Me verbs

57. Choose the correct statement.

a) ME verbs added a new type of verb, preterite-present verbs.

b) ME verbs added a new type of verb, phrasal verbs.

c) ME verbs added a new type of verb, irregular verbs.

d) ME verbs added a new type of verb, anomalous verbs.

58. What new features were typical of ME verbs? Answer the question and choose the incorrect letter.

a) Perfect Tense became common;

b) Progressive Tense came into being;

c) Future Tense (with shall and will auxiliaries) became common.

d) strong verbs substituted the other ones.

59. What new features were not typical of ME verbs? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

1. passive constructions (with 'be' as auxiliary);

2. modal auxiliaries instead of subjunctive;

3. categories of tense, mood, number, person, strong, weak and other verbs.

4. Decrease of weak verbs.

60. Did the use of auxiliaries (be & have) become common in ME? Answer the question. Choose the correct letter.

1. True.

2. False.

3. It’s impossible.

4. Hardly ever.

61. Did the OE verbs beon/wesan collapse into one form in ME? Answer the question. Choose the correct letter.

1. False.

2. It’s impossible.

3. Hardly ever.

4. True. EModE verbs

62. During what period did verb inflections become simplified? Answer the question and find the correct letter.

a) Early Modern period;

b) Modern period;

c) Old English period;

d) Middle English period;

63. Analyse the verbs in bold in Shakespeare's phrase (EModE), "With her, that hateth thee and hates vs all" and answer the question. What do these forms demonstrate?

a) the plural present form of OE verbs ;

b) plural form of EModE nouns;

c) the plural present form of EModE verbs;

d) the alternate verb forms' coexistence.

64. Choose the incorrect letter.

a) In EModE the modal verbs cemented their distinctive syntactical characteristics.

b) In EModE the use of modals without an infinitive became rare (as in "I must to Coventry"; "I'll none of that").

c) In EModE some verbs ceased to function as modals during the Early Modern period.

d) In EModE the present form of must, mot, didn’t become obsolete.

65. Find the statement that doesn’t refer to Perfect and Progressive forms during EModE period. Choose the correct letter.

a) In EModE Perfect and Progressive forms of the verbs had not yet been standardised.

b) In EModE Perfect and Progressive forms of the verbs were standardised.

c) In EModE both forms of auxiliary verbs "to have" "to be" were taken to express Perfect and Progressive forms.

d) This example from the King James Bible, "But which of you ... will say unto him ... when he is come from the field, Go and sit down..." [Luke XVII:7] illustrates the use of Progressive form in EModE.

66. Choose the correct letter. In EModE "The house is building" could mean "The house is being built."

a) False;

b) It’s impossible.

c) True;

d) Hardly ever.

67. In EModE the phrase "I am walking" could be expressed the following ways. Choose the incorrect letter.

a) "I am walking";

b) "I do walk";

c) "I walkst";

d) "I am a-walking"

68. In what period did “-ing” become universal present participle ending? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) ME

b) EModE

c) OE

d) Present Day English