Task 2. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form. You needn’t write whole
sentences – just verb forms. You get 1 point for each correct answer.
1) Oral tradition was very strong in early English culture and most literary works were written (to perform).
2) Epic poems were very popular, and some, (to include) Beowulf, (survive) to the present day.
3) Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national epic status in England,
despite (set) in Scandinavia.
4) Nearly all Anglo-Saxon authors are anonymous: twelve (know) by name from medieval sources.
5) She does note, however, that some authors, such as John Niles, have argued the work (invent) in the
10th century.