Tasks for seminar-8

Tasks for seminar-8
Task 1. Find the correct answers for the given test.

1. 
   In approximately what year does the Middle English period begin? (number only) 1066
   
2. 
   In Middle English, two consecutive vowels show what?
   

A. That the vowel is short
B. That the vowel is long
C. That the vowel is corrupt

3. 
   The period of great individual writers takes place between these years
   

1. 
   1100-1250
   
2. 
   1250-1350
   
3. 
   1350-1400
   

4. 
   He is the last Anglo-Saxon king. (First name and last name).
   

Alfred the Great

5. 
   What events mark the end of the Middle English period (check all that apply)?
   

1. 
   Death of Chaucer
   
2. 
   Death of King Edward
   
3. 
   Advent of Printing
   
4. 
   MagnaCarta
   
5. 
   DeathofMalory
   

6. 
   In general, Middle English represents the leveling of inflections to this vowel.
   

1. 
   A
   
2. 
   E
   
3. 
   O
   
4. 
   I
   

7. 
   Old English literature continues to flourish after the Norman Conquest.
   

1. 
   True B. False
   

8. 
   The Battle of Hastings take place on this date.
   

1. 
   January 4th 1066
   
2. 
   September 25th 1066
   
3. 
   October 14^th, 1066
   

9. 
   There are no spelling conventions in Middle English. Words are spelled simply the way they sound.
   

1. 
   True B. False
   

10.These leaders battle for the crown of England in 1066. Check all that apply.


A. Edward of England B. William of Normandy
C. Leopold of France D. Harald Hardrada of Norway


Task 2.
Describe any process/ literature/ grammar rules you obtained from the lesson specific to the Middle English period.
Middle English Adverb
In the Middle English language there remains the way of forming adverbs from adjectives which existed in Old English, that is with the help of the suffix -e;
e.g.: fayr ‘fair’ > fayre ‘fairly’
bright ‘bright’ > brighte ‘brightly’
fast ‘firm’ > faste ‘firmly’
Another productive way of producing adverbs from adjective stems was with the help of the suffix -ly,
e.g.: newe ‘new’ > newely ‘anew’.
The Middle English adverb had degrees of comparison. The comparative and superlative degrees of adverbs coincided with those of adjectives.
Degrees of Comparison of Adverbs
Unmarked Comparative Superlative
Gretly gretter grettest
Litel lasse lest
Longe lenger longest
Wel better best
Muchel mo most
Evile werse werst