4. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. What is the population of the UK?
2. What are the main nationalities of the UK?
3. How many Scottish, Welsh, and Irish people are
there in the UK?
4. What is the official language of the country?
5. What languages are spoken in the UK?
6. What language is the most widely spoken in the
world?​​

In the UK, children start school at the age of five. First, they are stady in schools for children from 5 to 7 years. In these schools learn to draw with colour pencils and paints. Children molded from plasticine and working with paper and glue. Later, they begin to learn the alphabet, to read, write and count. At the age of seven English pupils are in primary school. They study many subjects: English and mathematics, history and music, local history and drawing, needlework, French and Latin. . The first lesson usually begins at 9 o'clock. They have three lessons with short change on 10 minutes between them, and then an hour break for diner. Elementary School ends at the age of eleven, when students pass the exam "11+", and then start high school. A sixteen students pass their final exams.

English writer, most known by his literary pseudonym J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling). J. K. Rowling, Joanne Katheline Rowling, author of a series of novels about Harry Potter, translated into 64 languages. In 2001, JK Rowling's book "Harry Potter and the goblet of fire" won the Hugo award. Chevalier of the Legion of honour (2009).
She was born July 31, 1965 in the small town of IAT in Gloucestershire (in 16 km North-East of Bristol). Parents - Peter James Rowling (eng. Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling (eng. Anne Rowling), before marriage - Volant (eng. Volant). Sister Dianne (Di) (eng. Dianne (Di)) was born 2 years later Johanna - June 28, 1967. When Joan was 4 years old, the family moved to the village Winterburn (eng. Winterbourne). In Winterbourne they sister and I played with a girl and a boy by the name of pottery. Joan attended primary school St Michael's, founded more than 200 years ago William Wilberforce. The mother gave all his time to his daughters. Ann loved to read children books. To five years, Joanna almost knew by heart all the children's books. In six years she showed her mother the first story about the adventures of a rabbit named Rabbit. The family moved again when she was nine years old - in Tutshill (eng. Tutshill near Chepstow (eng. Chepstow in the Forest of Dean). When Joan was 15 years old, her mother became ill. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.