subject: person living under the rule of a king or queen
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Grendel lived in the fens and the foul-smelling marshland beyond the forest. The marsh was littered with oozing pools and the festering remains of dead otters and decaying fish. No one, not even the bravest warrior, went there. The place reeked of evil.
Evil suited Grendel. Half man, half fiend, he was an extraordinary creature with supernatural strength. Covered in a green, horny skin that no sword could cut through, he came from a race of sea monsters, giants, goblins and other outcasts from the human race.
Grendel was in the habit of sleeping for centuries, and he had been asleep so long that the king and his subjects had forgotten his existence. If they thought of him at all, they remembered him as a creature from legends. That was their big mistake.
Brian Patten: from Beowulf and the Monster (Scholastic, 1999)
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The main idea in this text is that Grendel is no ordinary creature. Give two details to support this.
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2 marksShow answerModel answer: Any two of the following: He lives in foul-smelling marshland / he is half man, half fiend / he has tough, green, horny skin / he has supernatural strength / he came from a race of sea monsters, giants etc. / he could sleep for centuries.