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Test your reading skills: fill in the missing sentences about elves in culture and literature!

INFO Tekst podzieliłam na 2 części, by było Ci łatwiej dopasować wycięte fragmenty tekstów. Tekst do takiego zadania na egzaminie jest również podzielony na 2 części; pierwsze pięć odpowiedzi do pierwszych czterech luk w tekście. I druga partia pięciu opcji do wyboru do czterech ostatnich luk w tekście. You can do it! :) MISSING SENTENCES / Read carefully the text below. Some of the phrases have been removed from the text. Choose from the options provided below the text, which phrase fits each gap. In each set there is one extra option that you will not need to use. The text should be cohesive. Elves in culture and literatureElves have been a popular subject in fiction for centuries, ranging from William Shakespear’s plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream or The Tempest to the classic fantasy novels of J.R.R. Tolkien three hundred years later.(1) Ancient Norse mythology refers to the álfar, also known as huldufolk or “hidden folk”. Some ancient poems place them side by side with the Norse Gods. (2) It is likely that elves’ inventors had no single, unified theory on elvish identity; rather, there were a variety of related folk beliefs regarding this unseen race. (3) Both Scandinavian and Celtic cultures had myths of fairies, elves and nature spirits, which lived in kingdoms found in forests, meadows, or hollowed-out tree trunks. (4) All these creatures began to combine into the concept of álfar as representatives of the landscape.To zdanie nie pasuje: They are strongly associated with both In different tales at different times, elves (5) alternated between good and bad. Medieval Europeans saw elves as dark and dangerous, and linked them to demons. Shakespeare's elves, on the other hand, are tiny, winged fairies that live in, and playfully fly around, flowers. They are not evil-doing, retribution-seeking creatures, but musical, lazy spirits (6) who enjoy a little mischief when they can.Over time and across different cultures, a certain type of elf emerged, one with somewhat different nature and form than (7) two very different characterisations portrayed earlier. Some elves, such as those depicted in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, are slender, human-sized, and beautiful, with fine -- almost angelic -- features; though not immortal, they are said to live hundreds of years. It is Tolkien’s characters, drawn largely from his research into Scandinavian folklore that have become (8) a staple of modern fantasy fiction.Adopted from: zdanie nie pasuje: the mischievous fairies FINISHED? Kliknij niebieski przycisk 'Hand In' dwa razy i ta lekcja magicznie sprawdzi się sama :) Wszystko na zielono? Wow! Czerwono? - koniecznie zerknij do klucza odpowiedzi i sprawdź moje tips :) Answer Key_elves_missing sentences Click HERE :) ANSWER KEY