A) read the biography and put the
verbs into the past simple.
which are irregular?
l.r.r. tolkien
(1892-1973)
jrr tolkien 1)
(be) born in south africa but he
(go) to school
in birmingham, england. tolkien loved languages as
a child in his lifetime, tolkien 3)
(create) 15 new fantasy languages! tolkien
(fight) in world war i in 1916
he 5)
(marry) edith bratt and
they 6)
(have) four children. in
1925, he 7)
(become) a professor
at oxford university. tolkien 8)
(begin) writing the hobbit in 1936. it
(make) tolkien very famous.
later, he 10)
(write) the lord of the rings. it
(take) him
about ten years to write this
book. tolkien 12)
(die) on 2nd september,
1973
5
1 was
2 gone
3 created
4 fought
5 married
6 had
7 became
8began
9 made
10 wrote
11 took
12 died