Oe nouns

69. What part of speech in OE had the following categories: grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), singular and plural number; strong and weak declensions; 4 cases?

a) OE noun;

b) OE adjective;

c) OE pronoun;

d) OE verb.

70. Did a grammatical gender of an OE noun coincide with its natural gender? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) True;

b) False;

c) Hardly ever;

d) It’s impossible.

71. Analyse the examples of OE nouns in terms of grammatical and natural gender and choose the correct letter.

a) In OE sēo sunne (the Sun) was feminine, se mōna (the Moon) was masculine,

and þæt wīf "the woman/wife" was neuter.

b) In OE sēo sunne (the Sun) was neuter, se mōna (the Moon) was masculine, and þæt wīf "the woman/wife" was feminine.

c) In OE sēo sunne (the Sun) was neuter, se mōna (the Moon) was feminine, and þæt wīf "the woman/wife" was masculine.

d) In OE sēo sunne (the Sun) was feminine, se mōna (the Moon) was neuter, and þæt wīf "the woman/wife" was masculine.

72. Which two categories of declension were OE nouns divided into? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) strong and weak nouns;

b) minor and weak nouns;

c) strong and minor nouns;

d) minor and vocalic nouns.

73. Analyse the following stem- forming suffixes of OE nouns: a (ja, wa), ō (jo, wo),i,u What category of OE noun declension do they refer to? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) strong;

b) weak;

c) minor;

d) irregular.

74. Analyse the following stem- forming suffixes of OE nouns: n, r, nd. What category of OE noun declension do they refer to? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) strong;

b) weak;

c) minor;

d) irregular.

75. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter. ‘In OE the strong noun paradigm declines for case, gender and singular/plural’.

a) True;

b) False;

c) Hardly ever;

d) It’s impossible.

76. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter. ‘ In OE the weak paradigm of nouns is more simplified and has less variation between the genders and cases‘.

a) True;

b) False;

c) Hardly ever;

d) It’s impossible.

77. What does this table demonstrate? Analyse and fill in the gap. Choose the correct letter.

Table. Examples of noun declension in EModE

case	strong		weak
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nom/acc	engel	engles	name	namen
genitive	engles*	engle(ne)* *	name	namen
dative	engle	engle(s)	name	namen

The early Modern English words engel (angel) and name (name) …

a) demonstrate two distinct noun-ending patterns from the more complex system of inflection in Old English: strong and weak.

b) disapprove two distinct noun-ending patterns from the more complex system of inflection in Old English: strong and weak.

c) don’t demonstrate two distinct noun-ending patterns from the more complex system of inflection in Old English: strong and weak.

d) demonstrate two distinct noun-ending patterns from the more complex system of inflection in Old English: strong and minor.

78. Analyse the following statement and choose the correct letter. ‘Misinterpretation of genitive ending -s as 'his' (e.g. John Browne his meaddow, Ann Harris her lot)’is typical of

a)OE;

b) EModE;

c)ME;

d) Present Day English.

79. In what period did the following categories of nouns (two cases (common and possessive), two numbers (singular and plural), no grammatical gender) become common? Choose the correct letter.

a) in OE;

b) in EModE;

c) in ME;

d) in Present Day English.

80. Read the statement and choose the correct letter.

“OE adjectives were similar to Slavic adjectives”.

a) True;

b) False;

c) Hardly ever;

d) It’s impossible.

81. Choose the correct sentence.

a) The adjective in OE had the following categories: two numbers;

three genders; four cases.

b) The adjective in OE had the following categories: three numbers;

three genders; five cases.

c) The adjective in OE had the following categories: three numbers;

two genders; five cases, besides two declensions, strong and weak

d) The adjective in OE had the following categories: two numbers;

three genders; five cases, besides two declensions, strong and weak.

82. In what position was a weak form of the OE adjective used? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) after a demonstrative pronoun, a noun in the genitive case;

b) after a demonstrative pronoun, a personal pronoun ;

c) after a demonstrative pronoun, a personal pronoun or a noun in the genitive case;

d) after a personal pronoun or a noun in the genitive case.

83. Read the statement and choose the correct letter.

“In OE a strong adjective was for a strong noun, a weak adjective was for a weak noun”.

a) True;

b) False;

c) Hardly ever;

d) It’s impossible.

84. Answer the question “What phenomenon do the examples in the table demonstrate? Choose the correct letter.

	Singular	Plural
nominative	seo gōde cwen	þa gōdan cwena
accusative	þa gōdan cwene	þa gōdan cwena
genitive	þære gōdan cwene	þara gōdra cwena
dative	þære gōdan cwene	þam gōdum cwenum