Ex 3a. Put the verbs into the past simple. 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.