1. The weak adjective declension;

2. the strong adjective declension;

3. the weak noun declension;

4. the strong noun declension;

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

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gōd cwen	gōde cwena
accusative	gōde cwene	gōde cwena
genitive	gōdre cwene	gōdra cwena
dative	gōdre cwene	gōdum cwenum

1. the weak adjective declension;

2. The strong adjective declension;

3. the weak noun declension;

4. the strong noun declension.

87. What phenomenon of OE grammar do these examples demonstrate? e. g. earm (poor)-earmra-earmost, blæc (black) - blæcra - blacost

a) three degrees of comparison of ModE adjectives;

b) three degrees of comparison of EModE adjectives;

c) three degrees of comparison of OE adjectives;

d) suppletive degrees of comparison of OE adjective.

88. Fill in the gap. The following OE adjectives eald (old)-ieldra-ieldest, strong - strengra – strengest, long - lengra – longest, geong (young) - gingra - gingest demonstrate … Choose the correct letter.

a) the example of the Germanic ablaut;

b) the example of the Germanic assimilation;

c) the example of the Slavic ablaut;

d) the example of the Slavic ablaut.

89. Find the missing forms of suppletive degrees of comparison of OE adjective.

Choose the correct letter. yfel (bad)…… …..

1. Wiersa, wierrest, wierst;

2. lǣssa, lǣst ;

3. betera, betst;

4. māra, mǣst

90. Find the missing forms of suppletive degrees of comparison of OE adjective.

Choose the correct letter. lȳtel …… …..

5. wiersa, wierrest, wierst;

6. lǣssa, lǣst ;

7. betera, betst;

8. māra, mǣst.

91. Find the missing forms of suppletive degrees of comparison of OE adjective.

Choose the correct letter. mycel …… …..

1. wiersa, wierrest, wierst;

2. lǣssa, lǣst ;

3. betera, betst;

4. māra, mǣst.

92. Find the missing forms of suppletive degrees of comparison of OE adjective.

Choose the correct letter. ᵹ ōd …… …..

1. wiersa, wierrest, wierst;

2. lǣssa, lǣst ;

3. Betera, betst;

4. māra, mǣst.

93. What period of history of English do the following changes in adjectives refer to? Changes: the category of gender is lost, in the plural the strong and the weak forms of adjectives coincide.

a) ME;

b) EModE;

c) OE;

d) Present Day English

94. What period of history of English do the following changes in adjectives refer to?

Changes: of all the parts of speech the adjective has undergone the most profound grammatical changes. In the course of time it has lost all its grammatical categories except the degrees of comparison.

a) ME;

b) EModE;

c) OE;

d) Present Day English

95. What period of history of English do the following changes in adjectives refer to?

Changes: The new way of forming the degrees of comparison: the use of the adverbs more and most before the adjective came into practice. The degrees of comparison are formed by means of the suffixes -er and -est.

a) ME;

b) EModE;

c) OE;

d) Present-Day English.

96. What part of speech in OE reserved the dual form?

a) the noun;

b) the verb;

c) the pronoun;

d) the adjective.

97. What pronouns in OE had 3 persons, 3 numbers, 3 genders? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.

a) personal pronouns;

b) interrogative pronouns;

c) possessive pronouns;

d) demonstrative.

98. What case of OE personal pronouns might be used as possessive? Answer the question and choose the correct letter.