1- The pronunciation of the noun,

adjective or pronoun signified how the

word was to be used.

2- Adjectives always described or

modified the noun.

3-Adjectives were also pronounced

specifically.

4-Numbers were used to describe how

many or how much.

5-Additional phrases are often necessary.

6-Articles (that, this, etc) were seldom used

in Old English.

7-Old English relied on adverbs to convey

a wider range of meaning.

8-Old English used the simple infinitive.

9-Old English used the subjunctive mood

more than Modern English.

10-Old English often used impersonal verbs

without a subject.

11-Subjects of Old English verbs could be

omitted if implied later on in the sentence.

12-The subject of an Old English verb is

often used twice…used rarely in Modern

English.

13-Old English negatives adverbs were

used instead of Modern English ‘not’ using

contractions.

14-Old English word order was often mixed

but usually the same as Modern English.

15- Old English subordinated clauses, using

only the relationship of coordinating

conjunctions.