences. Old English was riginally a Germanic language, but the Norman invastion in1066 brought many French influences, especially to the courts and upper levels of society. Middle English, demonstrated by Chaucer's The Canturbury Tales, reflected and promoted the vernacular of Middle English. Written English was heavily influenced by Shakespeare and the King James Bible, and the Great Vowel Shift influenced modern pronunciation
Keira, Clarissa, and Olive are not relatives. Keira and Clarissa have brothers, and Olive has a sister. Clarissa and Olive are the youngest in their families, and Keira is the oldest in hers.
Who of them has an elder brother?
Clarissa