? Task 2. Read the biography, open the brackets and put the verbs into the past simple.

J.R.R. Tolkien (be) born in South Africa but he (go) to school in Birmingham, England. Tolkien (love) languages as a child. In his lifetime , Tolkien (create) 15 new fantasy languages! Tolkien (fight) in World War I. In 1916 , he had (marry) Editt Bratt and they (have) four children. In 1925, he (become) a proffessor at Oxford University . Tolkien (begin) writing The Hobbit in 1936. It (make) Tolkien very famous. Later, he (write) The Lord of the Rings. It (take) him about ten years to write this book. Tolkien (die) on 2nd September,1973.​