Question

2 ★ Complete the biography using the past simple form of the verbs. be be live love move not join start teach want work write John Ronald Reuel Tolkien a writer and was a university professor. He ¹ fantasy novels such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892 and 2 to be eighty-one years old. At the age of three, he 3. with his family to England. When the First World War , Tolkien 5 THE HOBBIT JRAV Tallien a university the army like many to finish student. He 6 of his friends because he' his studies first. All his life, Tolkien 8 reading and studying languages. He managed to turn his hobby into a job. He ⁹ on the Oxford English Dictionary and later ¹0 English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.​

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a writer and was a university professor. He wrote fantasy novels such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892 and lived to be eighty-one years old. At the age of three, he moved with his family to England. When the First World War started, Tolkien did not join the army like many of his friends because he wanted to finish his studies first. All his life, Tolkien loved reading and studying languages. He managed to turn his hobby into a job. He worked on the Oxford English Dictionary and later taught English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.