Old English Course Notes

OLD-ENGLISH NOTES YEAR : 22/23 COURSE : GRAMMAR 1-We form the negative at the simple present tense by putting do not or does not before thverb. Note that after does not. The verb does not have the s of the third person singular affirmative statement. I do not know we do not know You do not know you do not know he does not know she does not know it does not know they do not know The contracted forms don't and doesn't are generally used 2-The Past tense Ionns oi irregular verbs must be memorized. Eat ate Drink drank write wrote pu put get got hear heard go feel went Read read cost cost tell told Have had come came see saw felt begin began sell sold Sit sat speaks spoke give gave know knew Irregular verbs, like regular verbs, have the same form in all persons of the mat tense. I ate you ate we ate you ate he ate she ate} it ate they ate 3- I was you were we were you were he was she was it was they were 4-We form the past tense of regular verbs by adding ed to their simple form. I worked you worked we worked you worked he worked she worked it worked they worked Note these spellings : live lived study studied 5-We use the imperative form to express a command or request. The subject you (singular or plural) is understood but not expressed. Come back later. Wait outside. We form the negative imperative with don't. Don't come back later. Don't wait outside. We use please at the beginning or end of an imperative sentence to make it more polite. Please come back later. Wait outside, please. 6me you us you him her it them We use object pronouns as direct or indirect objects or as objects of prepositions. I know him. well. He gives her many presents. I live near them. C-POSSESSIVE FORM OF NOUNS When a noun does not end in s, we form the posessive by adding 's . the boy the boy's hat If a noun already ends in s, we form the possessive by adding only apostrophe. the boys the boys' hats Note that the noun modified by the possessive is often not expressed. He went to John's. (John's home) I am going to the dentist's. (the dentist's office)