Practice with Cases
Mutliple-choice exercise
Which of these nouns is in the nominative as a subject complement?
- Heofona rice is gelic þæm hiredes ealdre ...
- Soþlice þa hit wæs æfen geworden...
- Þa cwæþ he andswariende hiera anum...
Which of these is in the accusative as an adverbial of duration?
- And þa he ut eode ymbe undern-tid...
- ...þa onfengon hie ælc his pening.
- Hwy stande ge her ealne dæg idle?
Which of these is in the accusative as the object of a preposition?
- Eft he ut eode ymbe þa siextan and nigoþan tid...
- Clipa þa wyrhtan, and agief him hiera mede...
- ...þa onfengon hie syndrige peningas.
Which of these is a genitive because it is possessive?
- ...þa sægde se wingeardes hlaford his gerefan...
- Þas ytemestan worhton ane tid, and þu dydest hie gelice us...
- Heofona rice is gelic þæm hiredes ealdre...
Which of these is in the dative as the object of a preposition?
- Clipa þa wyrhtan, and agief him hiera mede...
- ...he sealde ælcum anne pening wiþ his dæges weorce...
- Þa cwæþ he andswariende hiera anum...
Which of these is in the dative as the object of a preposition?
- ...us, þe bæron byrþenna on þisses dæges hætan.
- ...þa sægde se wingeardes hlaford his gerefan...
- ...he sealde ælcum anne pening wiþ his dæges weorce, and asende hie on his wingeard.
Which of these is a dative as an indirect object?
- ...he geseah oþre on stræte idle standan.
- ...ic wille þissum ytemestan sellan eall swa micel swa þe
- Þas ytemestan worhton ane tid...
Whic of these is an accusative because it follows a preposition of movement?
- And þa he ut eode ymbe undern-tid...
- Hwy stande ge her ealne dæg idle?
- Ga ge on minne wingeard...
Which of these is an accusative as the direct object of a verb?
- ...he sealde ælcum anne pening wiþ his dæges weorce...
- Eft he ut eode ymbe þa siextan and nigoþan tid...
- And ga ge on minne wingeard.
Which of these is in the nominative because it is a vocative (direct address)?
- Hwy stande ge her ealne dæg idle?
- Eala þu freond, ne do ic þe nanne teonan...
- Oþþe ne mot ic don þæt ic wille?