The great vowel shift was a sound change that modify the pronunciation of

vowels in English language. Long vowels were pronounced with elevation of

the tongue and closing mouth. For example, five was pronounced [fi:f] in
Middle English and now pronounced as [faIv] (Baugh & Cable, 2002). As a
result, the vowel symbols are not equivalent to their represented sounds.

In sixteenth and early seventeenth century there were also a great change to
English grammar.
1. The noun
a. The occurance of -s plural. In modern English, the -s plural are
generalized but before that there used to be -n plural. For example,
Shakespeare used eyen (eyes) and shoon (shoes). (Baugh & Cable,
2002).
b. There are also a change of his-genitive. In Middle English, his was
pronounced -is or -ys. For example, the possessive construction was
The King's of England. Now, in Modern English this pronounce as
The King of England's. (Baugh & Cable, 2002).
2. The adjective
a. In Modern English, the adjective had lost it endings so we don't have
to determine them by gender, number, and case.
b. In modern times, the monosyllable adjectives use -est and -er while
two or more syllables use more and most.
c. Shakespeare works also frequently using double comparative such as
more larger.
3. The pronoun
a. In sixteenth century, there are three changes in the pronoun. These are
the disuse of thou, thy, thee; the replacement of you for ye as
nominative case; and the establishment of its. (Baugh & Cable, 2002)
4. The verb
a. In the sixteenth century, the example of the change of the English verb
was the appearance of -s as an ending of third-person singular.
b. In Modern English there are also the occurance of progressive
construction (be+ing) and future time construction (be+going to)

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