Anglo-Saxons liked to gather in the lord's great hall, to eat and drink, and to listen to songs and stories. They loved tales about brave warriors and their adventures. A favourite story told how Beowulf, a heroic prince, kills the fierce man-eating monster Grendel, and Grendel's equally horrid mother. The story of Beowulf was first written down in the 8th-9th centuries, but long before that the story was told around the fire. The storyteller played music to accompany the songs and poems, on a small harp or on another stringed instrument called a lyre
#3 i believe. It is the only answer that isn't too informal and also flows/transitions well into the paragraph.
Answer:
The answer is passive as it the sentence is written in the past tense.
If we are referring to academic vocabulary, we mean to say the words or group of words that are used in the academic dialogue. These words are not common and are not frequently encountered in daily conversations. We can change the word awful to dreadful.