3 a) Read the biography and put the verbs into the past simple. Which are irregular? J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) J.R.R. Tolkien 1) ... (be) born in South Africa, but he 2) ... (go) to school in Birmingham, England. Tolkien loved languages as a child. In his lifetime, Tolkien 3) ... (create) 15 new fantasy languages! Tolkien 4) ... (fight) in World War I. In 1916, he 5) ... (marry) Edith Bratt and 6) ... (have) four children. In 1925, he 7) ... (become) a professor at Oxford University. Tolkien 8) ... (begin) writing The Hobbit in 1936. It 9) ... (make) Tolkien very famous. Later, he 10) ... (write) The Lord of the Rings. It 11) ... (take) him about ten years to write this book. Tolkien 12) ... (die) on 2nd September, 1973.

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