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[3] CHOOSE a, b OR c. ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT ACCORDING TO THE TEXT (0.5
POINTS).
a) Bilbo and Thorin helped J.R.R. Tolkien write his famous book The Lord of the
Rings.
b) We can all enjoy reading The Lord of the Rings thanks to a child’s determination
to hear a story several times without changes.
c) J.R.R. Tolkien was between 4 and 5 years old when he first started writing.
[4] VOCABULARY (2 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.4 EACH).
- Find one word in the text for each of the following meanings:
a) a story about what happens to a group of characters over a long period of time
b) walked with long steps
- Find synonyms in the text for each of the words below:
c) worried
d) murmured
e) assistance
[5] COMPLETE TASKS a AND b ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
(1 POINT AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH).
a. Change into the passive voice: “J.R.R. Tolkien wrote one of the greatest literary
works of the 20th century”
b. Write a question for which the underlined word is the answer: Tolkien found
inspiration to write The Lord of the Rings in his children.
[6] WRITE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC USING BETWEEN 100-120 WORDS (3 POINTS).
In which ways can fantasy books like The Lord of the Rings encourage children
and teenagers to read more?
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OPTION A
J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’
1 When Christopher and Michael Tolkien were young, their father would tell
them tales of dwarves, elves, and hobbits. But the stories weren’t read from a
book — they came from J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination and only his children
were able to enter into the world of Middle Earth. It wasn’t until Christopher
5 critiqued his father’s bad memory about details of the story that his father took
a pen to paper and began recording the well-loved saga of The Lord of the
Rings that we know today.
In the introduction to the 50th anniversary printing of The Hobbit,
Christopher wrote: “I (then between four and five years old) was greatly
10 concerned with consistency as the story unfolded, and on one occasion I
interrupted: ‘Last time, you said Bilbo’s front door was blue, and you said
Thorin had a gold tassel on his hood, but you’ve just said that Bilbo’s front
door was green, and the tassel on Thorin’s hood was silver’; at which point
my father muttered ‘Damn the boy,’ and then strode across the room to his
15 desk to make a note.”
As his sons grew up, they also helped him type up the stories. They even
helped in the editing process. Tolkien paid his son, Christopher, two pennies
for every mistake he found when reading through the manuscript.
Through his incredible relationship with his children, Tolkien found help
and inspiration for the creation of one of the greatest literary works of the 20th
century. QUESTIONS
[1] ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION ACCORDING TO THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN
WORDS (10 TO 20 WORDS) (2 POINTS).
Why did J.R.R. Tolkien decide to write The Lord of the Rings?
[2] ARE THE F OLLOWING STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? INDICATE THE LINE(S) IN THE
TEXT AND COPY THE FIRST TWO WORDS AND THE LAST TWO WORDS SUPPORTING YOUR
CHOICE (1.5 POINTS AS A WHOLE: 0.5 EACH).
2.1. J.R.R. Tolkien used to read stories from famous books to his children.
2.2. J.R.R. Tolkien changed the colour of Bilbo’s front door when retelling the story.
2.3. Christopher read the story to look for mistakes and got some money for that.
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